The oldest lossless codec?

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The oldest lossless codec?

2020-05-01 02:33:51

I was just curious, what was the first lossless format used to store music in files? Was it WavPack in 1998? How did it all start? Since I first encountered lossless in mid 2006 (FLAC or APE cannot remember), I had for sure missed the initial wave...

Re: The oldest lossless codec?

Reply #1 – 2020-05-01 02:40:36

Shorten is the oldest codec I remember being semi-widely used for consumer music files on PCs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shorten_(file_format)

Re: The oldest lossless codec?

Reply #2 – 2020-05-01 02:47:43

Wow, 1993... That is way ahead of time.

Re: The oldest lossless codec?

Reply #3 – 2020-05-01 17:12:24

Comparison of audio coding formats.

ATRAC - 1991

I remember Shorten and OptimFROG as earliest for me in early 2000s. Didn't realise Shorten was so old.

Re: The oldest lossless codec?

Reply #4 – 2020-05-01 17:21:03

Quote from: jaybeee on 2020-05-01 17:12:24

ATRAC - 1991

ATRAC was not a lossless format in 1991, I think it was the late 90's when Sony released a lossless version.

Re: The oldest lossless codec?

Reply #5 – 2020-05-01 17:37:53

Quote from: The Irish Man on 2020-05-01 17:21:03

Quote from: jaybeee on 2020-05-01 17:12:24
ATRAC - 1991

ATRAC was not a lossless format in 1991, I think it was the late 90's when Sony released a lossless version.

aahh I did wonder when I looked. I just took the earliest date you see. cheers