From Hydrogenaudio Knowledgebase
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Encoding speed |
average |
fast |
fast |
slow |
average |
very fast
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Decoding speed |
very fast |
very fast |
fast |
slow |
fast |
very fast
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Compression* |
58,50% |
58,70% |
55,50% |
54,70% |
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63,50%
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Flexibility** |
bad |
very good |
very good |
very good |
bad |
bad
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Error handling |
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yes |
yes |
yes |
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no
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Seeking |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes
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Tagging |
QT tags |
FLAC tags |
ID3/APE |
ID3/APE |
Proprietary |
no
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Hardware support |
yes |
yes |
no |
no |
no |
no
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Software support |
bad |
very good |
good |
average |
bad |
very good
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Hybrid/lossy |
no |
no |
no |
yes |
no |
no
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ReplayGain |
sort of |
yes |
no |
no |
no |
no
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RIFF chunks |
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no |
yes |
yes |
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yes
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Streaming |
yes |
yes |
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yes |
yes |
no
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Pipe support |
no |
yes |
yes |
yes |
no |
yes
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Open source |
Yes (decoding) |
yes |
yes |
no |
no |
yes
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Multichannel |
no |
yes |
no |
no |
no |
no
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High resolution |
no |
yes |
yes |
yes |
no |
no
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OS support |
Win/Mac |
All |
All |
Win/Linux |
Win/Mac/Linux |
All
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Features |
Template:Turquoise WavPack |
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Template:Turquoise LA |
Template:Turquoise TTA |
Template:Turquoise LPAC
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Encoding speed |
very fast |
average |
slow |
very fast |
average
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Decoding speed |
very fast |
average |
slow |
very fast |
very fast
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Compression* |
58% |
56,30% |
53,50% |
57,10% |
57,20%
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Flexibility** |
very good |
bad |
average |
bad |
bad
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Error handling |
yes |
yes |
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no |
no
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Seeking |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
slow
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Tagging |
ID3/APE |
Proprietary |
ID3v1 |
ID3 |
no
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Hardware support |
no |
no |
no |
yes |
no
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Software support |
good |
good |
bad |
average |
average
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Hybrid/lossy |
yes |
no |
no |
no |
no
|
ReplayGain |
yes |
no |
no |
yes |
no
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RIFF chunks |
yes |
no |
yes |
no |
yes
|
Streaming |
yes |
yes |
|
no |
no
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Pipe support |
yes |
yes |
yes |
no |
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Open source |
yes |
no |
no |
yes |
no
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Multichannel |
yes |
yes |
no |
yes |
no
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High resolution |
yes |
yes |
no |
yes |
yes
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OS support |
All |
Win/Mac |
Win/Linux |
All |
Win/Linux/Sol
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