flac is also good in case you lose the physical CD, you still have a 1:1 digital copy of it
Unless you're ripping to flac from windows media player or something that doesn't actually verify the accuracy of the rip in which case you're defeating the purpose and may as well use 320kbps MP3 since you can't hear the difference anyway
[QUOTE=fenwick;34043299]CDs are lossless, you can just rip those to FLAC.
And you shouldn't need to install codecs for FLAC, just get a decent media player.
I hope you also realize how much FLAC music you can fit on a 1TB drive. You must have a shitload of music.
I use FLAC when I can because, why not? I have the room to spare on my HDD, and it's smaller than uncompressed lossless audio.[/QUOTE]
I do rip from CD's and FLAC to MP3 when i can knowing it is a reliable rip of that being provided. I know how strong the FLAC community is and to be honest, i wouldn't be suprised how you would manage without getting the files you want on the internet without resorting to these other sources. I mentioned with the internet, you will not find physical CD's that exist there is so much music that is not available in that format and it would limit my efforts in obtaining music. I refuse to have an inconsistant library with different formats or quality differences. If FLAC does get supported more, i know i could rip from that source with no problem.
I do need to install codecs as i listen to music and watch videos on windows XP media player. It comes with the system. If you know any better let me hear it by all means, not because it's a convincing point to use FLAC which is irrelevant. Windows media player syncs with your whole library on first play after a boot, causing slow freeze which i can't turn off.
I have around 370GB of normal 320CBR MP3 songs and also have video, games and programs to store (with it all exponentially growing at once). All need to be backed up if i've already sold on the physical copies. It is down to like you say, because some prefer the feel of an exact copy. For me, it would be in the expenses of a lot less.
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