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Adaptive Transform Acoustic Coding (ATRAC) is a family of proprietary audio compression algorithms developed by Sony. MiniDisc was the first commercial product to incorporate ATRAC, in 1992.
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATRAC | Developed by | Sony Corporation | 1.00 | infobox |
| ATRAC | Filename extension | .aa3, .aea, .at3, .at9, .atp, .hma OpenMG container | 1.00 | infobox |
| ATRAC | Filename extension | .oma, .omg | 1.00 | infobox |
| ATRAC | Free format? | No | 1.00 | infobox |
| ATRAC | Internet media type | audio/ATRAC3, audio/ATRAC-ADVANCED-LOSSLESS, audio/ATRAC-X | 1.00 | infobox |
| ATRAC | Open format? | No | 1.00 | infobox |
| ATRAC | Type of format | Audio | 1.00 | infobox |
| ATRAC | is a | hybrid subband-MDCT codec that is algorithmically very similar to MP3 | 0.90 | text |
| Sharp | instance of | Encryption is no longer compulsory as of v3.2.Other MiniDisc manufacturers | 0.80 | text |
| Panasonic also implemented their own versions of the ATRAC codec | instance of | Encryption is no longer compulsory as of v3.2.Other MiniDisc manufacturers | 0.80 | text |
| voice | instance of | with further bitrate reduction for easier-to-encode content | 0.80 | text |
| Ogg Vorbis which use a simple MDCT rather than a hybrid | instance of | Compared to newer formats | 0.80 | text |
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