FLAC or SHN?

[OasiSA]

Some lossless concerts on the net are in SHN format, some are in FLAC format.

what is the difference?
is one better than the other??

[cardifffemale]

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[Howdo]

isn't shn files compressed audio files? makes it easier to upload/download then u need a program to transfer back to wav

and i think flac is a direct file, but u can burn that directly to disc!

whatever is clued up with owt like this, so maybe he could shed some more light on it

[Watson]

flac is also a compressed file, but there is a long running debate with it. Me personally I dont mind either, but I always seem to use flac when uploading a gig, prolly just the 1st i come too

[patrick72seb]

Go here and find out the difference:

FLAC: http://flac.sourceforge.net/
SHN: http://research.umbc.edu/~hamilton/shnfaq.html

[allinthemind]

yeah i think they are about the same the only difference ppl have told me that flac files are bigger in size compare to shn and other lossless formats ...

[whatever]

http://www.archive.org/iathreads/post-view.php?id=31360

[wayne]

flac is superior - it can do wider word widths, checksums are embedded in the actual track rather than having to be carried in a separate file (md5), flac offers some ability to recover from decode errors and you can add meta-tags. Compression efficiency is better also.

Go here and find out the difference:

FLAC: http://flac.sourceforge.net/
SHN: http://research.umbc.edu/~hamilton/shnfaq.html

[part_of_the_queue]

where can i find SHN plugin for winamp please? cheers pals

[nicolas0280]

where can i find SHN plugin for winamp please? cheers pals
http://wiki.etree.org/index.php?page=ShnAmp

[part_of_the_queue]

http://wiki.etree.org/index.php?page=ShnAmp

cheers mate!
youre the man!