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...g. WAV. If FLAC is >> lossless and created from an original CBR WAV file, is is true that >> the decoded output is also CBR when played? >> >> That is, WAV in = WAV out, where both are CBR? > Yes, an uncompressed sound file is CBR, unless you're talking about > LDPCM. FLAC is compressed, though, and thus it must be VBR in its > compressed form. The Variable in VBR ranges anywhere from slightly > above the CBR of uncompressed audio (including overhead) to > approximately half that rate (on average) or even sometimes lower. > > >> Thanks...

I'm well aware how compression works. But images and document files do not depend on the relative timing of the data to reproduce themselves. They are in essence only two-dimensional in space, whereas the data in a sound file is time-dependent. The question really has more to do with the decoded FLAC stream output, which I presume is a linear PCM file, e.g. WAV. If FLAC is lossless and

...s a linear PCM file, e.g. WAV. If FLAC is > lossless and created from an original CBR WAV file, is is true that > the decoded output is also CBR when played? > > That is, WAV in = WAV out, where both are CBR? Yes, an uncompressed sound file is CBR, unless you're talking about LDPCM. FLAC is compressed, though, and thus it must be VBR in its compressed form. The Variable in VBR ranges anywhere from slightly above the CBR of uncompressed audio (including overhead) to approximately half that rate (on average) or even sometimes lower. > Thanks for any insights on thi...