Lossless Compression Test
2008-02-06 09:31:42
I've have been running a few compression tests over the last few days to compare the difference between the vanilla switches of Flac, Wavpack and Takc. Encoders used Flac v1.2.1 Wavpack v4.41.0 Takc v1.03 MAC v4.01 For these results 332 full albums were encoded at each setting and then tallied up in excel. Here are the graphs Albums encoded311 - 311 A - Hi-Fi Serious A New Found Glory - Catalyst A New Found Glory - Nothing Gold Can Stay A Perfect Circle - Mer De Noms A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step AC-DC - Back In Black AFI - Sing The Sorrow Alice In Chains - Facelift Alice In Chains - Unplugged Amici Forever - Defined Anthrax - Persistence Of Time Anthrax - Sound Of White Noise Anthrax - We've Come For You All Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare Audioslave - Revelations Autopilot Off - Make A Sound Bad Religion - Against The Grain Bad Religion - New Maps Of Hell Bad Religion - No Control Bad Religion - Stranger Than Fiction Bad Religion - Tested Bad Religion - The Gray Race Beck - Odelay Bee Gees - The Very Best Of The Belle & Sebastian - The Boy With The Arab Strap Belle & Sebastian - Tigermilk Ben Folds - Ben Folds Live Ben Folds - Rockin' The Suburbs Ben Folds Five - The Unauthorized Biography Of Reinhold Messner Ben Folds Five - Whatever And Ever Amen Bic Runga - Beautiful Collision Bic Runga - Birds Billy Joel - Greatest Hits Disc 1 Billy Joel - Greatest Hits Disc 2 Billy Talent - II Blink-182 - Dude Ranch Blink-182 - Take Off Your Pants And Jacket Bob Mould - Bob Mould Bodyjar - How It Works Bodyjar - No Touch Red Breaking Benjamin - We Are Not Alone Bush - Sixteen Stone Cake - Comfort Eagle Cake - Fashion Nugget Cake - Motorcade Of Generosity Cake - Prolonging The Magic Cat Stevens - The Very Best Of Cat Stevens Chicago - Heart Of Chicago 1967 - 1997 Coldplay - Parachutes Counting Crows - Across A Wire - MTV Live from the 10 Spot Disc 1 Counting Crows - Across A Wire - MTV Live from the 10 Spot Disc 2 Counting Crows - August And Everything After Counting Crows - Recovering The Satellites Crowded House - Recurring Dream The Very Best Of Dave Dobbyn - Lament For The Numb Dave Dobbyn - Loyal Dave Dobbyn - The Islander Dave Dobbyn - Twist Def Leppard - Hysteria Dinosaur Jr - Beyond Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing - The Very Best Of Elliott Smith - XO Elton John - Greatest Hits 1970 - 2002 Disc 1 Elton John - Greatest Hits 1970 - 2002 Disc 2 Eminem - The Eminem Show Eminem - The Slim Shady LP Eric Clapton - One More Car, One More Rider - Disc 1 Eric Clapton - One More Car, One More Rider - Disc 2 Eric Clapton - Unplugged Evanescence - Fallen Extreme - Pornograffitti Faith No More - Album Of The Year Faith No More - Angel Dust Faith No More - Free Concert In The Park Faith No More - King For A Day, Fool For A Lifetime Faith No More - Live At The Brixton Academy Faith No More - The Real Thing Fat Freddys Drop - Based On A True Story Fatboy Slim - You've Come A Long Way, Baby Fear Factory - Digimortal Fear Factory - Obsolete Fear Factory - Remanufacture Finger Eleven - Finger Eleven Finley Quaye - Maverick A Strike Finley Quaye - Much More Than Much Love Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters Foo Fighters - The Colour And The Shape Foo Fighters - There Is Nothing Left To Lose Frank Zappa - Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch Fun Lovin' Criminals - 100 Percent Colombian Fun Lovin' Criminals - 100% Colombian Fun Lovin' Criminals - Come Find Yourself Fun Lovin' Criminals - Loco Fun Lovin' Criminals - Mimosa Funeral For A Friend - Casually Dressed & Deep In Conversat Funeral For A Friend - Seven Ways To Scream Your Name Funeral For A Friend - Tales Don't Tell Themselves Gary Moore - Still Got The