<div dir="ltr">So if that's the case, we should be making .cue files to go with the VGM albums we archive? The way I see it, if WAV and FLAC are both lossless, then shouldn't you be able to just back up the audio as FLAC instead of WAV and not lose any information? Hmm... Maybe I'm not sure how they work, but wouldn't m3u's and other playlists also have that same kind of support for track gaps like on a CD? (so you'd have an m3u with the same track gap information, but also a .cue so you could create the disc exactly the same way again).<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 7:23 PM, Jim Leonard <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:trixter@oldskool.org">trixter@oldskool.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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Now with this in mind, what's SIG members' opinions regarding ISO archival versus storage of individual files on the disc? <br>
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Do both. Space is cheap. 1T drives (1T!!!) are about $109.<br>
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However, I'd recommend bin/cue format since .ISOs won't have redbook audio or win/mac formatting. One such guide is here: <a href="http://darkwater.free.fr/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=67" target="_blank">http://darkwater.free.fr/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=67</a> (specialized for Sega CD and Saturn games but appropriate for any mixed-mode disc with data and redbook audio)<div class="Ih2E3d">
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