Converting DASHhigh to FLAC with ffmpeg

[Tony Quinn]

On 24-Jan-17 7:18 PM, Budge wrote:
>
> Hi Richard,
> I think you have hit the nail on the head here.  The AAC download from 
> GiP is not lossless but is the best resolution available.  If I 
> convert to FLAC the file size increases substantially for no benefit.  
> (I have say 450 m4a files all over 300 MiB so we are looking at a big 
> bite out of my storage capacity if I convert.
>
> My understanding is that if I convert to mp3 I lose more.  Not sure if 
> this is true.  Also mp3 is "proprietary."  What I would like is just 
> to have the m4a downloads work once more.  Now this applies to my main 
> collection and I would like to put that problem aside and forget the 
> Linn large file issue for now.
>

The reality is, that almost nobody (if indeed anybody) can reliably tell 
320kbps mp3 (using the slow/high quality setting) from uncompressed  
(never mind m4a) in a domestic setting.

It may be "proprietary" but is so common that any player (hardware or 
software) not supporting it would be seen as a joke.