I have an album thats a bit more than 200MB, converted to just an audio only M4a or MP4 its still under 80MB

Is that 120+MB all chaff or is there another way to prevent losing all muh damn wheat

CONSTRAINT/NON-CONSTRAINTS

FILE SIZE DOES NOT MATTER AT ALL TO ME. JUST TO BE CLEAR

MUST BE AN MP4 “video” file. I get that MP4 is a container or whatever but that is a hard constraint—Please respect that

M4A/AAC are not acceptable. It must be within the container that is MP4, non-negotiable

  • OtherbarryEnglish
    3·
    2 days ago

    You can’t go lossless (FLAC codec) to lossy (codec in M4A/MP4) without losing something.

    Not sure which codec specifically you’re referring to in your M4A/MP4 but usually those containers are for lossy codecs and judging by the file size going down you definitely went lossless --> lossy. If the resulting file sounds okay to you then maybe you don’t need/want the lossless file anyway, that’s you’re choice.

    Personally I keep everything in the original lossless FLAC, only generate lossy MP4 files when needed for a specific purpose. (but I’d still keep the original FLAC regardless)

    • sopularity_fax@sopuli.xyzOP
      2·
      2 days ago

      Im keeping all the source files intact and archived safely, theres no worry on that point. This is all just experimenting on copies without touching the original files

      I just want to test or see if there is a way to preserve losseless in an inherently lossy but necessary spec