New to DBPoweramp - files much smaller than estimate

[RoyS]

Hi - I am evaluating DBPoweramp - very impressed so far.

However, I notice that the files that I get when I rip to FLAC are much smaller than are estimated in the RIP screen. Is there a reason for that??

For example, I ripped 4 tracks of a CD on various FLAC compression levels. The results are:

FLAC Level Estimated file Actual file
0 100.4mb 77.1
3 94.6 71.4
5 89.7 54.2
8 89.1 53.9

The raw size for these files was given as 137mb.

thanks - Roy

[Spoon]

Re: New to DBPoweramp - files much smaller than estimate

Perhaps the type of audio you are ripping? the estimate is a general estimate, now if you Rip Heavy Metal, it will be larger than a vocal only track.

[RoyS]

Re: New to DBPoweramp - files much smaller than estimate

So, probably nothing to worry about??

This was a Sinatra compilation. I had a similar result with a solo piano CD. Have not yet tried full orchestra!

Roy

[Teknojnky]

Re: New to DBPoweramp - files much smaller than estimate

yeah alot of content like that compresses much easier than say the latest slipknot.

and since its older music there was probably not a lot of stereo separation etc, making it easier to compress