[RWP] question about .flac files

[Patrick Perdue]

The compression ratio of FLAC to PCM depends largely on dynamic range. Files with a greater dynamic range will compress better than those with less range, particularly those near the top of the DB scale.

> On Dec 2, 2014, at 6:53 PM, Scott Lawlor <sklawlor at me.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi there.
> 
> I have a question about .flac files.
> 
> I notice that lately when I convert a .wav to .flac, the bitrate ranges from
> 294kbps to 362kbps, the upper range not being much better than an mp3 at
> 320kbps.  Other .flac files range from 579kbps to 611kbps and even as high
> as 847kbps.
> 
> I always use the same program to convert and always use compression level 8
> and the source .wav files are always at a consistent 1411kbps so I'm
> wondering what would cause such inconsistent results?
> 
> Thanks for the info if you have any.
> 
> Scott
> 
> 
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