View Single Post
Old 12th December 2018, 02:12   #1571  |  Link
LoRd_MuldeR
Software Developer
 
LoRd_MuldeR's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Last House on Slunk Street
Posts: 13,248
Quote:
Originally Posted by SeeMoreDigital View Post
Evening,

Over the last few months I've received a few PM's from people over on the AVS forum enquiring applications that can generate ALAC encodes. Is this something that could be implemented?
Well, since we already support ALAC decoding via refalac, adding encoding support for ALAC wouldn't be too hard

However I'm relucant to add encoding support for yet another "lossless" audio format.

We already have support for FLAC and Monkey's, where FLAC is the de facto standard for "lossless" audio today (with very good hardware support) and Monkey's is for those people who want that little bit of extra compression.

I see no advantage in ALAC format, as compression is no better than FLAC (actually slightly worse), whereas speed and playback support are inferior. Quality obviously is exactly the same for all "lossless" formats.
__________________
Go to https://standforukraine.com/ to find legitimate Ukrainian Charities 🇺🇦✊

Last edited by LoRd_MuldeR; 12th December 2018 at 02:22.
LoRd_MuldeR is offline   Reply With Quote