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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7c788f8 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +# Equestria Lossless Audio Codec +An entirely open-source lightweight lossless audio codec/container. + +## Why use ELAC? +* ELAC is free, libre and open-source software +* It is lighter than FLAC, WAV, or MP3 with the same quality +* A single file can contain multiple tracks that will be played after each other (if using a supported player, e.g. `elac-play`) +* ELAC keeps all metadata from your original file (except album art) + +## ELAC-EL vs ELAC-PL +ELAC-EL (Emulated Lossless) files are created when a non-lossless file is given to `elac-encode` (e.g. MP3, OGG, ...), they usually have small file size and are playable everywhere. + +ELAC-PL (Physical Lossless) files are created when a lossless file is given to `elac-encode` (e.g. WAV, FLAC, ...), **they are not playable on WebKit-based browsers (such as Safari)**. + +Both ELAC-EL and ELAC-PL usually have smaller size than the original files.
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