Talk:WavPack

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[edit] {{POV check}}

The article begs for some criticism. I've never used this format, so I don't feel comfortable adding anything. Markaci 01:39, 2005 Jan 24 (UTC)

Any reason why? Until you state your intent clearly, I'm removing the NPOV check. KJ 00:55, 2005 Feb 17 (UTC)


I don't understand what is going on here either. Are you complaining that WavPack is such a good format that there is nothing bad to say about it? RJA 01:04, 2005 Feb 17 (UTC)
I still hadn't grasped the NPOV concept back then. I was thinking that the article was very one-sided. In hindsight, maybe all it required was a {{cleanup}} or {{comp-stub}} tag. Good job on the improvements, RJA. —Mar·ka·ci:2005-02-17 10:24 Z


It does sound as though it's written by a bit of a zealot. Off the top of my head:

  • Wavpack does seem to have a good speed/compression trade-off. But however you look at it, it isn't clearly better than all of the competition.
  • It doesn't seem to be what most people seem to use, why?
  • The hybrid version is nice, what do the lossless things sound like (eg compared to dedicated lossless codecs). Studies?
  • Huffman coding is only optimal if you have to encode each amplitude separately. Arithmetic coding is closer to optimal.

It might be good. But nothing is perfect and the article reads as though this is the definitive, final solution. 128.40.213.241 19:10, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Any Objections to a Site

I would like to see if anyone would object to me adding the link to our site back to this page? The Lossless Audio Blog tries to bridge the gap between the forums and the various EAC Guides by providing information on getting started with lossless audio formats as well as current news and information. Because the Wiki pages for lossless audio formats are such a great place for those learning about the various formats I feel that our site compliments this.

Old Site: Old Lossless Audio Blog

New Site: The Lossless Audio Blog

We just moved our own domain, links are below. Our site was linked here for a few months but it was taken down sometime ago. Thanks for the consideration! Windmiller 01:04, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Link added back. Windmiller 13:05, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Link Farm

The WavPack software list section has turned into a massive linkfarm. The situation has become so crazy that many product websites have multiple links. This sections needs to be cleaned up. Please help me by converting the external links to internal links. (Requestion 04:46, 12 February 2007 (UTC))

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