[cyrus1313]

hi, i just wanna know which mp3 player can play APE music, cuz i think APE format is better than mp3 and flac.

 

[breez]

There are no portable players with APE support. Just use another lossless compression like FLAC, Wavpack or ALAC.

edit: It appears that there is one portable that supports APE, but is limited to 512MB.

http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/17/g...s-ape-support/

 

[pds6]

Junior Member
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[W}hice MP3 player can play APE format music?

Think very long and hard before going with a less popular format.

Lossless is Lossless is Lossless is Lossless is ...............................

Good Luck

 

[Febs]

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Originally Posted by cyrus1313 /img/forum/go_quote.gif i think APE format is better than mp3 and flac.

Really? And why do you think that it is better than FLAC?

(I can't wait to hear this answer.)

 

[raulortega]

I am sure you've all seen this before. Just cut'n'pastin

Monkey's Audio
http://www.monkeysaudio.com/
Monkey's Audio is a very efficient lossless compressor developed by Matt Ashland.

APE PROS

� � * Open source
� � * High efficiency
� � * Good software support
� � * Java version (multiplatform)
� � * Tagging support (ID3v1, APE tags)
� � * High resolution audio support
� � * Supports RIFF chunks (only in the GUI encoder)
� � * Pipe support (only in a special version)

APE CONS

� � * No multichannel support
� � * No hybrid/lossy mode
� � * No hardware support
� � * No error robustness
� � * Doesn't support ReplayGain


FLAC
http://flac.sourceforge.net/
FLAC is a lossless codec developed by Josh Coalson. It's part of the Xiph multimedia portfolio, along with Ogg Vorbis and Theora.

FLAC PROS

� � * Open source
� � * Very fast decoding
� � * Hardware support (Karma, Phatbox, etc.)
� � * Very good software support
� � * Error robustness
� � * Streaming support
� � * Supports multichannel audio and high resolutions
� � * Tagging support (FLAC tags)
� � * Pipe support
� � * ReplayGain compatible


FLAC CONS

� � * Relatively slow encoding
� � * No hybrid/lossy mode
� � * Doesn't support RIFF chunks


FLAC Other features

� � * Supports embedded CUE sheets (with limitations)
� � * Includes MD5 hashes for quick integrity checking
� � * Fits the Ogg and Matroska containers

 

[werdwerdus]

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� � * No hardware support

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[pds6]

werdwerdus says:
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No hardware support

That's the one good thing about Schizophrenia - You Don't Need Hardware to Hear the Beautiful Music.

 

[blessingx]

I've never understood why people went APE, before or after it became open source, but the Cowon iAudio D2 is listed at DAPReview as "perhaps even APE support." Not sure where that came from. Otherwise just convert to another lossless. Especially for portable use (where lossless is questioned itself), APE advantages won't show over FLAC or ALAC.