# Can I find how compressed a FLAC file is?
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-i-find-how-compressed-a-flac-file-is/55169
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [November 20, 2021, 8:09pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-i-find-how-compressed-a-flac-file-is/55169 "2021-11-20T20:09:43Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@donwiss](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/donwiss)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2021, 8:09pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-i-find-how-compressed-a-flac-file-is/55169/1 "2021-11-20T20:09:43Z")
I have dBpoweramp installed. When I hover over a filename a tag displays the meta tags. It also displays the percent compressed. Some FLAC files have no compression. Basically a WAVE file with tags. Is there a way I could find these?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2021, 9:43pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-i-find-how-compressed-a-flac-file-is/55169/2 "2021-11-20T21:43:35Z")
see e.g. here:
> [@FLAC compression column](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/flac-compression-column/44947):
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> Hi! Any way to add "FLAC compression" column?
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### Author:  [@donwiss](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/donwiss)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2021, 10:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-i-find-how-compressed-a-flac-file-is/55169/3 "2021-11-20T22:00:26Z")
Thanks for responding. I saw that article before posting. That article is asking about the Compression Level that one sets when encoding to FLAC. I'm asking for the percent of compression, like dBpoweramp shows. Though admittedly 0% compression is the same as Compression Level 0.
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### Author:  [@phw](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/phw)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2021, 9:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-i-find-how-compressed-a-flac-file-is/55169/4 "2021-11-21T21:41:45Z")
I guess that would require decoding the file and then comparing audio data sizes. Since MP3Tag does not deal with audio decoding that's probably not easily possible.
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### Author:  [@donwiss](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/donwiss)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2021, 10:22pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-i-find-how-compressed-a-flac-file-is/55169/5 "2021-11-21T22:22:01Z")
But the dBpoweramp tool tip pops up almost instantly. Let me see what the tool tip is on an MP3... Same. It displays the percent compression. A much larger number, of course.
Isn't it just the calculation of file size divided by the calculated size if no compression. You know the duration. You know the bit rate. You can get the uncompressed size.
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### Author:  [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2021, 11:40pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-i-find-how-compressed-a-flac-file-is/55169/6 "2021-11-21T23:40:40Z")
This can depend on VBR or CBR, compression types, etc. I donโt think this is a simple formula in many cases.
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### Author:  [@donwiss](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/donwiss)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2021, 11:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-i-find-how-compressed-a-flac-file-is/55169/7 "2021-12-05T23:05:42Z")
I've found a way. If I add a Bitrate column, and sort by Bitrate, all the ones with a rate around 1411 are uncompressed FLACs.
But I hit a road block. I do all my navigation by pasting the path into whatever. I right click on a track in MP3tag and I can't copy the path from the Properties window. And I don't see it anyplace else. So how do I get the path (I'll edit down to folder) into the clipboard?
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### Author:  [@ryerman](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ryerman)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2021, 11:49pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-i-find-how-compressed-a-flac-file-is/55169/8 "2021-12-05T23:49:53Z")
> [@donwiss](#):
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> So how do I get the path (I'll edit down to folder) into the clipboard?
Same answer as another time you asked. ๐
> [@File xxx cannot be opened for writing](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/file-xxx-cannot-be-opened-for-writing/54063/5):
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> Try a user-defined tool, like this: Path: C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe Parameter: /c echo "%\_path%" | clip
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### Author:  [@donwiss](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/donwiss)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2021, 12:13am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-i-find-how-compressed-a-flac-file-is/55169/9 "2021-12-06T00:13:15Z")
I don't follow. This is my first asking how to copy the path. I'm looking at a list of tracks on the right. I right click on one of the tracks. The Properties window pops up. I can't copy from the Path row. And I don't see that Path anyplace else where I can copy it from.
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### Author:  [@ryerman](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ryerman)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2021, 5:01am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-i-find-how-compressed-a-flac-file-is/55169/10 "2021-12-06T05:01:55Z")
> [@donwiss](#):
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> This is my first asking how to copy the path.
If you say so.
Have you created and used the tool that I described in the thread you started in Bug Reports on August 13?
The link is in my previous post.
Here is some official documentation:
> [@User-defined Tools](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/user-defined-tools/966):
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> [General information](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tools/966/2) on user-defined Tools in Mp3tag Examples [Open files in Windows Explorer](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tools/966/3)[Play/Enqueue files in Winamp](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tools/966/4)[Web Browser](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tools/966/5)[Folder Navigation](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tools/966/6)[Re-encode WAV using ffmpeg](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tools/966/7)
> **[Tools โ Mp3tag Documentation](https://docs.mp3tag.de/customization/options/tools/)**
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> Documentation of Tools configuration options. Mp3tag is the universal Tag Editor.