Re: [ARSCLIST] FLAC?

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Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] FLAC?
From: Bob Olhsson <olh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 07:46:17 -0400
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David Seubert wrote: 
>...at least archivists have agreed that we'll use the BFW 
>headers for wav files...
>...If the AES, the EBU, or major manufacturers get together and decide on a 
>standard for the the storage of losslessly compressed audio, I'll be 
>right on board...

We're well on our way to a real standard in mp4als.
http://www.nue.tu-berlin.de/forschung/projekte/lossless/mp4als.html

I'm using WavPack because it supports floating point files and retains metadata including BWF headers. It runs in command-line which I'm told is relatively future-proof. My tests showed absolutely perfect file restoration. Hopefully the mp4als folks understand the need for BWF header support.

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Bob Olhsson Audio Mastery, Nashville TN
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