Topic Index: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 22:27, 24 March 2005

Currently most of these links lead nowhere due to the fact that we are considering how to best convert the old material and how to reorganize things in a more efficient manner.

Please see this thread for a discussion of the future structure of this wiki. If you have thoughts, comments, suggestions, etc., please join in this discussion. In the meantime, please feel free to fill in gaps in the information below.
See also style related discussion

General Information

Audio Software

Note: We need to figure out a good way to denote the distinction between software available on different platforms. Why not add supported platforms after the name of the tool?

Encoders/Decoders

Lossless

TTA (True Audio) (Win32/Posix)

FLAC (Win32/Posix)

LA

Monkey's Audio

OptimFROG

WavPack (Dos/Win32/Posix)

Lossy

FAAC (AAC) (Win32/Posix/MacOSX)

LAME (MP3) (Win32/Posix)

mppenc (Musepack)

oggenc (Ogg_Vorbis) (Win32/Posix)

Rippers

Exact Audio Copy (EAC)
iTunes (Win32/OsX)
cdparanoia (Posix)

Players

Windows

foobar2000

Winamp

iTunes

wxMusik

Quintessential Player

Windows Media Player

XMPlay

Linux/BSD

Amarok

BMP

JuK

Muine

Music Player Daemon (MPD)

Rhythmbox

wxMusik

XMMS

Mac OS X (Non-BSD Specific)

iTunes

Whamb

Other

CL-Amp (BeOS)

Editors

Adobe Audition (Previously known as CoolEdit)
Audacity

Testing Software

Subjective Perceptual

ABC/HR

PCABX

Objective

Note: Might be good to put something here about the problems of quality comparisons using graphs, frequency sweeps, etc.

EAQUAL

Rightmark Audio Analyzer

Audio Hardware

PC Audio

HiFi

Digital Audio Players

Portable Flash

(These players make use of a internal flash drive.)

Creative MuVo

iRiver iFP Series

Rio Carbon

Neuros

Apple iPod shuffle

Portable HD

(These players make use of a internal harddrive.)

Apple iPod

iRiver H-Series

Rio Karma

iAudio M3

Neuros

Archos Jukebox with Rockbox Software

Portable CD

Car Players

(Car stereos that can read MP3, Vorbis, WMA, etc.).

Aiwa CDC-MP3

Audio Theory

Analog Audio

Digital Audio

replaygain

Compression Technology

Lossy

MP3

AAC

Ogg Vorbis

Musepack

WMA

ATRAC3

Lossless

Apple Lossless

TTA

FLAC

LA

Monkey's Audio

OptimFROG

WavPack

Shorten

Testing Methodology

Audio Development

Getting Started

Tools

Resources

Audio Resources

Websites

Note: Let's include a small description to the side for now, so that we have something to work with when this section becomes large enough for it's own page

http://www.audiocoding.com (Page with a wiki on technical audio topics, homepage of FAAC and FAAD2, also has an AAC forum.)
http://www.ff123.net (Lots of general information on various MP3 implementations, test samples, testing methodology information, homepage of ABC/HR)
http://www.head-fi.org (general information/board about head phones and portable audio players)
http://www.rarewares.org (Downloads for many audio and media tools)

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 * [[Glossary_Of_Audio_Terms|Glossary of Audio Terms]]
-==Specific Information==
+==Audio Software==
-===Audio Software===
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 ''Why not add supported platforms after the name of the tool?''
-====Encoders/Decoders====
+===Encoders/Decoders===
-=====Lossless=====
+====Lossless====
 * [[TTA]] (True Audio) (Win32/Posix)
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 * [[WavPack]] (Dos/Win32/Posix)
-=====Lossy=====
+====Lossy====
 * [[FAAC]] ([[AAC]]) (Win32/Posix/MacOSX)
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 * [[oggenc]] ([[Ogg_Vorbis]]) (Win32/Posix)
-====Rippers====
+===Rippers===
 * [[Exact_Audio_Copy|Exact Audio Copy]] (EAC)
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 * [[cdparanoia]] (Posix)
-====Players====
+===Players===
-===== Windows =====
+==== Windows ====
 * [[foobar2000]]
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 * [[XMPlay]]
-=====Linux/BSD=====
+====Linux/BSD====
 * [[Amarok]]
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 * [[XMMS]]
-=====Mac OS X (Non-BSD Specific) =====
+====Mac OS X (Non-BSD Specific) ====
 * [[iTunes]]
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 * [[Whamb]]
-=====Other=====
+====Other====
 * [[CL-Amp]] (BeOS)
-====Editors====
+===Editors===
 * [[Adobe_Audition|Adobe Audition]] (Previously known as CoolEdit)
 * [[Audacity]]
-====Testing Software====
+===Testing Software===
-=====Subjective Perceptual=====
+====Subjective Perceptual====
 * [[ABC/HR]]
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 * [[PCABX]]
-=====Objective=====
+====Objective====
 ''Note: Might be good to put something here about the problems of quality comparisons using graphs, frequency sweeps, etc.''
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 * [[Rightmark_Audio_Analyzer|Rightmark Audio Analyzer]]
-===Audio Hardware===
+==Audio Hardware==
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-====PC Audio====
+===PC Audio===
-====HiFi====
+===HiFi===
-====Digital Audio Players====
+===Digital Audio Players===
 '''Portable Flash'''
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 * [[Aiwa CDC-MP3]]
-===Audio Theory===
+==Audio Theory==
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-====Analog Audio====
+===Analog Audio===
-====Digital Audio====
+===Digital Audio===
 [[replaygain]]
-====Compression Technology====
+===Compression Technology===
 '''Lossy'''
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 *[[Shorten]]
-====Testing Methodology====
+===Testing Methodology===
-===Audio Development===
+==Audio Development==
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-====Getting Started====
+===Getting Started===
-====Tools====
+===Tools===
-====Resources====
+===Resources===
-===Audio Resources===
+==Audio Resources==
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-====Websites====
+===Websites===
 ''Note: Let's include a small description to the side for now, so that we have something to work with when this section becomes large enough for it's own page''
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 * http://www.rarewares.org (Downloads for many audio and media tools)
-====Articles====
+===Articles===
-====Listening Tests====
+===Listening Tests===
-===Other Topics===
+==Other Topics==
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-====Video====
+===Video===
 * [[MPEG-4 Visual]]
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 * [[VP6]]
-====[[Container Format]]s====
+===[[Container Format]]s===
 * [[Matroska]]
 * [[Ogg]]
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 * [[MPEG-4 Systems]]
-====[[Metadata]]====
+===[[Metadata]]===
 * [[ID3]]
 * [[APE Tags]]
 * [[Vorbis Comment]]