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	\| purpose = (T)om's verlustfreier (A)udio(k)ompressor		\| purpose = (T)om's verlustfreier (A)udio(k)ompressor
	\| maintainer = Thomas Becker		\| maintainer = Thomas Becker
	\| released = TAK v2.3.2 (~~2021~~-05-06)		\| released = TAK v2.3.2 (2022-05-06)
	\| website = [http://thbeck.de/Tak/Tak.html ThBeck.de/Tak/Tak.html] ''(German)''		\| website = [http://thbeck.de/Tak/Tak.html ThBeck.de/Tak/Tak.html] ''(German)''
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	\| purpose = (T)om's verlustfreier (A)udio(k)ompressor		\| purpose = (T)om's verlustfreier (A)udio(k)ompressor
	\| maintainer = Thomas Becker		\| maintainer = Thomas Becker
	\| released = TAK v2.3.1 (2021-03)		\| released = TAK v2.3.2 (2021-05-06)
	\| website = [http://thbeck.de/Tak/Tak.html ThBeck.de/Tak/Tak.html] ''(German)''		\| website = [http://thbeck.de/Tak/Tak.html ThBeck.de/Tak/Tak.html] ''(German)''
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A HA thread link

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	* [https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php?showtopic=101386 TAK 2.3.0 Discussion Thread on HA]		* [https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php?showtopic=101386 TAK 2.3.0 Discussion Thread on HA]
	* [https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php?showtopic=89610 TAK 2.2.0 Discussion Thread on HA]		* [https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php?showtopic=89610 TAK 2.2.0 Discussion Thread on HA]
	* [https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php/topic~~,43179~~.0~~.html First~~ HA ~~discussion~~ thread~~, working title~~ ''Yet another lossless audio compressor'']		* [https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php?topic=43808.0 HA thread where name change from ''Yet another lossless audio compressor'' was brainstormed and announced]
			* [https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php/topic,43179.0 First HA discussion thread]
	* [[Lossless_comparison\| HA Wiki's Lossless Codec Comparison]] originally by [[User:Rjamorim\|Rjamorim]]		* [[Lossless_comparison\| HA Wiki's Lossless Codec Comparison]] originally by [[User:Rjamorim\|Rjamorim]]
	* [http://audiograaf.nl/downloads.html] Martijn van Beurden's lossless performance tests.		* [http://audiograaf.nl/downloads.html] Martijn van Beurden's lossless performance tests.

Porcuswiki at 01:37, 9 January 2022

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Porcuswiki: Attempted written to explain to an end-user who want to read more about the format. Might copy this format to other '2nd tier popularity' formats.

2022-01-09T00:01:36Z

Attempted written to explain to an end-user who want to read more about the format. Might copy this format to other '2nd tier popularity' formats.

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	\| purpose = (T)om's verlustfreier (A)udio(k)ompressor		\| purpose = (T)om's verlustfreier (A)udio(k)ompressor
	\| maintainer = Thomas Becker		\| maintainer = Thomas Becker
	\| ~~recommended_encoder = TAK encoder~~		\| released = TAK v2.3.1 (2021-03)
	~~\| recommended_text~~ = TAK v2.3.1 (2021-03)
	\| website = [http://thbeck.de/Tak/Tak.html ThBeck.de/Tak/Tak.html] ''(German)''		\| website = [http://thbeck.de/Tak/Tak.html ThBeck.de/Tak/Tak.html] ''(German)''

	}}		}}

	'''Tom's lossless Audio Kompressor''' ('''TAK''') is a [[lossless]] audio ~~compressor for the Windows platform (also known to work with Wine)~~. It comes with both a command-line executable and a GUI, as well as a [[Winamp]] plugin.		'''Tom's lossless Audio Kompressor''' ('''TAK''') is a [[lossless]] audio [[codec]]. It comes with a freeware (closed-source) encoder/decoder as both a command-line executable and a GUI, as well as a decoding library and an SDK to use in other applications, and a [[Winamp]] plugin - all for the Windows operating systems (known to work with Wine).

