If this is the wrong sub, I apologize, but the knowledge in here is off the charts.

I have hundreds of CDs I’ve collected through the years, and have ripped them to MP3 to play on my phone.

But, I started worrying when I went to replace a CD for one that had just lost its quality, I found out that it wasn’t issued anymore, and would be almost impossible to replace it.

So, now I’m wanting to rip my CDs so that they’re exact copies. I plan on burning my favorite ones to play in my car/home audio system.

I use WMP, and I just wanted to know which format is best, WAV or FLAC, to store them. I plan on using Anyburn to use to convert back to CD audio.

Any opinions?

Thanks!

  • Nerdy1980s@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Considering that FLAC is effectively a 1:1 transfer of CD music, I always felt that WAV was file format that never needed to exist.

    I vaguely recall that .wav files were used for ringtones and years earlier, used with super short animations that had sound and I think, but not sure, Microsoft used (maybe still uses?) .wav files for system sounds with Windows 3.x

    I never recalled .wav files ever being widely used/accepted as a major file format for larger files like songs.

    I think the *early days of sharing music as .mp3 killed any chance of WAV files having more acceptance.

    *before the DMCA https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_Act