[Flac] Archiving CDs w/ Flac on Linux (and subsequent re-encoding)

[Eric Sandeen]

Curt Sampson wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Sep 2004, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> 
> 
>>Tested this on a live album (Johnny Cash Live at Folsom Prison) and
>>there is no lost audio; tracks segue seamlessly as on the original
>>disc.
> 
> 
> Did you check that a) the cue points are the same, and b) you're getting
> back CD-Text as well?

Well given that I fed cdrdao the toc file that it originally extracted, 
they should be, right?  Do you mean check that the cue points fall at 
the exact same spot in the performace, I guess?  As far as I can tell, 
they do, although not sure how to check that exactly...

regarding cd-text, none of my cds had it in the first place, so I can't 
say for sure.  :)

>>...it occurred to me that I should just flac the
>>whole CD and add a cue sheet, and then back up to DVDs.  That way -next-
>>time I need to re-encode to any format, I can handle ~1/20th the discs,
>>compared to my whole cd collection.  :)
> 
> 
> Well, probably more like 1/15 to 1/16, if my stats are anything to go by:

Yes, it does look more like that.  GB vs. GiB strikes again...

Still, 93% fewer disks to handle.  Also, for me, DVDs feel safer than 
magnetic media; of course time will tell, but I've had enough hard 
drives go bad that I'm looking for another solution.  (and buying 100G 
of storage for $15 isn't bad, either).

-Eric