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Windows Media Audio 9 Lossless is a lossless audio codec by Microsoft, released in early 2003.
It compresses an audio CD to a range of 206 to 411MB, at bit rates of 470 to 940 kbit/s. Mathematically equivalent to the original audio track, WMA Lossless provides the highest quality WMA format for ripping audio CDs. It uses the same .WMA file extension as other Windows Media Audio formats. It supports 6 discrete channels and up to 24-bit/96kHz lossless audio. The audio quality of content that is compressed using this codec is the best of all Windows Media Audio codecs. It creates a bit-for-bit duplicate of the original audio file so that no data is lost, which makes it ideal for archiving content masters. This means essentially that the audio quality on the CD will be the same as the file when played back.
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External links
- http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/9series/codecs/audio.aspx - Homepage
- http://www.winsupersite.com/reviews/wm9series.asp - Windows Media 9 Series reviewed
- http://www.ntu.edu.sg/home5/pg03053527/Tips/LosslessAudioCodecs_WMA_vs_APE.htm - Windows Media Audio 9 Lossless vs. Monkey's Audio
- The Lossless Audio Blog Lossless Audio News & Information Site.
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