WAV is uncompressed. MP3 is highly compressed, but lossy. FLAC is compressed and lossless. If you wanted to store lots of master copies of audio, you could use WAV or you could reduce storage space by using FLAC instead.
WAV is the original lossless audio file. FLAC is just a compressed version of that file (think of it as .zip).
MP3 is more like an edited version of the original where "extra fluff" is removed from the audio in a way that you can still hear the important bits. And then compressed for further space savings.
Obviously, there is no point in converting MP3 to FLAC since when the original lossless audio track was MP3'd , it lost some of the audio information, so you'd only be changing the compression algorithm, I imagine.
What? Most all FLAC is created (converted) from a WAV source. If your source is MP3, then yes, FLAC is irrelevant... But FLAC is basically a lossless compression format for WAV.
I'm really confused by what you're talking about lol... especially "up"convert...??? WAV is the ultimate lossless audio on PC. It really doesn't get any better than WAV. There is no "up" from WAV. FLAC is a compression format for WAV, that does not lose any data. The output of FLAC will be identical to the WAV file, even though its compressed. MP3 is a compression format for WAV that loses data, and will not be identical to the original WAV file.
samstave|3 years ago
hurflmurfl|3 years ago
MP3 is more like an edited version of the original where "extra fluff" is removed from the audio in a way that you can still hear the important bits. And then compressed for further space savings.
Obviously, there is no point in converting MP3 to FLAC since when the original lossless audio track was MP3'd , it lost some of the audio information, so you'd only be changing the compression algorithm, I imagine.
alexanderh|3 years ago
I'm really confused by what you're talking about lol... especially "up"convert...??? WAV is the ultimate lossless audio on PC. It really doesn't get any better than WAV. There is no "up" from WAV. FLAC is a compression format for WAV, that does not lose any data. The output of FLAC will be identical to the WAV file, even though its compressed. MP3 is a compression format for WAV that loses data, and will not be identical to the original WAV file.