From Hydrogenaudio Knowledgebase
| Features |
Template:Turquoise ALAC |
Template:Turquoise FLAC |
Template:Turquoise Monkey's |
Template:Turquoise OptimFROG |
Template:Turquoise RealLossless |
Template:Turquoise Shorten
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| Encoding speed |
average |
fast |
fast |
slow |
average |
very fast
|
| Decoding speed |
very fast |
very fast |
fast |
slow |
fast |
very fast
|
| Compression* |
58,50% |
58,70% |
55,50% |
54,70% |
|
63,50%
|
| Flexibility** |
bad |
very good |
very good |
very good |
bad |
bad
|
|
|
| Error Handling |
|
yes |
yes |
yes |
|
no
|
| Seeking |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes
|
| Tagging |
QT tags |
FLAC tags |
ID3/APE |
ID3/APE |
Proprietary |
no
|
| Hardware support |
yes |
yes |
no |
no |
no |
no
|
