Ok im riping my flacs to level 8 for the best compression but of course like you guys say loseless is lossless. But say later on down the road a better lossless comes out it dont have to be flac or anything. Could I use these original files that are in flac level 8 and rerip them in that better format down the road but not loss any quality or would I be better off geting the cds out again and riping one by one again just always wonder this in my head say if Im taking time into riping one by one in puting in my computer.

I'm personally depending on lossless being just that. I just rip 'em and put the CD in a box in a store room where I'll probably never be able to find it again.

The best FLAC riping method is to put them in a paper bag with a banana for a day or two. The FLAC is ripe when it is firm but "gives" a little when squeezed.

As far as FLAC ripping goes, lossless is lossless is lossless... no matter what setting you use you'll always be just as well off converting from FLAC as you would be ripping from the original disc. Actually, if you put some thought into making sure your tags are correct before shelving your FLAC archives, you'll be *better* off with the FLACs than the original CDs, as you won't have to re-check the tags again on the next conversion.

Also, if you use ReplayGain/MP3Gain/AACGain on your files you can apply ReplayGain once to your FLAC files, and you won't have to ever scan the files again if you ever have to re-convert.

Sorry for "jumping" on your spelling glitch... was in a goofy mood and couldn't resist.

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what exactly do you mean by ReplayGain/MP3Gain/AACGain? I get what your saying below what to do but what exactly is this? Can explain it a little more im a newbie just learning these methods as I go along.

As of now i riped say about 30 cds already is it easy to use too and go back to or worth doing so when a new format that comes out thats more compressed ect or worthy is worth using to old files.

Thanks for your patience lol

If you want to really accelerate the riping of your FLACs, put them in the fridge. They will turn brown a lot faster.

ha! . Yes, lossless is lossless it doesn't matter what algorithm is used if someone comes up with a different one that you prefer or find more to your liking, much like FLAC came along and the Shorten community took a liking to it, then you decode your Shorten files and encode them with FLAC without a problem. If one see's that FLAC is open-source though, I don't think that will ever be a problem. Josh might attempt to implement a better prediction algorithm, etc. I would say your in "good" hands.