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Non-MP3 Codecs?

Posted by Cliff on from the those-other-audio-codecs dept.

Vanth Dreadstar asks: "While MP3 is okay, I have begun researching other codecs that would be suitable for my home music use. Lossy codecs such as Ogg Vorbis, AAC, and MPC all seem to have promise, not to mention the lossless codecs such as Shorten (otherwise known as .SHN), LPAC, and FLAC. I would like to know what non-MP3 codecs people are using out there, and why."

2 of 544 comments (clear)

  1. What happened to the MP3 Pro spec? by prisoner-of-enigma · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    Subject says all. Has it just not hit mainstream, or is it getting steamrollered by Ogg, WMA, and any of the other popular formats?

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  2. This is informative? +4? What? by Wakko+Warner · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Some guy claims he knows audio engineers and that Windows Media sounds better to them. Wow, *so* informative. Thanks for that rock-hard information.

    4 people fell for this troll!

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