	~~TAK has gained recognition for its performance figures, achieving compression like [[Monkey's Audio]] “High” at same encoding time, and ditto~~ for the ~~even higher-compressing [[OptimFrog]] “Normal” - and while also decoding at speed~~ (~~CPU load~~) ~~second only to [[Free Lossless Audio Codec\|FLAC]]~~. TAK could beat every FLAC setting simultaneously on size and encoding time. (All other performance figures in this article taken from the 4th revision of [http://audiograaf.nl/downloads.html Martijn van Beurden's comprehensive lossless comparison] for CDDA audio.)

			TAK has gained recognition for its performance figures, achieving compression like [[Monkey's Audio]] “High” at same encoding time, and ditto for the even higher-compressing [[OptimFrog]] “Normal” - and while also decoding at speed (CPU load) second only to [[Free Lossless Audio Codec\|FLAC]]. TAK could beat every FLAC setting simultaneously on size and encoding time. (All other performance figures in this article taken from the 4th revision of [http://audiograaf.nl/downloads.html Martijn van Beurden's comprehensive lossless comparison] for CDDA audio, featuring TAK version 2.3.0.)

			== Features ==
			For an end-user considering TAK as a an audio format - likely due to its performance - the following features are quite common among lossless codecs. Some competing formats are lacking certain of these features, and some are free from certain of the limitations listed; some support more input formats and some support fewer. To compare TAK with other lossless codecs, see [[Lossless_comparison\| HA Wiki's Lossless Codec Comparison]] originally by [[User:Rjamorim\|Rjamorim]]

	~~== Features ==~~
	* Streaming support (necessary headers for decompressing the audio are written to the stream every 2 seconds)		* Streaming support (necessary headers for decompressing the audio are written to the stream every 2 seconds)
	* Seeking without seek table		* Seeking without seek table
			* Error handling: each frame protected by a 24-bit checksum for detection (also optional MD5 audio checksum for the entire file). According to the README, the decoder can decode through errors, and a single bit error will never affect more than 250 ms.
			* High-resolution audio support: up to 192 kHz sampling rate and 24 bits/channel
			* Support for up to six channels. Channel mask in [https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/mmreg/ns-mmreg-waveformatextensible WAVEFORMATEXTENSIBLE].
	* Piping support for encoding		* Piping support for encoding
	* Error handling: each frame protected by a 24-bit checksum for detection (also optional MD5 audio checksum for the entire file). According to the README, the decoder can decode through errors, and a single bit error will never affect more than 250 ms.
	* High-resolution audio support: up to 192 kHz sampling rate and 24-bit/channel
	* Support for up to six channels. Channel mask in [https://docs.microsoft.com/ru-ru/windows/win32/api/mmreg/ns-mmreg-waveformatextensible WAVEFORMATEXTENSIBLE].
	* Tagging: APEv2 tags at end of file.		* Tagging: APEv2 tags at end of file.
	* RIFF chunks supported.		* RIFF chunks supported for recreating also non-audio chunks of the original .wav files. See the "Wave file meta data" section in the README.
	* Multi-core support (encoding only; the README warns that you will likely only benefit from physical CPU cores).		* Multi-core support (encoding only; the README warns that you will likely only benefit from physical CPU cores).

			Even if the bit depth must be 8 or 16 or 24 bits, TAK is known to employ a "wasted bits" strategy that treat a a (say!) 20 bit signal in a 24 bit container by detecting that 21 to 24 are "wasted" and compress the 20-bit signal without compression size penalty: see van Beurden's lossless comparison, section 2.3.


	=== Limitations ===		=== Limitations ===
	* Currently there is no hardware supporting the format and software support is limited. The official encoder/decoder is closed-source, but ffmpeg offers an open-source decoder.		For an end-user considering TAK to compress commom lossless audio files like found on CDs or DVDs, the main limitation is the first of the following bullet items, namely support. On a platform that supports TAK, the other items listed are either common to several if not most codecs, or ''can'' (but not necessarily ''will'') be circumvented by external applications.

