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Name Atrac Codec File
Version v.1
Other names  
Identifiers PUID:  fmt/1968
Family  
Classification Audio
Disclosure  
Description ATRAC (Adaptive Transform Acoustic Coding) is a family of proprietary audio compression algorithms developed by Sony. It was first commercially used in the MiniDisc in 1992. ATRAC enabled the storage of audio information on quite small devices (for the time), with limited loss is perceptible quality.
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Related file formats None.
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Supported until  
Format Risk  
Developed by Sony / Sony
Supported by None.
Source Bibliotheque Cantonale Universitaire de Fribourg / Bibliotheque Cantonale Universitaire de Fribourg
Source date 21 Mar 2024
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Last updated 21 Mar 2024
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