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Is APE better than FLAC

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Lately I have been expanding my music collection. My hard drive is actually used primarily for music.

Ape is becoming very popular for sound quality, but it is too much work.

FLAC is basically as awesome in sound as APE, but it is as easy to use as MP3's.

I usually pass up APE files without hesitation, because I do not like my albums being put into 1 track.

Ever since I got my first FLAC album, it is all I listen too.

I want to ask your opinions on the matter. Is Ape really worth the trouble? Why don't they play in Winamp (god of all music players)?

How do you split up the tracks with cue sheets. Is APE better than FLAC?

 

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Define what you mean by "better"?

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Moth3r said:

Define what you mean by "better"?

Better as in Quality, Size, Usability, and Program support.

"The other versions will disappear. Even the 35 million tapes of Star Wars out there won’t last more than 30 or 40 years. A hundred years from now, the only version of the movie that anyone will remember will be the DVD version [of the Special Edition], and you’ll be able to project it on a 20’ by 40’ screen with perfect quality. I think it’s the director’s prerogative, not the studio’s to go back and reinvent a movie." - George Lucas

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Zion said:

APE apparently has better compression, but FLAC is definitely more widely used and better supported. You probably wouldn't be able to tell the difference in sound quality, since they're both lossless formats.

Thanks!!!

I have avoided APE because of how little support it has.

"The other versions will disappear. Even the 35 million tapes of Star Wars out there won’t last more than 30 or 40 years. A hundred years from now, the only version of the movie that anyone will remember will be the DVD version [of the Special Edition], and you’ll be able to project it on a 20’ by 40’ screen with perfect quality. I think it’s the director’s prerogative, not the studio’s to go back and reinvent a movie." - George Lucas

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I used imgburn today to process ape file. i did not know if it would, but thought it worth a try before downloading foobar 2000. It worked perfectly! I imported the cue file and that was it. You may have to add direct show filters(file hippo) to enable this, as for all flac ape etc. imburn detects the track gaps, writes the text and splits cue.  This is invaluable for opera and live albums where performances are continuous. I believe Burrn also handles ape. Hope this helps. Regards spendor

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A codec with limited support and a non-free license? Pass.

IMO, the best options for lossless sound are LPCM and FLAC for Stereo or Mono (including Dual Mono, but why does that exist?) and DTS HD MA for surround sound. If only the official DTS HD MA encoder wasn't so expensive. It's almost like DTS wants to criminalize underage audiophiles. Of course, I wouldn't need to support DTS HD MA if FLAC had standardized surround sound support.

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