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border="0" align="right" bgcolor="#EEEED4"><!-- @@@@@@ border="1" ? --> <tr align="right"> <td> </td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#F4F4CC" colspan="2"> <font size="+1"><b>Encode time</b></font> </td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#F4F4CC" colspan="2"> <font size="+1"><b>Decode time</b></font> </td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#F4F4CC" colspan="2"> <font size="+1"><b>Compression</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr align="right"> <td align="left" bgcolor="#F4F4CC"> <font size="+1"><b>Codec</b></font> </td> <td bgcolor="#F4F4CC"> <font size="+1">Total</font> </td> <td bgcolor="#F4F4CC"> <font size="+1">CPU</font> </td> <td bgcolor="#F4F4CC"> <font size="+1">Total</font> </td> <td bgcolor="#F4F4CC"> <font size="+1">CPU</font> </td> <td bgcolor="#F4F4CC"> <font size="+1">Size</font> </td> <td bgcolor="#F4F4CC"> <font size="+1"><b>Ratio</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr align="right"><td align="left">La 0.3c</td><td>8:50.13</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">8:38.35</td><td>8:31.04</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">8:22.67</td><td>28.98 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">64.19%</td></tr> <tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">optimFROG 4.21 (mode 4 @ 1x)</td><td>19:41.55</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">19:29.00</td><td>19:44.04</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">19:32.94</td><td>29.43 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">65.17%</td></tr> <tr align="right"><td align="left">Monkey's Audio 3.99 (insane)</td><td>7:37.65</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">7:26.83</td><td>7:59.14</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">7:50.72</td><td>29.48 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">65.28%</td></tr> <tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">Monkey's Audio 3.99 (extra high)</td><td>1:42.80</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">1:29.77</td><td>1:45.42</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">1:34.27</td><td>29.49 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">65.30%</td></tr> <tr align="right"><td align="left">optimFROG 4.21 (mode 3 @ 4x)</td><td>3:26.62</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">3:12.39</td><td>3:30.88</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">3:19.49</td><td>29.49 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">65.31%</td></tr> <tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">optimFROG 4.21 (mode 2 @ 4x)</td><td>1:55.99</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">1:40.98</td><td>2:00.34</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">1:49.21</td><td>29.54 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">65.42%</td></tr> <tr align="right"><td align="left">optimFROG 4.21 (mode 1 @ 4x)</td><td>1:28.64</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">1:13.82</td><td>1:32.59</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">1:20.95</td><td>29.58 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">65.50%</td></tr> <tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">Monkey's Audio 3.99 (high)</td><td>0:55.85</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:43.16</td><td>0:58.88</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:47.76</td><td>29.69 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">65.76%</td></tr> <tr align="right"><td align="left">Tak 1.01 (extra high max)</td><td>4:14.19</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">4:03.06</td><td>0:25.55</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:14.32</td><td>29.74 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">65.87%</td></tr> <tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">Tak 1.01 (extra high)</td><td>1:31.55</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">1:18.82</td><td>0:25.92</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:14.52</td><td>29.77 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">65.92%</td></tr> <tr align="right"><td align="left">optimFROG 4.21 (mode 0 @ 4x)</td><td>1:00.95</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:46.30</td><td>1:05.54</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:54.10</td><td>29.78 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">65.95%</td></tr> <tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">Monkey's Audio 3.99 (normal)</td><td>0:49.04</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:36.37</td><td>0:51.89</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:40.84</td><td>29.83 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">66.05%</td></tr> <tr align="right"><td align="left">Tak 1.01 (normal)</td><td>0:42.97</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:29.86</td><td>0:23.54</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:12.28</td><td>29.86 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">66.12%</td></tr> <tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">WavPack 4.41 (extra high -x)</td><td>1:37.60</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">1:22.42</td><td>0:39.74</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:27.46</td><td>29.92 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">66.27%</td></tr> <tr align="right"><td align="left">WavPack 4.41 (high)</td><td>0:41.97</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:26.81</td><td>0:33.68</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:21.45</td><td>30.02 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">66.49%</td></tr> <tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">Monkey's Audio 3.99 (fast)</td><td>0:37.95</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:25.20</td><td>0:41.85</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:30.36</td><td>30.20 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">66.89%</td></tr> <tr align="right"><td align="left">WavPack 4.41 (normal -x)</td><td>0:52.60</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:37.67</td><td>0:27.55</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:15.58</td><td>30.32 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">67.15%</td></tr> <tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">Tak 1.01 (turbo)</td><td>0:27.64</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:13.98</td><td>0:22.58</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:11.22</td><td>30.38 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">67.27%</td></tr> <tr align="right"><td align="left">WavPack 4.41 (normal)</td><td>0:35.40</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:20.45</td><td>0:28.55</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:15.43</td><td>30.44 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">67.42%</td></tr> <tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">Bonk 0.5</td><td>3:09.65</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">2:57.69</td><td>2:35.01</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">2:23.84</td><td>30.64 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">67.85%</td></tr> <tr align="right"><td align="left">FLAC 1.2.1 (-8)</td><td>1:37.62</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">1:24.84</td><td>0:23.65</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:09.16</td><td>30.66 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">67.90%</td></tr> <tr align="right" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><td align="left">FLAC 1.2.1 (-5, default)</td><td>0:36.82</td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF">0:23.61</td><td>0:20.77</td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF">0:08.71</td><td>30.72 MB</td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF">68.03%</td></tr> <tr align="right"><td align="left">WavPack 4.41 (fast)</td><td>0:31.00</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:17.17</td><td>0:24.18</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:12.37</td><td>30.75 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">68.10%</td></tr> <tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">WavPack 4.41 (fast -x)</td><td>0:43.65</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:29.08</td><td>0:23.78</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:12.10</td><td>30.75 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">68.10%</td></tr> <tr align="right"><td align="left">Apple Lossless (iTunes 4.5)</td><td>?</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">?</td><td>?</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">?</td><td>30.91 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">68.47%</td></tr> <tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">FLAC 1.2.1 (-3)</td><td>0:28.35</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:14.22</td><td>0:22.35</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:08.52</td><td>31.49 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">69.74%</td></tr> <tr align="right"><td align="left">Shorten 3.2a (-p8 -b2048)</td><td>0:45.47</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:31.57</td><td>0:27.67</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:15.94</td><td>31.76 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">70.34%</td></tr> <tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">FLAC 1.2.1 (-1)</td><td>0:24.04</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:10.05</td><td>0:19.46</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:08.00</td><td>31.95 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">70.76%</td></tr> <tr align="right"><td align="left">Shorten 3.2a (-p0 -b256, default)</td><td>0:37.09</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:23.16</td><td>0:23.32</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:11.50</td><td>32.47 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">71.91%</td></tr> <tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">RIFF WAVE</td><td>2:44.30</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4"></td><td>2:44.30</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4"></td><td>45.15 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">100.00%</td></tr> </table> </td></tr></table> <br /> <b><a href="comparison_all_ratio.html">Complete summary table</a></b><br /> <br /> <a href="comparison__chopin_prelude_24.html">Frederic Chopin Prelude No.24 in d minor </a><br /> <a 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