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WavPack is a completely open audio compression format providing lossless,
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high-quality lossy, and a unique hybrid compression mode.
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The compression ratio depends on the source material, but generally is
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between 30% and 70%.
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The hybrid mode provides all the advantages of lossless compression with
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an additional bonus. Instead of creating a single file, this mode creates
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both a relatively small, high-quality lossy file that can be used all by
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itself, and a "correction" file that (when combined with the lossy file)
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provides full lossless restoration. For some users this means never having
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to choose between lossless and lossy compression.
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