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Old 2011-06-17, 02:56 AM
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Question about wav/flac sample rate/frequency...

Ok, I'm pretty techno savvy, but...

I have a show that I mastered. When I did the mastering, my editor automatically upsamples to 48khz/24bit. So, I get done doing my thing & decide to downsample the set for sharing, because most want 44.1khz/16bit & so I did it & flac wrap it (flac 8)...

So, now, when I open the folder & look @ the media info, it says:

Quote:
General
Complete name : T:\
Format : FLAC
Format/Info : Free Lossless Audio Codec
File size : 66.7 MiB
Duration : 10mn 23s
Overall bit rate : 897 Kbps

Audio
Format : FLAC
Format/Info : Free Lossless Audio Codec
Duration : 10mn 23s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 897 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Stream size : 66.7 MiB (100%)
Writing library : libFLAC 1.2.1 (UTC 2007-09-17)
I thought that the bitrate should be 1411 kbps, not 897 kbps...

Am I confusing this with a different freq/sample rate? Or should it be 1400, or ? I'm also not sure why it's variable...

Anyone have any ideas?

Much appreciated - thanks in advance...

(edit)
Also, now, would this be considered lossy here (897 kbps) ?

Last edited by P A U L; 2011-06-17 at 03:00 AM. Reason: added question as indicated
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