TAK
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| TAK | |
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| File:TAK-logo.gif | |
| lossless audio compression. | |
| Developer(s) | Thomas Becker |
| Release | TBC |
| Type | Lossless |
| Recommended encoder | TAK v1.0 |
| Website | Homepage (german) |
Contents
General aspects of the format
The TAK (Tom's lossless Audio Kompressor) is a lossless audio compressor, promises compression performance similar to Monkey's Audio "High" and decompression speed similar to FLAC! The basic format is ready/save to use. Internal tagging, more playback support and some other features still has to come.
Features
- high compression
- fast compression and decompression speed
- fast seeking
- Streaming support
- Error tolerance
- single bit error will never affect more than 250 ms
- Error detection
- each frame protected by a 24-bit checksum (CRC)
Pros
- to be added
Cons
- to be added
Hardware and software that support TAK
Hardware
- non
Software
- Winamp Plugin 0.0.3 Alpha here
Recommended Settings
- best compression - mode "Extra"
- fastest compression - mode "Turbo"
- use ApeV2 tagging (will be used as internal tagging)
Future Features
- Plugins for other applications, such as Winamp or foobar2000 (a Winamp plugin is already close to completion).
- An SDK for other developers.
- Internal tagging.
- Unicode support.
- Piping support.
- MD5 audio checksums for verification and identification.
- A german version.
- Embedded cue sheets.
- Embedded cover art.
- Multi channel audio.
Frequently asked questions
- non
External links
- TAK: Homepage (german)
- TAK: release (english)
- TAK: Download
