Eric Seaberg wrote:
tyler_durden;294822 Wrote:
As for Apple- they have a "lossless" compression format that is
proprietary. Why would they develop their own when open source
compression formats exist? Because they want control.
This isn't totally accurate... Apple's lossless CODEC was co-authored
with Dolby Labs and others, and is capable of carrying up to 8-channels
of interleved audio. I don't think FLAC can do that.
Don't think, check: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flac#Technical_details
FLAC allows for Rice parameter between 0-16, and up to 8 channels of
audio and a wide range of sampling rates up to 192 kHz, in various
bits-per-sample width.
I do use FLAC for some things, but ALAC handles 95% of my music rips
because I know that, even though it may be 'proprietary', it will
ALWAYS work and be backwards compatible.
BTW, I was at the NAB Convention in Las Vegas last week and walked by
the Fraunhofer booth. They have come up with a lossless AAC CODEC,
capable of carrying 6-channels of audio at a data rate of 192kbps.
6 channels lossLESS @192 kbps?
Call me a sceptic, but are you sure you read that correctly?
Regards,
Peter
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