streetdragon
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so do lossy files only lose data? or compress and lose data as well?
http://www.jiscdigitalmedia.ac.uk/audio/advice/aac-audio-and-the-mp4-media-format/#aac-basics
Lossless formats use non-destructive compression, lossy formats use destructive 'compression' ..
Except it isn't compression, it's data-reduction ..
Lets say you want to compress a can of air .. Do you remove some of the air and call it compressed ?
so do lossy files only lose data? or compress and lose data as well?