[flac-dev] Higher compression modes from Flake
Martijn van Beurden
mvanb1 at gmail.com
Thu Mar 14 12:12:14 PDT 2013
On 14-03-13 20:02, Declan Kelly wrote:
> The next official release of the FLAC command line should really have
> a "-9" option for absolute maxed-out big-memory CPU-burning compression.
No. If you want such things, try TAK, OptimFROG, Monkey's Audio or even
LA, you'll lose hardware compatibility anyway and they do much better
than FLAC will with a -9 option. FLAC 1.0 had a -9 option and it was
removed with a good reason: almost no gain with added decoding complexity.
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