Blues George Harrison - The Best Of George Harrison Good Charlotte - Good Morning Revival Green Day - American Idiot Green Day - Dookie Green Day - Insomniac Green Day - Nimrod Green Day - Shenanigans Green Day - Warning Grinspoon - Thrills, Kills + Sunday Pills Groove Armada - Lovebox Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction Head Like A Hole - Double Your Strength Improve Your Health And Lengthen Your Life Hoobastank - The Reason Hootie & The Blowfish - Cracked Rear View Husker Du - The Living End Incubus - Make Yourself Incubus - Morning View Iron Maiden - A Real Live One Iron Maiden - Brave New World Iron Maiden - Fear Of The Dark Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind Iron Maiden - Rock In Rio Disc 1 Iron Maiden - Rock In Rio Disc 2 Iron Maiden - Rock In Rio Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son Jack Johnson - In Between Dreams Jeff Wayne - The War Of The Worlds Disc 1 Jeff Wayne - The War Of The Worlds Disc 2 Jimmy Eat World - Chase This Light Jimmy Eat World - Jimmy Eat World Joe Satriani - The Extremist John Butler Trio - Grand National John Farnham - Anthology 1 John Lennon - Imagine John Mayer - Continuum John Mayer - Heavier Things John Mayer - Room For Squares Lagwagon - Blaze Lagwagon - Double Plaidinum Lagwagon - Duh Lagwagon - Hoss Lagwagon - Let's Talk About Feelings Lagwagon - Let's Talk About Leftovers Lagwagon - Trashed Less Than Jake - Hello Rockview Less Than Jake - Losing Streak Less Than Jake - Pezcore Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory Linkin Park - Meteora Linkin Park - Minutes To Midnight Live - Mental Jewelry Live - The Distance To Here Living Colour - Time's Up Living Colour - Vivid Long Beach Dub Allstars - Right Back Lostprophets - Liberation Transmission Lostprophets - Start Something Mad Caddies - Keep It Going Me First And The Gimme Gimmes - Have A Ball Michael Jackson - Off The Wall Michael Jackson - Thriller Millencolin - For Monkeys Millencolin - Home From Home Millencolin - Life On A Plate Millencolin - Pennybridge Pioneers Millencolin - The Melancholy Collection Misfits - American Psycho Misfits - Famous Monsters Moby - Play Mr. Bungle - Disco Volante Mr. Bungle - Mr. Bungle Muse - Absolution Muse - Black Holes And Revelations Muse - Hullabaloo Disc 1 Muse - Hullabaloo Disc 2 Muse - Origin Of Symmetry Muse - Showbiz My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade Nirvana - Bleach Nirvana - Incesticide Nirvana - Unplugged In New York No Fun At All - No Straight Angles No Fun At All - Out Of Bounds No Fun At All - State Of Flow No Fun At All - The Big Knockover No Fun At All - Throw It In No Use For A Name - Hard Rock Bottom No Use For A Name - Leche Con Carne No Use For A Name - Making Friends Nofx - 45 Or 46 Songs That Weren't Good Enough To Go On Our Other Records Disc 1 Nofx - 45 Or 46 Songs That Weren't Good Enough To Go On Our Other Records Disc 2 Catching Zzz's Nofx - Heavy Petting Zoo Nofx - I Heard They Suck Live Nofx - Liberal Animation Nofx - Pump Up The Valuum Nofx - Punk In Drublic Nofx - Ribbed Nofx - S&M Airlines Nofx - So Long And Thanks For All The Shoes Nofx - The Decline Nofx - The Longest Line Nofx - The War On Errorism Nofx - White Trash, Two Heebs, And A Bean One Dollar Short - Eight Days Away Ozzy Osbourne - Bark At The Moon Ozzy Osbourne - Black Rain Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard Of Ozz Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears Ozzy Osbourne - Ozzmosis Ozzy Osbourne - The Ozzman Cometh Disc 1 Ozzy Osbourne - The Ozzman Cometh Disc 2 Pacifier - Pacifier Pacifier - Weapons Of Mass Destruction Papa Roach - Getting Away With Murder Papa Roach - The Paramour Sessions Paul Potts - One Chance Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam Pearl Jam - Rearviewmirror