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Converting from uncompressed to compressed vs. CD to compressed.

hknutsen
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Will converting uncompressed FLAC to compressed FLAC be different from ripping straight to compressed FLAC?

 

My situation is that I have a lot of albums I ripped from CDs I own a long time ago, but back then I did not know that the compression options for FLAC didn't affect audio quality, so I went with uncompressed. However, as my library of FLAC has built up over the years, I figured I should compress it. Since FLAC is lossless, can I convert my old uncompressed FLACs to compressed (level 8 option) without any loss in quality? It's pretty much like ripping from a CD, right?

 

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Will converting uncompressed FLAC to compressed FLAC be different from ripping straight to compressed FLAC?

 

My situation is that I have a lot of albums I ripped from CDs I own a long time ago, but back then I did not know that the compression options for FLAC didn't affect audio quality, so I went with uncompressed. However, as my library of FLAC has built up over the years, I figured I should compress it. Since FLAC is lossless, can I convert my old uncompressed FLACs to compressed (level 8 option) without any loss in quality? It's pretty much like ripping from a CD, right?

 

Thanks!

 

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Yeah, you'll be totally fine!

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