TTA not lossless?
2009-05-20 16:18:37
I was running some tests for my codec comparison mentioned here when I noticed that TTA was lossy!> md5sum *.wav b8ef0372c5bdc674fe8c5dc2986d2d8d original.wav 10402c6aa07251fdd0ba8b28072db8f9 encode_decode.wav 10402c6aa07251fdd0ba8b28072db8f9 second_encode_decode.wav That second encode/decode was an encode->decode of it's own output file, not the original, to show it is lossless after its own lossy operation. While FLAC is lossless here, so it isn't a problem with foreign metadata. You can download the track in FLAC here: http://www.2l.no/hires/index.html , I tested A. Vivaldi: Recitative and Aria from Cantata RV 679, "Che giova il sospirar, povero core" and B.Britten: Simple Symphony, Op. 4 - Boisterous Bourrée, the results above are of this last one, but the test results say TTA has problems with the other too. I can't analyse the problem: I don't hear any difference on my stereo setup, I don't have a surround setup and I don't have an audio analyser/editor that supports multichannel, (AFAIK Audacity doesn't) so I don't know if TTA shifts the channels, lowers the resolution or something other. So, out of curiosity, I tested the 192kHz/24-bit recording which I used here , and I got this:> md5sum *.wav 7110d31ad0ebf38d80eb676d286de079 SolidInc 192kHz.wav 7110d31ad0ebf38d80eb676d286de079 encode_decode.wav I used TTA1 lossless audio encoder/decoder, release 3.4.1, so I guess True Audio isn't that true Edit: there was some foreign metadata in SolidInc 192kHz.wav, so I tested again, and it works.