TAK 1.1.0 released (something like FLAC but more efficient)

Well, I don't see any post about this new lossless audio codec, so I'm using an opportunity that TAK 1.1.0 was released yesterday to spread the words.

You can read pretty much most info about this codec on wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TAK_(audio_codec).

To illustrate TAK's efficiency, I'll use excerpt from Synthetic Soul's Comparison.

Code:

Original WAVE File:                   2030.59 megabytes
Converted to FLAC -8 -Ax2 (best):     1328.08 megabytes     Encoding time: 16:39 minutes
Converted to TAK -p1:                 1316.56 megabytes     Encoding time: 01:51 minutes
Converted to TAK -p4m (best):         1290.33 megabytes     Encoding time: 14:01 minutes

TAK is a relatively new codec, so there are not many softwares support it natively.
Mp3tag natively supports TAK format.
Winamp, Foobar2000, Quintessential Player can play TAK files through plugin.

You can download TAK 1.1.0 (+winamp plugin) here: http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=68456

 

FLAC is widely accepted as the most versatile lossless audio codec -- it's like trying to dethrone MP3, even though OGG is technically better, MP3 wins.

 

I guess you misunderstand my point... I'm not trying to make one format more popular than another. Every codec have different uses which appeal to different types of users. I was just recommending an alternative to FLAC.

I see lossless audio encoding like archiving formats such as ZIP, RAR, 7z. While ZIP is the most popular, it's more suitable to use 7z to archive files as it's more space saving. I can convert to ZIP if I want to share my files with other people (to make sure that they can read those files).

TAK is just like 7z, it's more space saving, also works faster than FLAC. It's a really better alternative for archiving purpose.