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Old 1st May 2014, 16:49   #1  |  Link
pcroland
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Is there any difference between original sound and converted lossless?

Hello!
I use Audacity in Xubuntu 14.04 LTS. Audacity can't import a lot of formats, for example: aac, ac3. But it can import .wav. So, is there any difference between these two methods?:
original sound -> import -> edit -> export
original sound -> convert to lossless wav -> edit -> export.
I use ffmpeg so the second method isn't more complicated.
ffmpeg -i source.mkv -c:a copy out.ac3
ffmpeg -i source.mkv -c:a pcm_s16le out.wav
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