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196 kbit/s and up in lossy mode (for CD audio) 3523.8 ms Yes Yes Yes Yes: Up to 256 channels Windows Media Audio Standard: MDCT: 8, 11.025, 16, 22.05, 32, 44.1, 48 kHz 8–768 kbit/s >100 ms Yes Yes Yes Unofficial, requires modification Windows Media Audio Pro: MDCT
Lossless Audio (LA) [5] – No update for 10+ years; Shorten (SHN) [6] – Officially discontinued. libshn; FFmpeg (decoding only) Lossless Predictive Audio Compression (LPAC) – Predecessor of MPEG-4 ALS; Lossless Transform Audio Compression (LTAC) – Predecessor of LPAC; MPEG-1 Audio Layer III HD – Officially discontinued
Screenshot of Windows Media Encoder 9 Series, displaying new encoding options for Windows Media Audio 10 Professional. Windows Media Audio Professional (WMA Pro) is an improved lossy codec closely related to WMA standards. It retains most of the same general coding features, but also features improved entropy coding and quantization strategies ...
The Apple Lossless Encoder (and decoder) were released as open source software under the Apache License version 2.0 on October 27, 2011. [10] [11] [12] On May 17, 2021, Apple announced that they would begin offering lossless audio in Apple Music in June 2021, with all lossless music being encoded using ALAC. [13]
A lossless audio coding format reduces the total data needed to represent a sound but can be de-coded to its original, uncompressed form. A lossy audio coding format additionally reduces the bit resolution of the sound on top of compression, which results in far less data at the cost of irretrievably lost information.
Vorbis is a free and open-source software project headed by the Xiph.Org Foundation.The project produces an audio coding format and software reference encoder/decoder for lossy audio compression, libvorbis. [10]
A codec listening test is a scientific study designed to compare two or more lossy audio codecs, usually with respect to perceived fidelity or compression efficiency. Most tests take the form of a double-blind comparison. Commonly used methods are known as "ABX" or "ABC/HR" or "MUSHRA". There are various software packages available for ...
WavPack also incorporates a "hybrid" mode, which still provides the features of lossless compression, but creates two files: a relatively small, high-quality, lossy file (.wv) that can be used by itself; and a "correction" file (.wvc) that, when combined with the lossy file, provides full lossless restoration.