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What is lossless material?

April 26, 2017lossless material

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What is lossless material?

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Lossless and Lossy are forms of compression. Lossless is a form of compression that allows the original file to be compressed and uncompressed whilst retaining all of the original data. No data is lost. In terms of music this means that the Lossless files that you download retain all of the quality of the original recording resulting in the best possible sound quality. Lossy compression (mp3 files etc) is a form of compression that permanently compresses the original file resulting (dependent on bitrate) in considerable amounts of data being lost. This loss of data reduces the overall quality of the file but offers smaller file sizes in return. A standard Lossless recording averages at about 800MB but the same show in MP3 can be as little as 100MB. Common Lossless file formats include FLAC, WAV and SHN. Common Lossy file formats include, MP3, AAC, WMA etc.