[Flac] Low compression on high noise?

[Josh Coalson]

--- Thomas Bulka <thomas_bulka at gmx.net> wrote:
> Hi List,
> I noted that compressing music like Merzbow or other Japanese chaotic
> noise-bands usually results in very low compression rates.
> That means, that the resulting .flac-file is nearly as big as the
> initial .wav-file.
> Other kinds of music get compressed much better.
> Any explanation?

noise is by definition random, therefore unpredictable and
impossible to losslessly compress.

Josh


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