Codec listening test — 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… … Wikipedia
Comparison of audio formats — The following tables compare general and technical information for a variety of audio formats and audio compression formats. For listening tests comparing the perceived audio quality of audio formats and codecs, see the article Codec listening… … Wikipedia
Data compression — Source coding redirects here. For the term in computer programming, see Source code. In computer science and information theory, data compression, source coding or bit rate reduction is the process of encoding information using fewer bits than… … Wikipedia
LAME — This article is about the audio encoder. For other uses, see Lame. LAME Developer(s) The LAME development team … Wikipedia
Speex — Filename extension .spx Internet media type audio/x speex, audio/speex, audio/ogg Developed by Xiph.Org Foundation, Jean Marc Valin Type of format Audio Contained by Ogg … Wikipedia
DivX — This article is about the video codec. See DivX, Inc. for the company behind the codec. For the former videodisc format, see DIVX. Series of articles on DivX … Wikipedia
Dolby Digital — logo Dolby Digital is the name for audio compression technologies developed by Dolby Laboratories. It was originally called Dolby Stereo Digital until 1994. Except for Dolby TrueHD, the audio compression is lossy. The first use of Dolby Digital… … Wikipedia
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Monkey's Audio — Not to be confused with MediaMonkey, an unrelated digital media player and media library application. Monkey s Audio Developer(s) Matthew T. Ashland Stable release 4.10 / 16 April 2011; 7 months ago (2011 04 16) … Wikipedia
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