Apple Music Announces Spatial Audio and Lossless Audio

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Post by todsacerdoti » Mon, May 17, 2021, 1:06 PM UTC

Apple Music Announces Spatial Audio and Lossless Audio
apple.com

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Post by capableweb » Mon, May 17, 2021, 1:39 PM UTC

Maybe I was reading it all too quickly but they never seem to outline the format they'll actually use for the lossless songs. Anyone happen to know?

Edit: Seems they are using their own format ALAC, sad but not surprising

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Post by imeron » Mon, May 17, 2021, 1:40 PM UTC

capableweb wrote: post #2

Maybe I was reading it all too quickly but they never seem to outline the format they'll actually use for the lossless songs. Anyone happen to know? Edit: Seems they are using their own format ALAC, sad but not surprising

It's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Lossless

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Post by Willamin » Mon, May 17, 2021, 1:40 PM UTC

capableweb wrote: post #2

Maybe I was reading it all too quickly but they never seem to outline the format they'll actually use for the lossless songs. Anyone happen to know? Edit: Seems they are using their own format ALAC, sad but not surprising

> Apple uses ALAC (Apple Lossless Audio Codec)

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Post by ripdog » Mon, May 17, 2021, 1:40 PM UTC

capableweb wrote: post #2

Maybe I was reading it all too quickly but they never seem to outline the format they'll actually use for the lossless songs. Anyone happen to know? Edit: Seems they are using their own format ALAC, sad but not surprising

>Apple Music will also make its catalog of more than 75 million songs available in Lossless Audio. Apple uses ALAC (Apple Lossless Audio Codec) to preserve every single bit of the original audio file.

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, May 17, 2021, 1:40 PM UTC

capableweb wrote: post #2

Maybe I was reading it all too quickly but they never seem to outline the format they'll actually use for the lossless songs. Anyone happen to know? Edit: Seems they are using their own format ALAC, sad but not surprising

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Post by darksaints » Mon, May 17, 2021, 1:40 PM UTC

Unfortunately, you can't buy it. Only rent.

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Post by ComputerGuru » Mon, May 17, 2021, 1:41 PM UTC

Curious if this will be available on Windows and macOS when using a Dolby-capable receiver. It seems to be AirPod-only from the press release itself?

Also curious if this will at some point also apply to Apple iTunes Match (the precursor to Apple Music) which lets you own rather than “rent” your music.

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Post by rootsudo » Mon, May 17, 2021, 1:41 PM UTC

Wow lossless audio, I was shocked when I tried an iphone 12 that itunes, imusic, music app whatever you call it did not nativelt support OGG/lossless format.

iTunes used too, I know the old iPods used too.

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, May 17, 2021, 1:41 PM UTC

capableweb wrote: post #2

Maybe I was reading it all too quickly but they never seem to outline the format they'll actually use for the lossless songs. Anyone happen to know? Edit: Seems they are using their own format ALAC, sad but not surprising

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