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    Flac compression level 5

    Why is flac level 5 recommended when level 8 make the file more smaller?

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    Re: Flac compression level 5

    Quote Originally Posted by Hosoo View Post
    Why is flac level 5 recommended when level 8 make the file more smaller?
    It sounds even better. No, just joking...

    Level 8 produces more CPU load with only a very small advantage of file size.


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    Re: Flac compression level 5

    Quote Originally Posted by Dat Ei View Post
    It sounds even better. No, just joking...

    Level 8 produces more CPU load with only a very small advantage of file size.


    Dat Ei
    more load when creating. But Essentially the same when DECODING. Also in the past some players would have problems decoding compression 8 files.
    in my own case I use 5 compression.

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    Re: Flac compression level 5

    I have used level 8 for everything since I first started using FLAC. I have never had any problems. So, I see no point in wasting disk space (especially since I only have 653 GB left on a 4 TB drive).

    Mike

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    Re: Flac compression level 5

    Quote Originally Posted by Michael Sargent View Post
    I have used level 8 for everything since I first started using FLAC. I have never had any problems. So, I see no point in wasting disk space (especially since I only have 653 GB left on a 4 TB drive).

    Mike
    I use a laptop with a basic Celeron processor and have had no issues either encoding, or decoding using level 8.

    All friends and work colleagues that I know of use the default setting, except one who uses Uncompressed...

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    Re: Flac compression level 5

    For example, In the past my Squeezebox Transporter would struggle with FLAC files encoded at 8. The problem was solved with an update to the firmware.

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