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c/audioonlinux · by Usenobaralinux3@lemmy.ml · 3y

Any linux programs for checking if an audio file is truly loseless?

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/599734

Looking for an rpm, flatpak or appimage that checks to see if .flac files are truly loseless quality.

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Pantherina@feddit.de · 1 pts · 2y

Compare the actual audio you want:

  • If you have a FLAC, put it into Audacity/Tenacity
  • Export it with some codec
  • drag-drop this file to the same window, add it as second track
  • apply the effect "invert" on the compressed stream
  • play both at once

You will only hear hisses, maybe more. Its different between every codec and it shows the actual difference between the audio information.

Openmastering@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 3y

define truly lossless please. Does it mean checking if the audio has lost any high frequencies like in mp3?