What is the difference in the codecs?

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What is the difference in the codecs?

05-25-2007, 07:32 PM

desmond

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Quote:

Originally Posted by theknub

the dts hd-ma, truehd and linear pcm are next gen audio formats. linear pcm is uncompressed (amazing) audio. truehd and dts hd-ma are lossless next gen compression methods that are supposed to sound like linear pcm but take up half the space.

Once uncpompressed True HD and DTS HD-MA become bit equivalent of LPCM. Compression is solely used to minimize storage requirements, there is no data loss. Hence there is no need for very extensive audio processing. You get amazing sound either way in a very cost effective manner.

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