[vorbis] Why FLAC, why not MAC? [Off-Topic]

[Daniil V. Kolpakov]

On 30 á×ÇÕÓÔ 2003 14:35, Olaf van der Spek wrote:
> > (Besides, I'm now quite happy with FLAC which is achieving file
> > sizes around 20% of the RIFFs from which they are sourced.  An
> > extra 12% saving over the FLAC size seems little gain in absolute
> > terms to balance against losses in less quantifable areas.)
>
> Kinda off-topic, but why does FLAC only achieve 50% on
> http://flac.sourceforge.net/comparison.html while you get 20%?

It depends on source. I do archieve source tracks of a mix. Bass track 
gets compressed 3 to 4 times, drums rarely compress more then 2 times 
in size, same for guitar. Resulting mix with a very high resulting 
volume and lots of clipping is not compressed at all.


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