FLAC versions over the years

[TakLev]

Hello everyone, I have to ask a silly question. A few days ago I bought the latest version of dBpoweramp Music Converter & CD Ripper. Since I have been ripping my CDs to FLAC format for many years with older versions of the program and therefore used older FLAC versions. Is there any reason to rip CDs again, since newer FLAC encoder versions have substantial advantages that somehow affect the sound? Or was and is lossless the same as lossless, regardless of the version?

[garym]

None. Lossless is lossless.

[ForSerious]

I would guess that the newer versions of FLAC have to do with minor encoding efficiencies or handling newer more extreme audio formats with more samples per second and such.

[garym]

I would guess that the newer versions of FLAC have to do with minor encoding efficiencies or handling newer more extreme audio formats with more samples per second and such.

I think the former. Which is why no need to rerip or even re-encode. If someone is really anxious about not having FLAC files encoded with latest FLAC encoder, then rather than reripping, one would simply convert your existing FLAC files to FLAC using the new version. And one can do this and retain all the metadata and artwork. dbpoweramp converter can handle this if you want. (I wouldn't do this myself by the way)

[TakLev]

Thank you very much for your answers. It also seems logical to me that files once ripped to FLAC do not need to be re-edited or re-created. But I wanted to hear your opinion.