[audacity4blind] Re: flac
- From: "Gene" <gsasner@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2012 14:14:22 -0500
Converting files should not be necessary. Audacity supports FLAC. You
should not assume, with no basis, that formats specifically supported by
Audacity will not function properly. Try working with them and don't make
unsupported assumptions. Needlessly converting files accomplishes nothing
but waste time and, as explained below, may result in loss of audio
quality.
FLAC is a lossless format. If you convert lossless formats to lossy
formats such as mp3, you will loose at least a little audio quality even
if you use the highest kbps rates. You should not edit mp3 or other lossy
formats and then save them as lossy files. Every time you resave an mp3
file or other lossy formats such as ogg, you loose sound quality. You
should save all files while editing in formats such as wave, which are
lossless and which do not loose quality when saved. Once you have done
all the work you intend to do and the material is in its final form,
convert it to mp3 or another lossy format if you wish.
If you want to edit mp3 files without a loss of sound quality, use Mp3
Direct Cut. Don't use any program such as Audacity, gold Wave, or any
other program that reencodes the Mp3 file while saving it.
You will still loose audio quality if you convert a lossless file to a
lossy format. If you don't want to loose any audio quality, you should
not do either of these things, that is, you should not edit mp3 files
except in Mp3 Direct Cut and you should not convert lossless files to
lossy files.
If you are going to convert Flac to another format to work with in
Audacity, convert it to something like wave and work with the wave file.
But as I said, this should not be necessary.
Gene
----- Original Message -----
From: "liu kai chan" <xy.gorth@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2012 12:29 PM
> alternatively, I convert everything to mp3 or any easyly recognisable
> format before I try to open it in audacity.
> hope this helps
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gale Andrews
> Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2012 1:31 PM
> To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [audacity4blind] Re: flac
>
>
> | From "Robbie" <tickleberryfun@xxxxxxxxx>
> | Tue, 11 Sep 2012 08:11:17 +0200
> | Subject: [audacity4blind] flac
>> Hi! According to the Audacity Wiki I should be able to import flac
>> files.
>> However, I get an error message saying that the format is not
>> recognised.
>> I'D be grateful for any pointers.
>
> Hi Robbie,
>
> For a question like that you need to say what three-digit
> version number of Audacity, what version of Windows or
> Mac, and post a link to the file. The file could be corrupted.
>
>
>
> Gale
>
>
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