Re: WMA vs FLAC

"don pearce" <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:4dadnVc9ovz2aZDVnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >    That wasn't an option. Exact Audio Copy is what the program is and
I
> > guess it offers an archiving feature. I've had a couple of people
> > recommend it as making the best quality cd copies and rips of any
other
> > app available.
> >
>
> If you are ripping a CD, they use Linear PCM, so Exact Audio Copy will
> give you a LPCM archive - that is the only option.
>

Of course they can save the LPCM file without conversion, but most ripping
programs will also use a codec before saving the file to disk, if you
select
that option. EAC can call many external codecs, or seamlessly use a codec
..DLL like LAME for example. So saying it is the "only" option is not
exactly
correct since the data need not even be saved to disk before conversion,
given sufficient memory, which most computers have these days.

MrT.