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Well, really its just notes from wikipedia. But its reinterpreted and rewritten to make more sense to me
FLAC
Free Lossless Audio Codec
Compresses 50-60%, decodes 100%
Up to 8 channels- Can group stereo & 5.1
Open Source
Codec
Codec dictates how information is compressed and decompressed within a file container (mp3, wav, mp4)
Container
The format or extension, doesnt dictate how it's information (vid, pic, aud) by a decoder (dvd player)
AIFF
Audio Interchange File Format
Uncompressed PCM
10megs/1min
can include loop point data (HW sampler)
compressed ext = .aifc
Ogg Vorbis
Lossy, Replaced MP3, <chosen as format for streaming from apps like spotify
WAV
Waveform Audio File Format
USEd for computers- good for editing
Not really used for CD players
Can contain compressed audio- or not
Can also store more than audio information
LPCM
Linear pulse code modulation
^Used in AES3, S/PDIF, WAV, AIFF, AU, AVCHD, DVD, and Blu-ray containers &
Uses uniform linear quantization (when converting analog2digital)
^As in how often a point is created to represent a part of the analog. Constant rate
PCM
Pulse Code Modulation
Quantizations are a function of amplitude- smaller size stream
Dolby stereo
Decodes the rear channel as a 7kHz crossover LFO
Pro Logic
Decodes Dolby Stereo Surround audio into Four channels- Without decoder its stereo
Pro Logic A/V units decode audio into the original 4.0 surround- left, right, center, and rear
FFmpeg
FLAC implementation- fastest/efficent lossless audio codec(?codec/cont)
Codec Name
Description
Upmix Stereo or Surround 5.1 to 6.1 or 7.1 in either Movie, Music, or Game mode
- Lossy,
- 48kHz,
- 20-bit,
Dolby Digital Plus
Manually make a Dolby Surround track by making phase-inverted copies of your tracks. Take look at Dolby Encoding Matrices[/u] on Wikipedia.
Just as an experiment, I tried this once using a simplified method as follows:
Center Front Channel = Left & Right Channels Identical & in-phase.
Left Front = Left Channel only (silence in the right channel).
Right Front = Right Channel only (silence in the left channel).
Both Rear Speakers = Left & Right Channels 180 degress out of phase.
Left Rear = Left & Right Channels out-of-phase. Left channel is 60-75% stronger than right.
Right Rear = Left & Right Channels out-of-phase. Right channel is 60-75% stronger than left. Also, delay the rear-channel signals about 30ms.
This actually worked very well, but you can only "steer" the sound in one direction at once. If you try to steer different instruments/vocals to different speakers at the
same time, you will get a mess!
A/D quantization as a function of amplitude- used in PCM encoded audio. Uniform quantization is used in LPCM audio found inAVCHD & MPEG-2