[audacity4blind] Re: flac
- From: Gale Andrews <gale@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2012 21:27:36 +0100
Thanks, Gene.
If Audacity cannot open the FLAC file, it will also probably not be
convertible in other software. That is why I suggested posting
a link to the file:
http://minus.com/ .
Gale
| From "Gene" <gsasner@xxxxxxxxx>
| Tue, 11 Sep 2012 14:14:22 -0500
| Subject: flac
> 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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