Difference between revisions of "Lossless and lossy"
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− | + | '''Lossless''' describes a way of compressing data which still keeps all the data. If you have a compressed file, you can use it to create an exact copy of the source file. | |
'''Lossy''' is the opposite to Lossless. Some data is discarded. This makes the file a lot smaller, but reduces the [[quality]] of the audio slightly. | '''Lossy''' is the opposite to Lossless. Some data is discarded. This makes the file a lot smaller, but reduces the [[quality]] of the audio slightly. |
Revision as of 22:30, 10 June 2007
Lossless describes a way of compressing data which still keeps all the data. If you have a compressed file, you can use it to create an exact copy of the source file.
Lossy is the opposite to Lossless. Some data is discarded. This makes the file a lot smaller, but reduces the quality of the audio slightly.
Lossy | Lossless |
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MP3, Vorbis, AAC, WMA, All video codecs. | WAVE, FLAC |