Thanks for the responses, Graham, Marc, and Gabriel.
I will trust FLAC in this case as an okay format for archiving. However since
it is probably best to keep an archive in a consistent format when possible, I
will consider using higher capacity CF cards and record my source files as WAV.
John Hartog
rockscallop.org
--- In "mipartitus" <> wrote:
>
> I think FLAC should be fine. I also use it for archiving. As Marc said, it is
> only a matter of software, and the FLAC format is open, free and widely used.
> Encoder/decoders will therefore likely be easily available in the future. If
> you want to be 99.9% safe, download the source code of FLAC tools (
> http://flac.sourceforge.net/download.html ) and save it somewhere. Then you
> can always convert your files, even if the internet disappears and no future
> audio software supports FLAC ;-)
>
> The advantage of WAV is that the format is so simple that you don't
> necessarily need specialized software libraries to read it. But it takes up
> more space.
>
> Gabriel
>
> --- In "rock_scallop" <john_hartog@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Group,
> > Having recently been used the FLAC format the SD 7xx recorder for some long
> > duration recordings, I am faced with the issue of whether to archive the
> > original FLAC or the rendered WAV. I am fine archiving redundant copies in
> > both formats on my hard drives, but for a DVD copy this seems too much. I
> > am inclined to archive the original FLAC, considering the possibility of
> > glitches in the WAV rendering process.
> > What do you think?
> >
> > John Hartog
> > rockscallop.org
> >
>
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