Hello:
So, its time to archive my DAT´s to DVD before I regret it 8)
Im doing a bulk save, one huge WAV file for each taping/concert, no splits, no fixes, its the raw file
all of my tapings are at 48Khz
What would you do?
1- WAV file directly to DVD
2- Wav file convert to FLAC then to DVD
Thanks
Ed :)
I vote for FLAC. Generate a checksum with it. Boom.
I was just thinking about this the other day when I was archiving my 4 track masters to DVD-R. I always go wav and use more then one if I have to add the flac.24 files to one of the disc w/ cue sheets. In the end I went for wav still for ease and cost being so cheap for a blank DVD-r.
Peace
Wav is the safer bet. You only save a little space with FLAC but if a single bit is corrupted the whole file may be unreadable. With wav you would get a very short noise burst instead.
Gunnar
Quote from: Ryan Sims on February 23, 2008, 03:34:35 PM
I vote for FLAC. Generate a checksum with it. Boom.
Can someone explain when to do the checksum. Is it before you convert to FLAC? What about fixing SBE's?
If you're going to FLAC the entire show/set, then generate the checksum afterward.
From my understanding there is no need to worry about SBEs if you haven't tracked the file; someone correct me if I'm wrong.