			* Currently there is no hardware supporting the format and software support is limited. The official encoder/decoder is closed-source (but a decoding library can be used in third-party applications); ffmpeg offers an open-source decoder.
	* Does not support floating-point PCM (for that, use WavPack or Optimfrog).		* Does not support floating-point PCM (for that, use WavPack or Optimfrog).
	* No Unicode support as of version 2.3.1. External applications can circumvent this (~~and e.g.~~ [[foobar2000]] does).		* No Unicode support as of version 2.3.1. External applications can circumvent this ([[foobar2000]] does, [[CUETools]] does not).
	* The encoder can ~~only~~ read .wav ~~files for~~ input~~. (The~~ WAVE standard's 4 GB limitation ~~can be circumvented by piping~~.)		* The encoder can read no other input ''files'' than standard-compliant .wav; but, using piped stdin (like external applications might do) rather than file input, one can convert from other lossless formats and in particular, circumvent the WAVE standard's 4 GB limitation.
	* It is a ~~lossless-only format, with no~~ hybrid lossless/lossy mode ~~(for that~~, use ~~WavPack or Optimfrog; for advanced users,~~ TAK ~~can be used~~ with [[lossyWAV]]).
			For a hybrid lossless/lossy mode, it is possible to use TAK with [[lossyWAV]]. This is arguably an option for advanced users; others who want hybrid solutions will probably consider those formats which support it natively (WavPack/OptimFrog).


	== Software support ==		== Software support ==
			ffmpeg can decode TAK files on several platforms, and both the GUI (Tak.exe) and the command-line program (Takc.exe) work with [http://www.winehq.org/ Wine]. Some of the Windows applications given below use ffmpeg for decoding, others use the official decoding library.
	ffmpeg can decode TAK files on several platforms, and both the GUI (Tak.exe) and the command-line program (Takc.exe) work with [http://www.winehq.org/ Wine].

	The [http://picard.musicbrainz.org/ MusicBrainz Picard] tagger (multi-platform) supports TAK since version 0.11.		The [http://picard.musicbrainz.org/ MusicBrainz Picard] tagger (multi-platform) supports TAK since version 0.11.
			The [http://www.videolan.org/vlc VLC Media Player] (multi-platform) can play (and transcode from) TAK since at least version 2.2.0.

	=== Windows-specific ===		=== Windows-specific ===
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	* [https://rwijnsma.home.xs4all.nl/dc-bsm/index.htm DC-Bass Source Mod] - DirectShow source filter which uses the 2.3.0 decoding library to play TAK-files, amongst many others, in any DirectShow media player (as mentioned above).		* [https://rwijnsma.home.xs4all.nl/dc-bsm/index.htm DC-Bass Source Mod] - DirectShow source filter which uses the 2.3.0 decoding library to play TAK-files, amongst many others, in any DirectShow media player (as mentioned above).
	* [http://code.google.com/p/lavfilters/ LAV Filters] - Set of open-source DirectShow filters which uses [https://ffmpeg.org/pipermail/ffmpeg-devel/2012-September/131785.html FFMpeg's reverse-engineered decoder] to play TAK-files in any DirectShow media player.		* [http://code.google.com/p/lavfilters/ LAV Filters] - Set of open-source DirectShow filters which uses [https://ffmpeg.org/pipermail/ffmpeg-devel/2012-September/131785.html FFMpeg's reverse-engineered decoder] to play TAK-files in any DirectShow media player.
	* [http://www.videolan.org/vlc VLC Media Player] - Can: transcode from/play (no encoding); since at least version 2.2.0
	* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/mpcbe/ Media Player Classic - BE] - DirectShow media player with an internal TAK source filter which uses FFMpeg's reverse-engineered decoder to play TAK-files. The internal TAK source filter also supports embedded cue-sheets.		* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/mpcbe/ Media Player Classic - BE] - DirectShow media player with an internal TAK source filter which uses FFMpeg's reverse-engineered decoder to play TAK-files. The internal TAK source filter also supports embedded cue-sheets.
	* [[Mp3tag]] – universal tag editor with support for TAK		* [[Mp3tag]] – universal tag editor with support for TAK
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	== Using TAK ==		== Using TAK ==

	For encoding/decoding through other software, see heading below; you can pass command-line options to those applications.		For encoding/decoding through other software, see heading below; you can pass command-line options to those applications.

