Mark Lanctot;409221 Wrote: > This would be similar to the WavPack idea. The lossy file is > accompanied by a correction file which indicates what data was dropped > to make the lossy file. Taken together, both files could be used to > produce a lossless version. > > It's a neat idea, but WavPack hasn't gained much traction. However, it > has several years' head start on mp3HD, is "open and royalty-free" and > features (from http://www.wavpack.com/): > > > > (among other things) All we know about mp3HD is that it's 16/44.1 > only, and since it's proprietary, we may not know much more. > > So in short, if anyone was to do this, there should be no reason they > can't use WavPack. It seems to be better than mp3HD in every way. > > The key will probably be hardware support. WavPack hasn't made great > inroads here, but mp3HD needs a license so hardware manufacturers might > hesitate.
Seems I didn't make my point. It is very simple. Why bother with MP3 files with "side information" files attached to mathematically get to lossless when one can just use lossless files? I would bet the farm that one can't take an MP3HD file and remake the orginal file from the MP3HD file! Which is what my difinition of lossless is. -- iPhone *iPhone* Media Room: Transporter, VTL TL-6.5 Signature Pre-Amp, Ayre MX-R Mono's, Vandersteen Quatro, VeraStarr 6.4SE 6-channel Amp, VCC-5 Reference Center, four VSM-1 Signatures, Runco RS 900 CineWide AutoScope 2.35:1 Living Room: Duet, ADCOM GTP-870HD, Cinepro 3K6SE III Gold, Vandersteen Model 3A Signature, Two 2Wq subs, VCC-2, Two VSM-1 Kitchen: Squeezebox BOOM Bedroom: SB3, GFR-700HD, Thiel 2.3, Second Boom Home Office: SB3, NAD C370, two VSM-1 Home Gym: SB3, Parasound Vamp v.3, Thiel PowerPoint 1.2 House Portable: SB3, Audioengine A5 Thunderbird: Duet, Mac Mini Expedition: SB3, ToughBook ------------------------------------------------------------------------ iPhone's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13622 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=61694 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
