"Maybe has to do with the offset or floating point rounding. Maybe has to do with erroneous behavior when the CODEC is running real-time."
Maybe if resmpling is done in teh process, but not for a straight format conversion. If it happens in that case its more likely a result of the CODEC. I can't see how reformatting done right with no recalculations involved would make a difference alone.
I'm saying this from the perspective of one who has written image resampling and reformatting programs professionally in past years for high precision military applications. The same principles would apply to digital audio as well I am fairly certain.
Of course, as always, the devil is in the details. If that's what you heard, there is probably a reason, but I would see no basis to place the blame on the format itself.
Maybe if resmpling is done in teh process, but not for a straight format conversion. If it happens in that case its more likely a result of the CODEC. I can't see how reformatting done right with no recalculations involved would make a difference alone.
I'm saying this from the perspective of one who has written image resampling and reformatting programs professionally in past years for high precision military applications. The same principles would apply to digital audio as well I am fairly certain.
Of course, as always, the devil is in the details. If that's what you heard, there is probably a reason, but I would see no basis to place the blame on the format itself.