Re: [MLUG] Apple Lossless Encoding?

[Josh <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

I don't mean to jack the thread - but thought you may be interested in
an article I posted on a well-neglected blog a while back. Its basically
a list of different sites online that can help one save tons of cash on
purchases. It can be found at:

http://intricatereality.com/blog/node/9

Its not a complete list, but its a good starting point if you are
looking for something like a cheap hard drive.

Mike Miller wrote:

> On Mon, 13 Mar 2006, Russell Horn wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 2006-03-13 at 08:57 -0600, Mike Miller wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I don't have an answer, but I would like to know how big those files
>>> are.
>>> Lossless encoding seems to imply big files.
>>
>>
>> I've not used Apple's encoding, but the free lossless flac codec can
>> reduce a wave file by 50%. Given the last hard disk I bought was
>> about $40 for 250gigs after rebates, that'll probably hold 1,000 CDs
>> that match the original for quality.
>
>
> I guess FLAC uses ID3 tags.  Some people really like Monkey's Audio
> lossless compression.  So now I am starting to think about using
> lossless compression to back audio CDs onto DVDRs.  That would be a
> good permanent way of dealing with the problem.  I just need to choose
> the right format -- something future oriented.  Is FLAC the best choice?
>
> By the way, $40 for a 250GB HDD is an unusually good price.  I just
> looked at Froogle, Newegg and Pricewatch and it looks like $85 for a
> 250GB internal SATA drive is about as low as it normally goes.  Your
> point is well taken though - HDD prices are low enough now and are
> continuing to come down.  Another way to look at it is that about 18
> audio CDs can fit on one DVDR after FLAC encoding -- and I paid only
> about $0.20 each for my DVD media.
>
> Clearly, archiving should use a lossless scheme.  The only
> justification I can think of for other schemes is that they are
> faster.  The savings in media cost is minimal because the media are so
> cheap.
>
> Mike
>
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