General aspects of the format

TAK
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	lossless audio compression.
Developer(s)	Thomas Becker
Release	TBC
Type	Lossless
Recommended encoder	TAK v1.0
Website	Homepage (german)

The TAK (Tom's lossless Audio Kompressor) is a lossless audio compressor, promises compression performance similar to Monkey's Audio "High" and decompression speed similar to FLAC! The basic format is ready/save to use. Internal tagging, more playback support and some other features still has to come.

Features

high compression
fast compression and decompression speed
fast seeking
Streaming support
Error tolerance
- single bit error will never affect more than 250 ms
Error detection
- each frame protected by a 24-bit checksum (CRC)

Pros

to be added

Cons

to be added

Hardware and software that support TAK

Hardware

non

Software

Winamp Plugin 0.0.3 Alpha here

Recommended Settings

best compression - mode "Extra"
fastest compression - mode "Turbo"
use ApeV2 tagging (will be used as internal tagging)

Future Features

Plugins for other applications, such as Winamp or foobar2000 (a Winamp plugin is already close to completion).
An SDK for other developers.
Internal tagging.
Unicode support.
Piping support.
MD5 audio checksums for verification and identification.
A german version.
Embedded cue sheets.
Embedded cover art.
Multi channel audio.

Frequently asked questions

non

External links