[quote=“Ermos, post:46, topic:2082”]
Uncompressed FLAC is pointless. FLAC is intended for efficient packing of audio data, lossless.
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No, it is not pointless. Many users report inferior sound from compressed FLAC in comparison to .wav files. It seems that in some replay situations there are latency issues arising from decoding compressed FLAC files on the fly. This problem is avoided by using uncompressed FLAC. So why not use .wav instead? The reason is that .wav has no inherent provision for retaining metadata. You can only associate a separate metadata file with a .wav music file. A FLAC file, however, actually contains the metadata within a recognised protocol i.e. ID3. Thus by using uncompressed FLAC you have a file that is the equivalent to a .wav file without any decompression on the fly issues yet also have the superior metadata handling of FLAC. I have already said this above .
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