aPirate@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 11 months agoWhere to find flac and other lossless file typesmessage-squaremessage-square79fedilinkarrow-up1218arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1211arrow-down1message-squareWhere to find flac and other lossless file typesaPirate@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square79fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaremihnt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down1·edit-211 months agoBest way I’ve seen it explained. FLAC = PNG MP3 = JPEG
minus-squareGreat Blue Heron@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·11 months agoWell I learned something today - I always thought PNG was lossey.
minus-squareFeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-211 months agoPng is compressed, but lossless. Jpg is both compressed and lossy.
minus-squarePsythik@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoNo, and when used for simple images like text, it can often take up less storage space than JPEG despite being lossless.
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Best way I’ve seen it explained.
FLAC = PNG
MP3 = JPEG
Well I learned something today - I always thought PNG was lossey.
Png is compressed, but lossless. Jpg is both compressed and lossy.
No, and when used for simple images like text, it can often take up less storage space than JPEG despite being lossless.
Continuing the analogy WAV = BMP
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