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Shorten

compress audio files losslessly



  • Downloads:331
  • Last update:Feb 1, 2008
  • Version:3.6.0
  • License:Freeware
  • Publisher:SoftSound Limited
  • System Requirements Windows All

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Shorten

audio compression scheme that is used to compress audio files losslessly Shorten (.shn) is an audio compression scheme that is used to compress audio (.wav) files losslessly.

This means that after you decompress a Shorten file, everything that was in the original .wav is there. This is unlike MP3, in which the compression step throws away information that can never be recovered.

For distribution and archiving purposes, the Shorten (.shn) files themselves can also be burned onto a CD-R as data.

One big advantage to archiving Shorten files is that you'll never have to deal with digital audio extraction (DAE) from an audio disc, which can sometimes produce clicks and other undesired artifacts.

The Shorten source code is the property of SoftSound Limited and has been made available to the general public for non-commercial use.

The original SoftSound code has been extended by etree.org (most notably by the work of Wayne Steilau and Jason Jordan) to include "seek-tables" so that you can easily skip to any portion of a song in audio players like WinAmp and XMMS.

For Windows users who wish to use a command line version of Shorten, you've come to the right place! When shortn32.exe is used along with the batch files, it's surprisingly robust and easy to use, minus all the bells and whistles of a graphical user interface.

You will want to replace your existing shortn32.exe file.

Windows 95/98: Download shortn32.exe to c:windowscommand
Windows NT/2000/XP: Download shortn32.exe to c:winntsystem32

To find out what version of shortn32.exe you are currently using, open an MS-DOS window and type: shortn32 -h
The version number will be at the top.

If you downloaded the etree.org batch files for Windows, extract the three batch files (compress.bat, decompress.bat, makeskt.bat) to the directory: c:windowscommand

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