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| =Lossless compression explained=
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| ==Popular lossless formats== | | ==Popular lossless formats== |
| * [[Apple Lossless]] ([[ALAC]]) | | * [[Apple Lossless]] ([[ALAC]]) |
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| * [[TTA]] | | * [[TTA]] |
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| ==Oddball Formats==
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| There are several old lossless formats that aren't really deserving of having an article all for themselves. Reasons are: lack of widespread support, lack of features, bad efficiency and, most importantly, it seems noone is really interested in them.
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| Most of those would have disappeared by now, but they are being preserved for posterity at [[User:Rjamorim|rjamorim]]'s [http://www.rjamorim.com/rrw/ ReallyRareWares]
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| ; Advanced Digital Audio (ADA)
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| * http://www.rjamorim.com/rrw/ada.html
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| ; Marian's a-Pac
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| * http://www.marian.de/en/downloads#APAC
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| ; AudioZip
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| * http://www.rjamorim.com/rrw/audiozip.html
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| ; Dakx WAV
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| * http://www.dakx.com/
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| * http://www.rjamorim.com/rrw/daxwav.html
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| * http://www.entis.gr.jp/eri/frame.html
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| ; LiteWave
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| * http://www.clearjump.com/products/LiteWave.html
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| * http://www.rjamorim.com/rrw/litewave.html
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| ; Pegasus SPS
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| * http://www.krishnasoft.com/sps.htm
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| ; RKaudio
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| * http://www.msoftware.co.nz/downloads_page.php
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| * http://rksoft.virtualave.net/rkau.html
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| * http://www.rjamorim.com/rrw/split2000.html
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| ; Sonarc
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| * http://www.rjamorim.com/rrw/sonarc.html
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| ; VocPack
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| * http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/sndspace/
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| Note that currently no single format can be considered best for all applications. Rather, the best format depends on the intended use, as well as a number of other factors (such as licensing and file structure). For example, Shorten and FLAC are widely used for sharing live music because of their cross-platform support and speed. Monkey's Audio is popular among Windows users for its superior compression ratio.
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| Lossless compressors comparisons (note the specific assumptions and limitations of each comparison; in particular, results are sensitive to the music selected):
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| ; http://web.inter.nl.net/users/hvdh/lossless/lossless.htm : Includes an interesting graph of encode/decode speeds vs. file size on the All Albums page
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| ; [[Lossless comparison]] : A comparision focusing more on codec features and less on absolute encoding efficiency. Also features a table comparing most popular codecs based on their features.
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| ; http://home.wanadoo.nl/~w.speek/comparison.htm : Performance Comparison of Lossless Audio Compressors - Compares file size, encode speed, decode speed for [[APE]], [[FLAC]], [[LPAC]], [[WavPack]], Shorten ([[SHN]]), [[RKAU]], [[OptimFROG]], [[LA]], [[WMA | WMA Lossless]]. Updated 5-2003
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| ; http://www.firstpr.com.au/audiocomp/lossless/ : Includes a variety of notes, but the testing was completed in 2000, making the results largely obsolete.
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