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.

  • Openmastering
    4·
    2 years ago

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

  • Slatlun
    2·
    2 years ago

    I think what you’re asking for is a tool to tell if there was any loss before or during conversion to flac. Is that right?

  • Pantherina@feddit.de
    1·
    1 year ago

    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.