TTA (codec)
True Audio (abbreviated TTA) is a free software, real-time lossless audio codec, based on adaptive prognostic filters. Also, .tta is the generic extension to filenames of audio files created by True Audio codec.
Codec overview
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- Simple and convenient data format
- Plugins for the most popular media players
- TTA DirectShow filters
- Tau Producer - GUI based compressor for Windows
- Set of the C/C++ TTA development libraries
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TTA performs lossless compression on multichannel 8, 16 and 24 bit data of uncompressed wav input files. The term "lossless" refers to the fact that such compression results in literally no data or quality loss; when decompressed, the audio file data are bit-identical to those of their originals. Compression ratios achieved by the TTA codec vary, depending on music type, but range from 30% - 70% of the original. The TTA lossless compressed audio format supports both ID3v1/ID3v2 information tags and APEv2.
The TTA lossless audio codec allows for the storage of up to 20 audio CDs worth of music on a single DVD-R, retaining the original CD quality audio, plus detailed information in the popular ID3 tag format.
All TTA source code and binaries are freely available and distributed under GPL Open Source licenses.
Software support
Listed below is software that has TTA format support:
| Name |
Description |
Platform |
| DirectShow-based players |
for example, Windows Media Player, CorePlayer |
Windows |
| VLC |
media player, native support |
Cross-platform |
| Gstreamer-based players |
for example, Rhythmbox, Clementine |
Cross-platform |
| XMMS2 |
audio player, native support |
Cross-platform |
| AIMP2 |
audio player, native support |
Windows |
| K-Multimedia |
multimedia player, native support |
Windows |
| foobar2000 |
audio player, supported through plug-in |
Windows |
| Winamp |
audio player, supported through plug-in |
Windows |
| jetAudio |
multimedia player, native support |
Windows |
| DeaDBeeF |
audio player, native support |
Linux |
| cmus |
console based audio player, through FFmpeg |
Linux |
| Neutron Music Player |
audio player, through FFmpeg |
Android |
Hardware support
The following media devices are compatible with the TTA audio format:
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