Whats lossy encoding?
5. Lossy encoding is data compression used to shrink the file size and data rate of audio files. It must “throw away” portions of the audio to shrink the file to an extremely small size. This means the original audio quality is not fully maintained. Each company who develops a lossy scheme has it’s own way of determining what audio to keep and what to “throw away”. MP3 is probably the most common, used for internet transfer of audio. Dolby Digital and DTS are lossy encoding codecs used in the DVD-Video format. DVD-Audio does not accept any type of lossy encoded audio. [ Top ] The Levels of my Dolby Digital files aren’t the same as the original audio. 6. Dolby Digital levels are only meant to be compared to other Dolby Digital levels. They will not be the same as the original audio. They have “Dialog Normalization” and audio compression/expansion that will make the levels be consistent with other Dolby Digital AC-3 files. Please refer to our manuals and included whitepapers. It is the j
