What really are "lossless" files

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2011/01/28 15:10:00 (permalink)

What really are "lossless" files

I am going to upload some songs to the Hello Music site and they encourage / support "lossless" WAV files, AIFF, etc. I have seen this term before but never really found out what it meant and if I have to render a WAV file any different or are they already "lossless"????
 
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    Re:What really are "lossless" files 2011/01/28 16:09:58 (permalink)
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    I am going to upload some songs to the Hello Music site and they encourage / support "lossless" WAV files, AIFF, etc. I have seen this term before but never really found out what it meant and if I have to render a WAV file any different or are they already "lossless"????
     
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    Simply put it means none of the original data is lost from the original recording, unlike say an mp3 which is a 'lossy' format where some of the data is lost in a compromise between sound quality and a web friendly file size.

    A standard WAV file is a lossless uncompressed format and doesn't require special rendering a cd quality WAV being 16 bit 44,100 khz format.

    A compressed lossless format e.g. Flac is a format which is compressed to reduce file size but the full and complete data should be restored completely by the decoder at play back time.
    post edited by Jonbouy - 2011/01/28 16:17:11

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    Re:What really are "lossless" files 2011/01/28 17:32:29 (permalink)
    Thanks !
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    Re:What really are "lossless" files 2011/01/28 17:43:39 (permalink)
    ps - do you suggest that I compress my WAV files to send to them, or just upload it as is?
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