No, FLAC as well, but again, for archival purposes. because what happens if in 150 years there is no mechanism for decoding FLAC?
The EBU recommendations for archiving (Which is just one recommendation, but the one I’m replying to here) is actually no compression at all as you can see from my post above and for this specific reason.
Not because it is not “good enough” but because it makes the archival process dependent on a codec that may or may not be available long term.
The audio archive should, whenever possible, avoid the use of audio compression and it
should preferably be organised in PCM audio format
There is no possible reason why an audio archive should be at the mercy of the continuing
availability of a decompression codec with which to access its contents.
It makes no sense to use any compressed format for archival purposes. For listening to it? Day to day use? HiFi purists? Audibly better than mp3? Sure. it does what it says on the tin.
