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Re: Pros and cons between WMA Lossless vs FLAC: msg#00329

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Subject: Re: Pros and cons between WMA Lossless vs FLAC


Phil Meyer;165067 Wrote:
> I believe FLAC compresses to a smaller size than wma lossless (probably
> not a lot in it though). That should translate to a bigger buffer in
> the Squeezebox.
>
> FLAC is a fast decompressor - it should be less CPU intensive for
> playback.
>
> I believe more people around here are using FLAC, and the Squeezebox
> has supported it natively a lot longer than WMA, so there's more chance
> of stability and support.
>
> Phil

Thanks, that's the type of info I was looking for.

I appreciate Pat's reply too.


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