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diff --git a/audio/ttaenc/README b/audio/ttaenc/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..a41df46803 --- /dev/null +++ b/audio/ttaenc/README @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +ttaenc (TTA1 lossless audio encoder/decoder) + +ttaenc is TrueAudio lossless compressor for multichannel 8,16 and 24 bits audio data. +This package contains a full-futured codec library for realtime encoding and decoding of True Audio (TTA) files. + +True Audio compresses up to 30% of the original, broadly similar to FLAC and APE. +It features a real-time encoding and decoding algorithm and hardware compression support. +As with most other lossless codecs, plugins are available for most media players. + +TTA performs lossless compression on multichannel 8, 16 and 24 bit data of uncompressed wav input files. +The term "lossless" refers to the fact that such compression results in no data or quality loss; +when decompressed, the audio file data are bit-identical to those of their originals. +Compression ratios achieved by the TTA codec vary, depending on music type, but range from 30% to 70% of the original. +The TTA lossless compressed audio format supports both ID3v1/ID3v2 information tags and APEv2. + +The TTA lossless audio codec allows for the storage of up to 20 audio CDs worth of music on a single DVD-R, +retaining the original CD quality audio, plus detailed information in the ID3 tag format. + +All TTA source code and binaries are freely available and distributed under GPL Open Source licenses. |