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WavPack is a completely open audio compression format providing
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lossless, high-quality lossy, and a unique hybrid compression mode.
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The compression ratio depends on the source material, but generally
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is between 30% and 70%.
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The hybrid mode provides all the advantages of lossless compression
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with an additional bonus. Instead of creating a single file, this
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mode creates both a relatively small, high-quality lossy file that
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can be used all by itself, and a "correction" file that (when
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combined with the lossy file) provides full lossless restoration.
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WavPack employs only well known, public domain techniques (i.e.,
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linear prediction with LMS adaptation, Elias and Golomb codes) in
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its implementation. Methods and algorithms that have ever been
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patented (e.g., arithmetic coding, LZW compression) are specifically
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avoided.
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