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* Technical Description: [http://craz.net/programs/itunes/alac.html http://craz.net/programs/itunes/alac.html]
* Technical Description: [http://craz.net/programs/itunes/alac.html http://craz.net/programs/itunes/alac.html]


Lossless audio coding using linear prediction with Golomb-Rice coding of the difference.  Similar to FLAC, although the bitstreams are not compatible.  Usually stored in a MP4 container, as a private extension since it is not part of the MPEG-4 standard.
Lossless audio coding using linear prediction with Golomb-Rice coding of the difference.  Similar to FLAC, although the bitstreams are not compatible.  Usually stored in an [[Apple QuickTime|MP4]] container, as a private extension since it is not part of the MPEG-4 standard.


[[Category:Lossless Audio Codecs]]
[[Category:Lossless Audio Codecs]]
[[Category:Audio Codecs]]
[[Category:Audio Codecs]]

Revision as of 15:39, 8 May 2006

Lossless audio coding using linear prediction with Golomb-Rice coding of the difference. Similar to FLAC, although the bitstreams are not compatible. Usually stored in an MP4 container, as a private extension since it is not part of the MPEG-4 standard.