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	* -p2 is the current default option. It is measured to compress on par with Monkey's “Normal”, but encoding at speeds between WavPack and FLAC default options.		* -p2 is the current default option. It is measured to compress on par with Monkey's “Normal”, but encoding at speeds between WavPack and FLAC default options.
	* -p0 is the fastest option, encoding around WavPack default and FLAC -6, but 2-3 times faster.		* -p0 is the fastest option, encoding around WavPack default and FLAC -6, but 2-3 times faster.
	* -p4m is the slowest option for highest compression (though at very small improvement over -p4e)~~, encoding in~~ size ~~and speed~~ on par with OptimFrog ~~“Normal”~~, ~~slightly~~ between Monkey's “High” and “Extra high”, while decoding at 10-15 percent ~~of their~~ CPU load.		* -p4m is the slowest option for highest compression (though at very small improvement over -p4e). The README promises compression size "on par with Monkey's Audio High and OptimFrog Normal", and van Beurden's lossless comparison confirms this - sizes even measure to between Monkey's “High” and “Extra high”, while decoding at 10-15 percent Monkey's/OptimFrog's CPU load.

	=== Command-line examples, including pipe redirection ===		=== Command-line examples, including pipe redirection ===
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	* [https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php?showtopic=89610 TAK 2.2.0 Discussion Thread on HA]		* [https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php?showtopic=89610 TAK 2.2.0 Discussion Thread on HA]
	* [https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php/topic,43179.0.html First HA discussion thread, working title ''Yet another lossless audio compressor'']		* [https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php/topic,43179.0.html First HA discussion thread, working title ''Yet another lossless audio compressor'']
	* [[Lossless_comparison\| HA Wiki's Lossless Codec Comparison]] originally by [[User:Rjamorim\|Rjamorim]]
	* [http://audiograaf.nl/downloads.html] Martijn van Beurden's lossless performance tests.		* [http://audiograaf.nl/downloads.html] Martijn van Beurden's lossless performance tests.

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	== Description ==		== Description ==
	'''Tom's lossless Audio Kompressor''' ('''TAK''') is a lossless audio compressor which promises compression performance similar to [[Monkey's Audio]] “High” and decompression speed similar to [[Free Lossless Audio Codec\|FLAC]].		'''Tom's lossless Audio Kompressor''' ('''TAK''') is a [[lossless]] audio compressor which promises compression performance similar to [[Monkey's Audio]] “High” and decompression speed similar to [[Free Lossless Audio Codec\|FLAC]].

	=== Features ===		=== Features ===

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	* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/mpcbe/ Media Player Classic - BE] - DirectShow media player with an internal TAK source filter which uses FFMpeg's reverse-engineered decoder to play TAK-files. The internal TAK source filter also supports embedded cue-sheets.		* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/mpcbe/ Media Player Classic - BE] - DirectShow media player with an internal TAK source filter which uses FFMpeg's reverse-engineered decoder to play TAK-files. The internal TAK source filter also supports embedded cue-sheets.
	* [[Mp3tag]] – universal tag editor with support for TAK		* [[Mp3tag]] – universal tag editor with support for TAK
	* [http://~~etree~~.org~~/shnutils~~/shntool/ shntool] (since version 3.0.6)		* [http://shnutils.freeshell.org/shntool/ shntool] (since version 3.0.6)
	* [http://picard.musicbrainz.org/ MusicBrainz Picard] (since version 0.11)		* [http://picard.musicbrainz.org/ MusicBrainz Picard] (since version 0.11)

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	'''Tom's lossless Audio Kompressor''' ('''TAK''') is a [[lossless]] audio [[codec]]. It comes with a freeware (closed-source) encoder/decoder as both a command-line executable and a GUI, as well as a decoding library and an SDK to use in other applications, and a [[Winamp]] plugin - all for the Windows operating systems (known to work with Wine).		'''Tom's lossless Audio Kompressor''' ('''TAK''') is a [[lossless]] audio [[codec]]. It comes with a freeware (closed-source) encoder/decoder as both a command-line executable and a GUI, as well as a decoding library and an SDK to use in other applications, and a [[Winamp]] plugin - all for the Windows operating systems (known to work with Wine).

