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Shorten (codec)

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Shorten
Developer(s)Tony Robinson
Initial releaseMarch 30, 1993; 31 years ago (1993-03-30)
Stable release
3.6.1 / 2007-03-19 (final)
Operating systemCross-platform
TypeAudio codec Data compression
LicenseShorten software license[1]
Websiteetree.org/shnutils/shorten/[2]
Shorten
Filename extension
.shn
Internet media typeapplication/x-shorten
Developed byTony Robinson
Type of formatAudio

Shorten (SHN) is a file format used for compressing audio data. It is a form of data compression of files and is used to losslessly compress CD-quality audio files (44.1 kHz 16-bit stereo PCM). Shorten is no longer developed and other lossless audio codecs such as FLAC, Monkey's Audio (APE), TTA, and WavPack (WV) have become more popular. It is still in use to trade concert recordings that are already encoded as Shorten files. Shorten files use the .shn file extension.

Handling Shorten files

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All libavcodec based players and converters support the Shorten codec; and since the LAVFilters are based on libavcodec, support can easily be added to Windows Media Player and other software that uses the standard filter / codec APIs. As far as less common programs, some Rockbox applications can play Shorten files without decompression, and third-party Shorten plug-ins exist for Nero Burning ROM, Foobar2000, and Winamp; alternately VLC media player is an actually updated choice, or ffplay from the ffmpeg package if a command line utility is desired.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "SHORTEN SOFTWARE LICENSE". Archived from the original on 2017-08-16. Retrieved 2020-10-16.
  2. ^ "[shorten]". Archived from the original on 2018-09-08. Retrieved 2020-10-16.
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