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Re:FLAC – Format overview by PaulDavisThe1st on Monday September 05, 2022 @06:16PM (#32730151)
What would the point be of storing a checksum of the original data if the compression technique is known to be lossy?
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Re:FLAC – Format overview by wyldfire on Monday September 05, 2022 @06:22PM (#32730200)
You could use a CRC to verify metadata contents.

But IMO these are the properties of a good container file / stream format. FLAC might define its own but IMO most codecs could work well with a generic container.

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Re:FLAC – Format overview by mustache_kimono on Monday September 05, 2022 @07:31PM (#32730733)
It doesn't? However, it may be significant to store a checksum of the lossy bitstream?
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