Which Loseless Codec is the best?

[keytotime]

So which loseless encoder is the best. I personally use wavpack.

[DigeratiPrime]

hmm I voted for FLAC because thats what I've been using for a while. But I will check out Wavpack. Im not sure i like the idea of lossy/hybrid compression though. Either way it seems these two are the only good choices

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flac

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavpack

http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?ti...less_comparison

[keytotime]

Wavpack is loseless, it has an option to do hybrib compression.

[Fox Mulder]

WavPack, it has no cons and with the last encoder it finally has working ReplayGain!, sweet. Time to reencode all those monkeys.

Edited December 20, 2005 by Fox Mulder

[FAT64]

If they are all "lossless", then surely, by definition, it doesn't matter which one you use?

[DigeratiPrime]

from my research i gather that

FLAC encodes and decodes faster than WavPack.

The Lowest And Highest Encode setting in FLAC makes little difference.

WavPack achieves slightly better compression than FLAC.

WavPack also has a few more features and better support.

Would others agree or disagree?

[EchoNoise]

I put all my bets on FLAC

[Fox Mulder]

If they are all "lossless", then surely, by definition, it doesn't matter which one you use?

ARJ for DOS, and the latest WinRAR pack files; now what would you choose? OK, maybe I exagerated, but some features make great difference to a user.

[keytotime]

There are a lot of difference's. File size, encoding decoding time and software support.

[Jeremy]

FLAC, I guess. I have a friend who is as picky about audio as I am about video. Too bad I don't have a working FireWire port on my DVC or the patience to script with AviSynth... oh well...

[Nerwin]

Flac of course...