Why is a FLAC encoded from a decoded MP3 bigger than the MP3?
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To be more precise than in the title, suppose I have a MP3 file that is 320 kbps. If I decompress it, then logically, all the data except for roughly 320 kilobits out of each second of audio should be redundant data, able to be compressed away. So, when I encode the decompressed file to FLAC, or an…
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The reason the FLAC is larger than the MP3 of the same data is because they encode differently. :) MP3 just encodes perceptual information, while FLAC stores every single speck of data, just in a more compact format. Converting a WAV to a FLAC is li…
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