Pennywise - A Word From The Wise Pennywise - About Time Pennywise - From The Ashes Pennywise - Full Circle Pennywise - Land Of The Free Pennywise - Straight Ahead Pennywise - Unknown Road Phil Collins - ...But Seriously Phil Collins - ...Hits Pink Floyd - Live 8 Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon Pink Floyd - The Wall Disc 1 Pink Floyd - The Wall Disc 2 Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here Placebo - Without You I'm Nothing Queen - Greatest Hits Queens Of The Stone Age - Queens Of The Stone Age Radiohead - OK Computer Rage Against The Machine - Evil Empire Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication Reel Big Fish - Cheer Up Reel Big Fish - Why Do They Rock So Hard Regurgitator - Unit Russell Watson - Reprise Saliva - Survival Of The Sickest Salmonella Dub - Inside The Dub Plates Salmonella Dub - Killervision Seether - Karma And Effect Shihad - Killjoy Shihad - Shihad Shihad - The General Electric Silverchair - Diorama Silverchair - Freak Show Silverchair - Frogstomp Silverchair - Young Modern Simon & Garfunkel - The Definitive Collection Skid Row - Skid Row Skunk Anansie - Paranoid & Sunburnt Skunk Anansie - Post Orgasmic Chill Skunk Anansie - Stoosh Smashing Pumpkins - Adore Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness - Dawn To Dusk Disc 1 Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness - Twilight To Starlight Disc 2 Smashing Pumpkins - Pisces Iscariot Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream Soundgarden - Superunknown Spiderbait - Grand Slam Spiderbait - Ivy And The Big Apples Staind - 14 Shades Of Grey Stevie Wonder - Talking Book Stevie Wonder - The Definitive Collection Disc 1 Stevie Wonder - The Definitive Collection Disc 2 Story Of The Year - In The Wake Of Determination Sugar Ray - Floored Sum 41 - All Killer No Filler Sum 41 - Chuck Sum 41 - Does This Look Infected Supergrass - Supergrass Supergroove - Backspacer Supergroove - Traction Switchfoot - Nothing Is Sound System Of A Down - Toxicity Tenacious D - Tenacious D The Beatles - Help The Beatles - Let It Be... Naked The Beatles - Let It Be The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour The Beatles - One The Beatles - Revolver The Beatles - Rubber Soul The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band The Beatles - Yellow Submarine The Black Crowes - Shake Your Money Maker The Darkness - Permission To Land The Doobie Brothers - Best Of The Doobies The Fratellis - Costello Music The Killers - Hot Fuss The Living End - Modern Artillery The Living End - Roll On The Living End - State Of Emergency The Living End - The Living End The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Lets Face It The Offspring - Americana The Offspring - Ignition The Offspring - Ixnay On The Hombre The Offspring - Smash The Police - Greatest Hits The Reverend Horton Heat - It's Martini Time The Rolling Stones - Forty Licks Disc 1 The Rolling Stones - Forty Licks Disc 2 The Strokes - Is This It The Vandals - Hitler Bad, Vandals Good The Vandals - Look What I Almost Stepped In The Vandals - Oi! To The World The Verve - This Is Music (The Singles 92-98) The Verve - Urban Hymns Tool - Aenima Tool - Salival Travis - The Invisible Band Unwritten Law - Elva Unwritten Law - Unwritten Law Van Morrison - The Best Of Van Morrison Various Artists - Natural Born Killers Soundtrack Various Artists - Simply The Best Singers Various Artists - The Blues Brothers - Music From The Soundtrack Vicious Hary Mary - Orchestra Phantasma Weezer - Maladroit Weezer - Pinkerton Weezer - The Blue Album Weezer - The Green Album Whitesnake - Greatest Hits Yellowcard - Ocean Avenue Yellowcard - Paper Walls EDIT: Fixed graph sizes EDIT 2: added Monkey's audio, fixed graph colors. EDIT 3: added Monkey's audio Insane