Originally Posted by
garym
Correct. You chose "uncompressed" FLAC, which is basically the same size as a WAV (uncompresssed) file. So it will be more than double the size of your ALAC files. That's not what you want. All levels of a FLAC file are LOSSLESS. The encoder has to work a bit harder to encode with more compression (compression, NOT lossy as Dat Ei points out, these are different things). But on the decode (playback) side, it doesn't matter. I personally use the FLAC "5" level compression. Good compromise between file size and time to encode. (note that the "uncompressed" FLAC seems to be the dbpa developer providing an option for the audiophiles that (mistakenly) think that even FLAC lossless compression is affecting sound quality on playback. Basically like giving a sugar pill to hypochondriacs. ;-)