Arny Krueger wrote:
> "WindsorFox<SS>" <darkshado666@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:fujhlk$eoc$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>> Any thoughts on the best file for archiving music???
>
> If you care enough to listen to only the very best, then one of the
lossless
> codecs would be your best choice:
>
> (1) WAV, AIF, WMA lossless, FLAC, Monkey, etc.
>
> If more than about 2: 1 compression is required, then your best choice
> would probably be chosen via the method of the weakest link. Determine
> which compressed format is sup****ted by all existing or proposed
players,
> whether ****table, studio or home. That will probably break you down to
>
> (2) MP3, MP4, AAC, or WMA.
>
> If you have incompatible ****table players, see (1) and resign yourself
to
> making up special compressed files for each player type.
>
>
That's what I'm doing. Any music that I pull directly from a CD,
record or DVD will be lossless and I'll convert to something else as
needed to put on a ****table.
What I seem to be getting is that FLAC is second most common and has
provision for better naming that WMA does, and then there's the open
part of FLAC that is not MS.
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