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FLAC & APE, Comparison?

®om View Member Profile	Jan 11 2004, 22:38 Post #1
Group: Members Posts: 59 Joined: 11-January 04 Member No.: 11143	I see most of people who use lossless use FLAC codec... I did some tests, & I don't know why more use FLAC instead of APE... I tested with: FLAC compression 8 (maximum) APE 3.98a1, compression normal Size of files: FLAC - APE (Kb) file 1: 1268 - 1246 file 2: 31049 - 30387 file 3: 27871 - 27213 file 4: 33252 - 23975 (!) So APE normal compress more than FLAC maximum... APE Encoding was shorter than APE encoding (far away). Decoding seems to be equivalent (APE maybe better). So why people prefer FLAC, what advantages? If I forgot anything to compare, or else... Thanks...

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®om View Member Profile	Jan 12 2004, 18:20 Post #2
Group: Members Posts: 59 Joined: 11-January 04 Member No.: 11143	QUOTE (Garf @ Jan 11 2004, 03:50 PM) Disadvantage of FLAC: buggy seeking. Ah yes

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®om FLAC & APE Jan 11 2004, 22:38

atici Oh no please use the search. Or just click on For... Jan 11 2004, 22:42

®om QUOTE (atici @ Jan 11 2004, 01:42 PM)Oh no p... Jan 11 2004, 23:01

user hm, flac has way shorter decoding times / cpu usag... Jan 12 2004, 00:46

Garf Disadvantage of FLAC: buggy seeking. Jan 12 2004, 00:50

®om QUOTE (user @ Jan 11 2004, 03:46 PM)hm, flac ... Jan 12 2004, 00:56

jcoalson QUOTE (®om @ Jan 11 2004, 04:38 PM)So why peo... Jan 12 2004, 05:02

®om So, the (only) advantage of FLAC is decoding time,... Jan 12 2004, 12:30

Amadablam QUOTE (®om @ Jan 12 2004, 04:30 AM)So, the (o... Jan 12 2004, 13:44

rjamorim QUOTE (Amadablam @ Jan 12 2004, 10:44 AM)and ... Jan 12 2004, 13:49

guruboolez Advantage (for me) of Monkey: APEv2 tags are store... Jan 12 2004, 14:29

Amadablam QUOTE (rjamorim @ Jan 12 2004, 05:49 AM)QUOTE... Jan 12 2004, 14:48

®om Ok thanks very much for your answers Jan 12 2004, 15:33

®om QUOTE (Garf @ Jan 11 2004, 03:50 PM)Disadvant... Jan 12 2004, 18:20

spase I have myself decided to use FLAC with external cu... Jan 12 2004, 18:54

Garf QUOTE (jcoalson @ Jan 12 2004, 06:02 AM)how s... Jan 12 2004, 19:30

rjamorim QUOTE (dev0 @ Jan 12 2004, 04:57 PM)Eric Raym... Jan 12 2004, 19:59

dev0 Licensing / OSI discussion (What is open source?) ... Jan 12 2004, 20:00

rjamorim QUOTE (dev0 @ Jan 12 2004, 05:00 PM)Licensing... Jan 12 2004, 20:04

bawjaws I realize that the discussion of what defines open... Jan 14 2004, 10:59

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