Hi,
I have an album encoded with Flac 1.1.3, can I decompress this to WAV and re-encode with Flac 1.2.1 losslessly, as the rest of my albums are stored in Flac 1.2.1.
Thanks.
Full Version: Flac 1.1.3 to Flac 1.2.1
Yes, you definitely can! The new flac.exe encoder even allows for input file to be in flac format, i.e. you can easily re-encode without first decoding to wav:
flac.exe my.flac -o newer.flac
flac.exe my.flac -o newer.flac
It may be worth taking a look at ReFlacer.
QUOTE(Egor @ Apr 14 2008, 15:23) 
Yes, you definitely can! The new flac.exe encoder even allows for input file to be in flac format, i.e. you can easily re-encode without first decoding to wav:
flac.exe my.flac -o newer.flac
This may be a stupid question, but is there a good reason to do this?
I have my entire CD collection in FLAC, and it would take a long time to do this, so I just wonder if it is neccesary?
QUOTE(Balnes @ Apr 17 2008, 11:01)
QUOTE(Egor @ Apr 14 2008, 15:23)
Yes, you definitely can! The new flac.exe encoder even allows for input file to be in flac format, i.e. you can easily re-encode without first decoding to wav:
flac.exe my.flac -o newer.flac
This may be a stupid question, but is there a good reason to do this?
I have my entire CD collection in FLAC, and it would take a long time to do this, so I just wonder if it is neccesary?
Newer FLAC version offers better compression ratio and lower cpu usage at playback - I think.
Certainly not necessary. 1.2.1 will compress better than 1.1.3, but I couldn't tell you how many MB you would save.
Personally, I would do it as part of a file check routine; i.e.: when you feel the need to verify all your files, re-encode at the same time.
Personally, I would do it as part of a file check routine; i.e.: when you feel the need to verify all your files, re-encode at the same time.
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