PS3 was capable of converting multi-channel DSD to lossy 1.5 Mbit/s DTS for playback over S/PDIF using the 2.00 system software.
It is a lossy speech compression codec designed specifically towards communication channels suffering from packet loss.
data compression | Data compression | Lossy compression | Image compression | Dynamic range compression | Video compression picture types | Gain compression | Compression fitting | Audio compression (data) | speech compression | FCX file compression | Dynamic range compression (audio) | Compression therapy | Compression of Genomic Re-Sequencing Data | Cold compression therapy | audio compression |
mp3TrueEdit is a software application for Mac OS X and Windows that allows users to edit 'lossy' compressed MP3 and AAC audio files without decompressing and re-compressing the audio information and hence maintains the original sound quality.