Actually, I found the article again:
http://www.dts.com/media/DTS-HD_WhitePaper.pdf
and theyare definitely using a backwards compatible DTS core plus
extensions - although for DTS-HD the producers can opt to ignore
backwards compatibility and dump the DTS core.
"Fundamental to the original DTS
bigfool1956;257662 Wrote:
> From what I've read about the new HD versions of DTS, they also use an
> original lossy DTS core and add a second layer to it to make it
> lossless.
I guess technically speaking, this is how FLAC (and all other lossless
codecs?) work anyway. You first approximate the
>From what I've read about the new HD versions of DTS, they also use an
original lossy DTS core and add a second layer to it to make it
lossless.
Assuming I've understood that correctly, then nothing new in this
HD-AAC idea then.
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oh I see. It's sort of a lossless error stream wrapped around a lossy
core. You can play them together for a lossless rendition, or peel out
the lossy "core" for playback on space-constrained devices.
That's clever, but I think it can be done with MP3+FLAC. I seem to
remember reading about it so
seanadams wrote:
> what good is having another lossless format?
Is more lossless?
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This is exciting news for us Slim folks.
http://www.tech.co.uk/home-entertainment/hi-fi-and-audio/music/news/cd-is-dead-long-live-hd-aac?articleid=237490635
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