	TAK has gained recognition for its performance figures, achieving compression like [[Monkey's Audio]] “High” at same encoding time, and ditto for the even higher-compressing [[OptimFrog]] “Normal” - and while also decoding at speed (CPU load) second only to [[Free Lossless Audio Codec\|FLAC]]. TAK could beat every FLAC setting simultaneously on size and encoding time. (All ~~other~~ performance figures in this article taken from the 4th revision of [http://audiograaf.nl/downloads.html Martijn van Beurden's comprehensive lossless comparison] for CDDA audio, ~~featuring~~ TAK version 2.3.0.)		TAK has gained recognition for its performance figures, achieving compression like [[Monkey's Audio]] “High” at same encoding time, and ditto for the even higher-compressing [[OptimFrog]] “Normal” - and while also decoding at speed (CPU load) second only to [[Free Lossless Audio Codec\|FLAC]]. TAK could beat every FLAC setting simultaneously on size and encoding time. (All performance figures in this article are taken from the 4th revision of [http://audiograaf.nl/downloads.html Martijn van Beurden's comprehensive lossless comparison] for CDDA audio, TAK version tested: 2.3.0.)

	== Features ==		== Features ==
	For an end-user considering TAK as a an audio format - likely due to its performance - the following features are quite common among lossless codecs. Some competing formats are lacking certain of these features, and some are free from certain of the limitations listed; some support more input formats and some support fewer. To compare TAK with other lossless codecs, see [[Lossless_comparison\| HA Wiki's Lossless Codec Comparison]] ~~originally by [[User:Rjamorim\|Rjamorim]]~~		For an end-user considering TAK as a an audio format - likely due to its performance - the following features are quite common among lossless codecs. Some competing formats are lacking certain of these features, and some are free from certain of the limitations listed; some support more input formats and some support fewer. To compare TAK with other lossless codecs, see [[Lossless_comparison\| HA Wiki's Lossless Codec Comparison]].

	* Streaming support (necessary headers for decompressing the audio are written to the stream every 2 seconds)		* Streaming support (necessary headers for decompressing the audio are written to the stream every 2 seconds)
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	=== Limitations ===		=== Limitations ===
	For an end-user considering TAK to compress ~~commom~~ lossless audio files like found on CDs or DVDs, the main limitation is the first of the following bullet items, namely support. On a platform that supports TAK, the other items listed are either common to several if not most codecs, or ''can'' (but not necessarily ''will'') be circumvented by external applications.		For an end-user considering TAK to compress common lossless audio files like found on CDs or DVDs, the main limitation is the first of the following bullet items, namely support. On a platform that supports TAK, the other items listed are either common to several if not most codecs, or ''can'' (but not necessarily ''will'') be circumvented by external applications.

	* Currently there is no hardware supporting the format and software support is limited. The official encoder/decoder is closed-source (but a decoding library can be used in third-party applications); ffmpeg offers an open-source decoder.		* Currently there is no hardware supporting the format and software support is limited. The official encoder/decoder is closed-source (but a decoding library can be used in third-party applications); ffmpeg offers an open-source decoder.
	* Does not support floating-point PCM (for that, use WavPack or ~~Optimfrog~~).		* Does not support floating-point PCM (for that, use WavPack or OptimFrog).
	* No Unicode support as of version 2.3.1. External applications can circumvent this ([[foobar2000]] does, [[CUETools]] does not).		* No Unicode support as of version 2.3.1. External applications can circumvent this ([[foobar2000]] does, [[CUETools]] does not).
	* The encoder can read no other input ''files'' than standard-compliant .wav; but, using piped stdin (like external applications might do) rather than file input, one can convert from other lossless formats and in particular, circumvent the WAVE standard's 4 GB limitation.		* The encoder can read no other input ''files'' than standard-compliant .wav; but, using piped stdin (like external applications might do) rather than file input, one can convert from other lossless formats and in particular, circumvent the WAVE standard's 4 GB limitation.
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	* [https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php?showtopic=89610 TAK 2.2.0 Discussion Thread on HA]		* [https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php?showtopic=89610 TAK 2.2.0 Discussion Thread on HA]
	* [https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php/topic,43179.0.html First HA discussion thread, working title ''Yet another lossless audio compressor'']		* [https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php/topic,43179.0.html First HA discussion thread, working title ''Yet another lossless audio compressor'']
			* [[Lossless_comparison\| HA Wiki's Lossless Codec Comparison]] originally by [[User:Rjamorim\|Rjamorim]]
	* [http://audiograaf.nl/downloads.html] Martijn van Beurden's lossless performance tests.		* [http://audiograaf.nl/downloads.html] Martijn van Beurden's lossless performance tests.