WavPack 4.50

Publisher's Description:

WavPack allows you to losslessly compress (and restore) both 16 and 24-bit audio files in the .WAV format. Unlike "lossy" compression schemes (like MP3) that discard information, WavPack converts the audio data into a more compact form so that the restored files are digitally identical to the original source. It's somewhat like the file compression portion of WinZIP except that because WinZIP is designed for other types of files, it works very poorly on audio data. Like other lossless compression schemes the data reduction varies with the source, but it is generally between 25% and 50% for typical popular music and somewhat better than that for classical music and other sources with greater dynamic range.

Latest Changes:

• Dynamic noise shaping for improved hybrid lossy quality
• --channel-order option to reorder nonconforming multichannel files
• --merge-blocks option to optimize compression of lossyWAV output files
• Completely new Winamp plugin with many improvements (and a real installer)
• And other changes

Latest User Reviews:

Reviewer:	Blaxima	Jun 18, 2008
Version:	4.50
woo hoo, the best gets better. I really wish it would get more support because it is clearly the best choice still for perfect compression
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Reviewer:	oomingmak	Nov 5, 2007
Version:	4.42 Alpha 2
Love it. My favourite lossless audio compressor.
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Reviewer:	horsecharles	Nov 2, 2007
Version:	4.42 Alpha 2
FYI-- no go on Vista. Just a heads up, not a complaint-- as per Supported OS.
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Reviewer:	fss69	Sep 14, 2007
Version:	4.42 Alpha
Underrated format. In my experience, it compresses faster and better than FLAC.
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Reviewer:	ghammer	Sep 13, 2007
Version:	4.42 Alpha
Jotti, VirusTotal, and Virus.org did not find anything in this file. Wavpack is great and just gets better. Lossless is lossless for sound quality, but this is hard to beat for compression and for speed.
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