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Dave Kimmel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Um... is there such a thing as "lossless" compression? I don't think
>> so... I think "lossy compression" is redundant ;)
>
>Lossless compression is what people generally call programs like
>WinZip. When you compress a file with WinZip, it takes up less space
>and when you decompress it you get the exact same data that you
>compressed. In other words, it doesn't lose any data in the
>compression and decompression process.
>
>ATRAC is lossy because it does NOT return the same data after
>decompression that it was given for compression. ATRAC throws out
>information in order to make it easier to compress the data,
>therefore the compression and decompression process loses data.
Right... I understand when we're talking about computer data. But is
there such a thing as "lossless" compression when it comes to audio?
Someone mentioned "shorten" but is it really lossless?
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