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Old 19th May 2019, 14:01   #14833  |  Link
sneaker_ger
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AC3 and other lossy codecs don't have any inherent bitdepth despite what MediaInfo might suggest. The decoder can decode at 64 bits but it would be to wasteful to store 64 bit PCM/WAV so eac3to reduces the depth.
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