Alac & flac?

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  • isac
    Junior Member
    • Jan 2014
    • 13

    Alac & flac?

    Hello, maybe you think this question is foolish, but I would like to know: Is there any Difference between ALAC/FLAC when played in Winamp, quality I mean.
  • MrSinatra
    Forum King
    • Dec 2004
    • 5899

    #2
    No, both are lossless. Thinktink has an excellent alac encoder plugin if u need one.

    I prefer alac, bc most things support both, but apple only does alac natively.

    I also prefer alac bc it has a better defined tagging standard.

    The one drawback is that I think flac has built in crc checks u can scan for, but that is something only the most nerdy among us really worry about.
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    • isac
      Junior Member
      • Jan 2014
      • 13

      #3
      Thanks a lot for clearing that up.

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      • Wineroz
        Senior Member
        • Oct 2018
        • 205

        #4
        Is it safe to use ALACs on PC? And can they have any kind of sign put to their tag fields? Can they have made-up-by-user tag fields?

        I use FLACs, WVs and TTAs [and yes, that trio has its point]. With that last format there is problem in Winamp [http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?t=451765], so I would be glad to switch to something else, as my number of TTA files is growing

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        • MrSinatra
          Forum King
          • Dec 2004
          • 5899

          #5
          Safe? Yes, it's safe.

          ALAC uses the m4a or caf containers, and ergo that's how they are tagged.
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