While converting .wav file into .flac the problem occurs: original .wav file have sample rate 33 kHz and bitrate 1024 kbts but exported .FLAC file only have 298 kbts with same sample rate. Why did i lose bitrate? Explanation would be appriciated.
Export settings: Sample Rate 33000 Hz; Bit Depth 16 bit; Level 8 (best).
That means that FLAC successfully compressed your audio. Bitrate is just “how much data do you need to store a given amount of audio”. The entire point of FLAC is to reduce how much data is needed, without destroying any information. A lower bitrate just means that the audio stayed the same length while the file size got smaller, it doesn’t mean that the quality got worse. When played back, it will get decoded, and exactly get back the data you put in.
To use a paper analogy, imagine you have written an A3 page. You could send that in an A3 envelope, which would be bulky and more expensive, or you could fold your page twice to send it in a normal envelope for A5 instead. If someone were to try to read this folded paper while it was folded in the envelope by holding it against the light, they would only make out gibberish as 4 layers of characters would sit on top of each other, but once they open the envelope and unfold the paper, it’ll be just a normal A3 paper again, with exactly the words in them as there were before.
Thank you so much!
In addition i wanted to ask how to choose bitrate when converting .WAV to .MP3? I’m confused because according to this guide (https://www.reddit.com/r/hiphopheads/comments/2t88ne/a_quick_guide_to_checking_the_real_bitrate_of/) bitrate of my .WAV file only 128 kbts which is strange 