Compression Types
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| Pulse Code Modulation |
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| Identifier(s) |
WAVE Format GUID:
WAVE_FORMAT_PCM
PUID:
x-cmp/3
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| Description |
Uncompressed audio encoding method, which uses linear sampling at a wide range of sampling frequencies and resolutions. |
| Lossiness |
Lossless |
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| MPEG-1 Audio Layer 1 |
| Other names |
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| Identifier(s) |
WAVE Format GUID:
WAVE_FORMAT_MPEG
PUID:
x-cmp/4
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| Family |
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| Description |
Compressed audio encoding method which supports bitrates of 32-448 kbits/sec, and sampling frequencies of 32, 44.1 and 48 kHz. |
| Lossiness |
Lossy |
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| MPEG-1 Audio Layer 2 |
| Other names |
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| Identifier(s) |
WAVE Format GUID:
WAVE_FORMAT_MPEG
PUID:
x-cmp/5
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| Family |
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| Description |
Compressed audio encoding method which supports bitrates of 32-384 kbits/sec, and sampling frequencies of 32, 44.1 and 48 kHz. |
| Lossiness |
Lossy |
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| MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3 |
| Other names |
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| Identifier(s) |
WAVE Format GUID:
WAVE_FORMAT_MPEG
PUID:
x-cmp/6
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| Family |
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| Description |
Compressed audio encoding method which supports bitrates of 32-320 kbits/sec, and sampling frequencies of 32, 44.1 and 48 kHz. |
| Lossiness |
Lossy |
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| MPEG-2 Audio Layer 1 |
| Other names |
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| Identifier(s) |
WAVE Format GUID:
WAVE_FORMAT_MPEG
PUID:
x-cmp/7
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| Family |
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| Description |
Compressed audio encoding method which supports bitrates of 32-448 kbits/sec, and sampling frequencies of 8, 16, 22.05, 24, 32, 44.1 and 48 kHz. |
| Lossiness |
Lossy |
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| MPEG-2 Audio Layer 2 |
| Other names |
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| Identifier(s) |
WAVE Format GUID:
WAVE_FORMAT_MPEG
PUID:
x-cmp/8
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| Family |
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| Description |
Compressed audio encoding method which supports bitrates of 32-384 kbits/sec, and sampling frequencies of 8, 16, 22.05, 24, 32, 44.1 and 48 kHz. |
| Lossiness |
Lossy |
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| MPEG-2 Audio Layer 3 |
| Other names |
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| Identifier(s) |
WAVE Format GUID:
WAVE_FORMAT_MPEG
PUID:
x-cmp/9
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| Family |
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| Description |
Compressed audio encoding method which supports bitrates of 8-320 kbits/sec, and sampling frequencies of 8, 16, 22.05, 24, 32, 44.1 and 48 kHz. |
| Lossiness |
Lossy |
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