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Audio file format
Shorten
(
SHN
) is a
file format
used for compressing
audio data
. It is a form of
data compression
of files and is used to
losslessly compress
CD
-quality audio files (44.1
kHz
16-
bit
stereo
PCM
). Shorten is no longer developed and other lossless
audio codecs
such as
FLAC
,
Monkey's Audio
(APE), TTA, and
WavPack
(WV) have become more popular. It is still in use to trade
concert recordings
that are already encoded as Shorten files. Shorten files use the .shn file extension.
Handling Shorten files
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All
libavcodec
based players and converters support the Shorten codec; and since the LAVFilters are based on libavcodec, support can easily be added to Windows Media Player and other software that uses the standard filter / codec APIs. As far as less common programs, some
Rockbox
applications can play Shorten files without decompression, and third-party Shorten plug-ins exist for
Nero Burning ROM
,
Foobar2000
, and
Winamp
; alternately
VLC media player
is an actually updated choice, or ffplay from the ffmpeg package if a command line utility is desired.
Many devices such as smart TVs that can act as music players lack support for shorten and can't have new support added, but most of the software listed above can also convert to formats that are playable on such devices.
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