▲ 204 ▼ Where to find flac and other lossless file types (lemmy.dbzer0.com) submitted 2 years ago by aPirate@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 65 comments fedilink hide all child comments Does anyone have good site recommendations for lossless files such as flac's specifically for music.
[–] mihnt@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago* (3 children) Best way I've seen it explained. FLAC = PNG MP3 = JPEG permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] GreatBlueHeron@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago (2 children) Well I learned something today - I always thought PNG was lossey. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 8 points 2 years ago* Png is compressed, but lossless. Jpg is both compressed and lossy. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Psythik@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago No, and when used for simple images like text, it can often take up less storage space than JPEG despite being lossless. permalink fedilink source parent [+] baitsmithy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] bhez@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago Continuing the analogy WAV = BMP permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GreatBlueHeron@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago (2 children) Well I learned something today - I always thought PNG was lossey. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 8 points 2 years ago* Png is compressed, but lossless. Jpg is both compressed and lossy. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Psythik@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago No, and when used for simple images like text, it can often take up less storage space than JPEG despite being lossless. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 8 points 2 years ago* Png is compressed, but lossless. Jpg is both compressed and lossy. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago No, and when used for simple images like text, it can often take up less storage space than JPEG despite being lossless. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bhez@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago Continuing the analogy WAV = BMP permalink fedilink source parent