Splitting lossles leads to differed file size (FLAC, APE)

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andy79
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Splitting lossles leads to differed file size (FLAC, APE)

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Hi,

I'm testing xrecode3, pretty neat program, but I have a problem understanding the choices I have, when splitting and APE image into the songs.
First, I have to use Encode instead of Extract, right?
Then, when splitting APE file, APE does not have a "lossless" option, only to use levels of compression. The default is at High, but after the split there is a 10% loss in the song files together compared to the initial one. So, either this is not true lossless or I'm missing somenthing

Thanks in advance

Andy
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Re: Splitting lossles leads to differed file size (FLAC, APE)

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FLAC and APE are lossless codecs and no quality is lost and usually higher compression level produces smaller files.
And you, you're right to use Encode for lossless formats.
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So, for FLAC and APE higher compression means no sound quality loss? Then what is the downside there? More processor used at playback or encoding?

Sorry I have no knowledge of these codecs, but it's all quite counterintuitive... :?
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Anyway, just bought it, will need this. ;)
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More CPU used during encoding.
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