WAV to FLAC using FLAC

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  • Used pro_logic_ii_ravwav_44khz.wav from http://www.nch.com.au/acm/formats.html
  • Used the the following command to encode: flac -8 pro_logic_ii_ravwav_44khz.wav
  • Used the following command to decode: flac -d pro_logic_ii_ravwav_44khz.wav
  • Some of the metadata in this table are taken from the FFmpeg metadata that were generated during conversion. These are indicated by FFmpeg in brackets next to the value.


Property Original Encoded to FLAC Decoded
Codec MPEG 1 Audio, Layer 3 Free Lossless Audio Codec
Size 35952 bytes 170218 bytes
Duration 4.44 s 2.22 s (FITS - appears to be incorrect); 04.44 (FFmpeg)
Channels 2 2
Bitrate 64 kb/s 64 kb/s (FFmpeg)
SampleRate 44100 HZ 44100 HZ
BitDepth 64 (FITS - appears to be incorrect); 16 (FFmpeg) 16 (FFmpeg)