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Disadvantage of 96/24 FLac´s ?

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Julian67:

--- Quote from: mrfritzle on September 17, 2013, 10:20:37 AM ---Do you have good xperience with SoX ?

Greetinx MrFritzle

--- End quote ---

To convert a two channel "hi res" file to 16-bit 44100 flac I use a script that automates something like
--- Code: ---sox --no-clobber -G INFILE.flac -b 16 OUTFILE.flac rate -v 44100 dither -s
--- End code ---

--no-clobber means sox will not overwrite the original file, so choose a suitable name for OUTFILE.flac.  Metadata will be preserved.

-G prevents clipping (otherwise happens often with this kind of conversion)

rate -v selects the best quality sample rate converter.

dither -s will use dithering and noise shaping to help preserve dynamic range and is recommended when downsampling.  SoX manual always uses 'dither -s' in examples for this kind of conversion so I imitate like a monkey.

I've never been able to hear the difference between the hi-res originals and my conversions but I don't have the kind of DAC or amazing amp and speakers or suitable listening room or even a quiet environment that would allow any difference to be heard if it existed.  The main thing is that it's 100% guaranteed that you won't find any deficiency on iPod and headphones.

mrfritzle:
Hi Julian,

many thx for for the reply and the script ...., but (sorry i try to google it, but did found something for windows)
do you also have a script for converting the complete Folder in to an another ?
I bought a lot of files at hdtracks and its hard to converting them by filename :)
Many thx in advance

Thilo

saratoga:
Unless you must use the command line I would use a GUI tool like foobar.  Its resampler is also very good.

mrfritzle:
I tried it with www.justmastering.com/tools-soxgui.php‎ and it generate me the following batch file (drag and drop the files to the batch):


--- Code: ---cd %~dp0
FOR %%A IN (%*) DO sox  -S -V2 %%A -b 16 "C:\SoX Output\/VHQ (LP) 16Bit 44100 TPDF.%%~nxA" rate -v -s 44100 stats
pause
%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe "C:\SoX Output\"
--- End code ---

...but getting an error message: sox FAIL formats: no handler for detected file type `flac'

In the End i downloaded db poweramp music converter trial and used the DSP Effects. So for me its just fine.

...but maybe someone also searching for the error and someone can post the answer. I didn´t found the helping hint.

ThX for all your replys and the helping hand

P.S: My OS is Windows

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