[Flac] FLAC: compressing data

[Ivo Emanuel Gonçalves]

On 9/3/07, Nicholas Wilson <nicholas.c.wilson at ntlworld.com> wrote:
> 7z is good, but it cannot compress more than any other format: a general
> purpose algorithm like this is good for most things

I'm aware of that.  I should have added the word "general" in "other
formats" to make the meaning more clear.

> A quick test of 7z on music gave 77% of the original size, and flac was 49%.

Yes, that's why we have FLAC -- because it's heavily optimized for
audio input.  And that's why I was trying to explain Harry that using
FLAC for something other than music is silly.


-Ivo