Live briefing
Everything about WavPack
Open-source lossless audio codec
WavPack is a free and open-source lossless audio compression format and application implementing the format. It is unique in the way that it supports hybrid audio compression alongside normal compression which is similar to how FLAC works. It also supports compressing a wide variety of lossless formats, including various variants of PCM and also DSD as used in SACDs, together with its support for surround audio. Wikipedia →
🧠Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: WavPackA 5-minute orientation
- Go sideways: Monkey's AudioA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Shorten (codec)A closely related topic
đź“– Definitions
No dictionary entry for this exact phrase.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
- No matching papers found.
đź“š Books worth reading
Open Library didn't respond; try again in a moment.
đź”— Related topics
- Monkey's Audio Monkey's Audio is an algorithm and file format for lossless audio data compression. Lossless data compression does not discard data during the process…
- Shorten (codec) Shorten (SHN) is a file format used for compressing audio data. It is a form of data compression of files and is used to losslessly compress CD-quality…
- List of open-source codecs This is a listing of open-source codecs—that is, open-source software implementations of audio or video coding formats, audio codecs and video codecs respective…
- Mp3HD MPEG-1 Audio Layer III HD (more commonly known by its abbreviation mp3HD) was an audio compression codec developed by Technicolor, formerly known as Thomson…
- Audio file format An audio file format is a file format for storing digital audio data on a computer system. The bit layout of the audio data (excluding metadata) is called…
- Glossary of digital audio This is a glossary of terms used in digital audio, covering common audio formats, codecs, technical specifications, and related concepts. The terms listed…
- Direct Stream Digital Direct Stream Digital (DSD) is a trademark used by Sony and Philips for their system for digitally encoding audio signals for the Super Audio CD (SACD)…
- Transcoding Transcoding is the direct digital-to-digital conversion of one encoding to another, such as for video files, audio files, or character encoding. This is…