[FFmpeg-devel] AAC ALS (lossless) and SLS (scalable lossless)

[Michael Niedermayer]

On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 02:09:47AM +0000, Jethro Walters wrote:
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> Hey guys.
> 
> Was doing a little research on both AAC ALS and SLS. ALS is the official lossless format for AAC, and a completely separate codec to AAC. SLS is the extension to AAC that adds a lossless reproduction layer on top of the lossy AAC file, sort-of like WavPack's Hybrid lossy/lossless mode.
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> Is there any plan to implement these formats in ffmpeg / libavcodec? I feel that having one or both in ffmpeg would give them more chance of moving more into the mainstream,

is there a reason why we would want them to move into the mainstream?


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