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Re:FLAC 1.3.4 by astrange on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @04:40AM (#30439390)
FLAC bitrots less than WAV, because WAV doesn't have checksums.
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Re:FLAC 1.3.4 by rakoo on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @04:48AM (#30439453)
If you're concerned about bitrot (and I feel everyone should be), you're going to checksum at the filesystem level, so it doesn't make a difference
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Re:FLAC 1.3.4 by astrange on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @05:07AM (#30439573)
The more the better. Sometimes there's a bit flip on the way to the streaming server…

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25335936

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Re:FLAC 1.3.4 by corysama on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @05:17AM (#30439627)
As someone pointed out above, WAV bitrots results in unreported micro-blips. FLAC bitrot results in reported large-scale failure.
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Re:FLAC 1.3.4 by kzrdude on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @05:31AM (#30439708)
It bitrots at the same rate, but you detect that it happened with FLAC
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Re:FLAC 1.3.4 by astrange on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @05:47AM (#30439783)
And then you restore it from backup/rip the CD again/download it from the original source again. And test your RAM.
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