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Flatten stereo to mono

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Is there any program which can scan for stereo files with digitally identical channels and flatten them to mono to save space?
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Re: Flatten stereo to mono

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My question would be do all playback programs know what a single channel mono file is?
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Digitally identical channels in flac do not save space vs one channel flac.
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csnyfan wrote: Mon Sep 05, 2022 12:04 pm Digitally identical channels in flac do not save space vs one channel flac.
But it does when you convert them back to WAV.
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ianbuckers wrote: Mon Sep 05, 2022 12:24 pm
csnyfan wrote: Mon Sep 05, 2022 12:04 pm Digitally identical channels in flac do not save space vs one channel flac.
But it does when you convert them back to WAV.
But why would you?
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csnyfan wrote: Mon Sep 05, 2022 12:37 pm
ianbuckers wrote: Mon Sep 05, 2022 12:24 pm
csnyfan wrote: Mon Sep 05, 2022 12:04 pm Digitally identical channels in flac do not save space vs one channel flac.
But it does when you convert them back to WAV.
But why would you?
Just stating a fact. I'm sure some people store as wav not flac and so it would save storage space for them. Some media players won't play flac so if you use one of those your choice is between feeding it mp3 (or similar) and wav only.
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Re: Flatten stereo to mono

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csnyfan wrote: Mon Sep 05, 2022 12:04 pm Digitally identical channels in flac do not save space vs one channel flac.
I store in flac so no need to worry.
Thanks cnsyfan!
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