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In Reply to: Re: newbie help AL vs. AIFF posted by Jsterritt on May 19, 2004 at 12:51:48:
I'm supposing that, like WinZip and MLP (Meridian Lossless Packing), Apple Lossless Encoder codes patterns in the digital data to reduce space.But I'm not sure if that answers the question about the origin of ALE. Do you mean why did Apple come out with that? (=to fight WMA Lossless, and because storage gets cheaper every year). Or are you wondering if the AAC engine is used for the compression? (I kinda doubt it. I asked Dolby if they used pattern compression as part of Dolby Digital, and what I got out of their answer was "no, because you couldn't do that fast enough at the time, and the process is just totally different").
BTW, can the iPod play back ALE? I haven't tried it.
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- Such as what exactly? - head_unit 14:29:13 05/19/04 (3)
- Apple Lossless Conjecture - Jsterritt 15:17:31 05/19/04 (2)
- iPod update, Apple Lossless info, AIFF-)AL Converting help. - Gordon Rankin 13:22:29 05/20/04 (0)
- Yes, it's "perfect sound forever" :-D - head_unit 17:08:01 05/19/04 (0)
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