FLAC vs WAV vs WMA lossless

[rchrd1221]

I have a FLAC file that I converted to WAV. Since they are both lossless, why is the WAV file so much bigger than the FLAC file? And why is the WAV file so much bigger than the same file as a WMA file?

 

[Calculagator]

FLAC may be a lossless codec, but it still uses a compression algorithm for smaller file sizes. It is possible to compress information without removing any of it (zip files do the same thing).

 

[Calculagator]

FLAC may be a lossless codec, but it still uses a compression algorithm for smaller file sizes. It is possible to compress information without removing any of it (zip files do the same thing).