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ATRAC

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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Developed by
Sony Corporation
Filename extension
.aa3, .aea, .at3, .at9, .atp, .hma OpenMG container · .oma, .omg
Free format?
No
Internet media type
audio/ATRAC3, audio/ATRAC-ADVANCED-LOSSLESS, audio/ATRAC-X
Open format?
No
Type of format
Audio

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ATRAC

Nodes74
Edges73
Triples124
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.027027
Components1

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ATRAC

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related to ATRAC3plus · 23
ATRAC → As, ATRAC CD, ATRAC3, ATRAC3plus, CDs, February, Generalized Harmonic Analysis, GHA, Hi-LP, Hi-SP, It, MDCT, Memory Stick, Network Walkman, Prior, PS3, PSP, QMF, SonicStage, Sony Hi-MD Walkman
related to ATRAC Advanced Lossless · 17
ATRAC → AAL, AAL-aware, ATRAC Advanced Lossless, ATRAC Advanced Lossless/ATRAC, ATRAC3, ATRAC3plus, Benefits, Compression, It, MiniDisc Players, PC, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable, Recent Walkman, SonicStage, This, Walkman
related to Performance · 16
ATRAC → ATRAC CDs, CD, DSP, Eclipse, GSM/UMTS, However, Japanese, LSI, Minidiscs, MP3, Sony, Sony Ericsson Walkman, Sony Walkmans, Sony's Xplod, These, This
related to ATRAC9 · 14
ATRAC → According, ATRAC9, Audio, Audiokinetic Wwise, Bluetooth Audio, CPU, FFmpeg, FMOD, It, LDAC, PS Vita, PS4, PS5, Sony ATRAC9
related to history · 12
ATRAC → ATRAC3, ATRAC3plus, Hi-MD, MiniDisc, Network Walkman, PlayStation, Sony's MiniDisc, The, Type, VAIO, Vaio Music Clip, Xplod
related to ATRAC (1) (versions 1.0–4.5, Type R/S) · 7
ATRAC → AC3, ATRAC1, Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS, Sony's, Two
related to ATRAC3 (LP2 and LP4 Modes) · 7
ATRAC → ATRAC3, In ATRAC3, Like ATRAC1, MDCT, MP3, QMF, Three
related to Bitrate quality · 6
ATRAC → ATRAC's, CD, CDs, For, MiniDiscs, Years
related to External links · 4
ATRAC → Archived, February, Sony, Wayback Machine
Filename extension · 2
ATRAC → .aa3, .aea, .at3, .at9, .atp, .hma OpenMG container, .oma, .omg

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atrac3 audio sony codec minidisc format walkman used lossless mp3 mdct sonicstage atrac3plus kbit openmg quality advanced also developed players

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
ATRACDeveloped bySony Corporation1.00infobox
ATRACFilename extension.aa3, .aea, .at3, .at9, .atp, .hma OpenMG container1.00infobox
ATRACFilename extension.oma, .omg1.00infobox
ATRACFree format?No1.00infobox
ATRACInternet media typeaudio/ATRAC3, audio/ATRAC-ADVANCED-LOSSLESS, audio/ATRAC-X1.00infobox
ATRACOpen format?No1.00infobox
ATRACType of formatAudio1.00infobox
ATRACis ahybrid subband-MDCT codec that is algorithmically very similar to MP30.90text
Sharpinstance ofEncryption is no longer compulsory as of v3.2.Other MiniDisc manufacturers0.80text
Panasonic also implemented their own versions of the ATRAC codecinstance ofEncryption is no longer compulsory as of v3.2.Other MiniDisc manufacturers0.80text
voiceinstance ofwith further bitrate reduction for easier-to-encode content0.80text
Ogg Vorbis which use a simple MDCT rather than a hybridinstance ofCompared to newer formats0.80text

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