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This codec central is frozen in time,
containing codecs for older (pre R12) dBpoweramp. |
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Which Codecs Should I Install?
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Do not
install all
codecs, you will just make dBpoweramp run slower. Here is a short
audio guide - make sure
your intended player supports your chosen audio type:
- Highest Possible Quality - go
for a lossless (it looses no sound quality) codec such as Monkeys
Audio,
- Compromise on Space - best
lossy would be Musepack above 128 Kbps it cannot be
beaten,
- Most Compatible - that would
be mp3 it is built into dBpoweramp no need to install,
- Portable Player - for iPod go for the newest mp4,
others try Windows Media Audio,
In addition there are Utility
Codecs which perform useful actions on existing audio files (such as
rename based upon ID Tag).
CDA [.cda] Audio CDs,
dBpoweramp CD Writer
is able to write CDA files
mp3 [.mp3 .mp2 .mp1 .mpga .mpa .mpx
.mpg] dBpoweramp uses excellent Lame mp3 compression
wave [.wav] Windows
built-in wave
m4a
[.mp4, .m4a, .m4a, .m4b, .aac] Newest mpeg
standard (AAC LC, AAC HE, AAC HE v2, 3GPP and Apple Lossless ALAC)
MPC
[ .mpc, .mp+, .mpp] Highest quality
lossy codec at high bitrates
Ogg Vorbis
[.ogg] Open source high
quality
Windows Media Audio
[.wma, .asf, .wmv] Microsoft's
v9.1 standard, pro, lossless, voice
...also see lossless below
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no quality lost, like zip compression |
Apple Lossless [.m4a]
Apples ALAC format
FLAC [.flac .fla]
Popular Open
Source Lossless
Monkeys Audio [.ape]
Great all-round performer
OptimFROG [.ofr]
Shorten [.shn]
The True Audio (TTA) [.tta]
Wavpack
[.wv .wvc] Unique
lossless and lossy hybrid mode
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Speech
audio codecs specifically for
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Speex
[.spx] Open Source
highly efficient voice codec
Windows Media Audio
[.wma, .asf, .wmv] Microsoft's voice
Advanced Audio Coding
[.aac]
mp4
[.mp4 .m4a .aac] Newest mpeg
standard
mp2
[.mp2 .wav (in BWF format) ]
mp3 Blade
[.mp3]
mp3 Fraunhofer IIS Mp3Enc
[.mp3] From the designers of
mp3
mp3 Lame
CLI [.mp3] Access all lames options through
the command line
mp3PRO
[.mp3] mp3 low bit
derivative
TooLame mp2
[.mp2] Supports VCD 224Kbps
Xing X3 & ToMPG
[.mp3]
AIFF
[.aif .aiff .aifc]
Apple
audio format
AC3 [.ac3] Dolby
AC3
Au [.au .snd] NeXT / Sun
Broadcast Wave Format
[.mp2 .wav (in BWF format) ]
Creative Labs VOC
[.voc]
Creative Labs Nomad Voice File
[.nvf]
Dalet Radio Automation System
[.snd]
Generic CLI
[Many Formats] Use any external Command Line
Interface Compressor
Raw Input Decoder
[.raw .pcm .bin]
Asks when decoding format
of file
Real Audio
[.ra .rpm .rm .ram .rmvb]
Winamp Input Adaptor [Many Formats]
VCD (also Karaoke CDs)
[.dat]
VQF TwinNT
[.vqf]
FastTracker 2 Module
[.xm .xmz]
ProTracker MODule
[.mod .mdz]
SAP [.sap]
Atari SAP Music Archive
(ASMA)
ScreamTracker 3 Module
[.s3m .s3z]
VTX [.vtx .vtm]
Songs created on ZX
Spectrum, Atari, MSX
Utility Codecs do not compress or read audio, but rather
perform a useful functions.
Arrange Music Arranges audio files based on ID Tags
(Requires Power Pack)
Channel Splitter
Splits multi-channels audio files into
separate wave files, one for each channel
Rename Extension Renames audio extension, ie .mp4 to .m4a
Tag From Filename
Create ID Tags from file / folder names (Requires Power Pack)
Update ID Tag
Update an ID Tag to a specific version, or remove all ID Tags from
an Audio File
Multi-Encoder
Encode to two different formats at the
same time
Length Splitter
Split a large file into smaller files
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