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Old 11th March 2007, 18:54   #999  |  Link
madshi
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Originally Posted by zgx View Post
About 25% of the original. For "16 bit/48 kHz/6 channel" movie soundtracks I have gotten files from 1100 to 1900 Kbps so it doesn't take more space then a 1.5 Mbps DTS track does. The only downside is that you need 6 analog RCA cables or HDMI in order to get lossless sound to your transciever. You can of course let AC3filter transcode to AC3 for S/PDIF ouput. Then it won't be lossless but will still sound really good.
That's mighty cool! How does that compare to TrueHD or DTS Master HD Audio? Does FLAC compare well with those two codecs? I mean in that case FLAC would really be a great alternative, as many players already support it, even some hardware media streamers, while TrueHD and DTS Master HD Audio support is still very rare both in software and hardware...
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