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Title: question
Post by: nateski on July 07, 2003, 09:56:45 PM

can you "zip" a file that is not already zipped,they r compressed flac files?


thanx
nate

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Post by: dmonterisi on July 07, 2003, 10:02:30 PM

you can do it without any lost data, but i don't think there is much more compression to be had (like less than 1%).  

-damon

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Post by: nateski on July 07, 2003, 10:06:06 PM

so should i just leave it like it is,they are converted as flac and compressed at 8,and not worry about zipping the files

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Post by: dmonterisi on July 07, 2003, 10:13:48 PM

i think it probably makes sense to leave them as compressed flac files...leaving out the zip utility is one less process that can go wrong since there's not much benefit.

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Post by: nateski on July 07, 2003, 10:18:48 PM

cool, thanx a bunch man   +T

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Post by: greenone on July 08, 2003, 12:15:33 AM

The only reason you might want to zip them is if for some reason you need one big file, like the freecache thing they have going over on archive.org these days. I personally dislike it because I like grabbing a track or two at a time...

--Dave

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Post by: F.O.Bean on July 08, 2003, 12:26:07 AM

yeah natey, phor what were doin, flacs are better.....and ya cant compress much more than 8.....6 is even fine, just perfect for me... ;)