In Reply to: 'Unlike software, there are no precise data patterns in music. So I question whether "lossless" can truly be lossless.' posted by Lynn on February 12, 2006 at 08:01:55:
"Lossless formats will not change a single bit of data. This is very easy to prove (and has been proven and tested by many people over the years, including me)."So I can take a non-compressed file, convert it to "lossless" compression, and then back to a non-compressed format, and the resultant data should be identical to that of the original non-compressed file. Is there a way I could personally try this?
But then again, even if the files can be restored exactly like the original, when playing lossless files, the conversion on-the-fly is likely to exacerbate jitter and add RFI.
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- Re: 'Unlike software, there are no precise data patterns in music. So I question whether "lossless" can truly be lossles - Todd Krieger 00:41:30 02/13/06 (6)
- Re: 'Unlike software, there are no precise data patterns in music. So I question whether "lossless" can truly be lossles - Tom Dawson 14:19:47 02/13/06 (0)
- Try this... - Silver Eared John 13:46:58 02/13/06 (0)
- you can personally try this - tunenut 10:00:55 02/13/06 (3)
- "the conversion on-the-fly is likely to exacerbate jitter and add RFI"- no argument there, - Lynn 15:10:34 02/13/06 (2)
- Re: "the conversion on-the-fly is likely to exacerbate jitter and add RFI"- no argument there, - Dan Banquer 16:38:55 02/16/06 (0)
- Your advice is very, very good, Lynn. - Silver Eared John 15:40:46 02/16/06 (0)