From Hydrogenaudio Knowledgebase
| Features |
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| Encoding speed |
average |
fast |
fast |
slow |
average |
very fast
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| Decoding speed |
very fast |
very fast |
fast |
slow |
fast |
very fast
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| Compression* |
58,50% |
58,70% |
55,50% |
54,70% |
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63,50%
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| Flexibility** |
bad |
very good |
very good |
very good |
bad |
bad
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| Error handling |
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yes |
yes |
yes |
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no
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| Seeking |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes
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| Tagging |
QT tags |
FLAC tags |
ID3/APE |
ID3/APE |
Proprietary |
no
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| Hardware support |
yes |
yes |
no |
no |
no |
no
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| Software support |
bad |
very good |
good |
average |
bad |
very good
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| Hybrid/lossy |
no |
no |
no |
yes |
no |
no
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| ReplayGain |
sort of |
yes |
no |
no |
no |
no
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| RIFF chunks |
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no |
yes |
yes |
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yes
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| Streaming |
yes |
yes |
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yes |
yes |
no
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| Pipe support |
no |
yes |
yes |
yes |
no |
yes
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| Open source |
Yes (decoding) |
yes |
yes |
no |
no |
yes
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| Multichannel |
no |
yes |
no |
no |
no |
no
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| High resolution |
no |
yes |
yes |
yes |
no |
no
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| OS support |
Win/Mac |
All |
All |
Win/Linux |
Win/Mac/Linux |
All
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