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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>3:07.28</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">3:03.36</td><td>3:00.59</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">2:58.14</td><td>6.62 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">40.36%</td></tr> <tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">Monkey's Audio 3.99 (insane)</td><td>2:43.57</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">2:39.84</td><td>2:50.50</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">2:48.43</td><td>6.67 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">40.68%</td></tr> <tr align="right"><td align="left">Monkey's Audio 3.99 (extra high)</td><td>0:35.82</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:31.80</td><td>0:36.66</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:33.83</td><td>6.74 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">41.09%</td></tr> <tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">Tak 1.01 (extra high max)</td><td>1:23.81</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">1:20.14</td><td>0:09.05</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:06.06</td><td>6.78 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">41.37%</td></tr> <tr align="right"><td align="left">Tak 1.01 (extra high)</td><td>0:32.02</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:27.95</td><td>0:08.95</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:05.90</td><td>6.80 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">41.48%</td></tr> <tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">optimFROG 4.21 (mode 4 @ 1x)</td><td>7:08.27</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">7:04.28</td><td>7:09.32</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">7:06.00</td><td>6.87 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">41.90%</td></tr> <tr align="right"><td align="left">optimFROG 4.21 (mode 3 @ 4x)</td><td>1:13.31</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">1:09.33</td><td>1:15.16</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">1:12.05</td><td>6.88 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">41.96%</td></tr> <tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">Monkey's Audio 3.99 (high)</td><td>0:19.09</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:15.10</td><td>0:20.20</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:17.45</td><td>6.91 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">42.13%</td></tr> <tr align="right"><td align="left">optimFROG 4.21 (mode 2 @ 4x)</td><td>0:40.29</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:36.01</td><td>0:41.99</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:38.60</td><td>6.91 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">42.16%</td></tr> <tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">Tak 1.01 (normal)</td><td>0:14.62</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:10.55</td><td>0:07.62</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:04.67</td><td>6.97 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">42.54%</td></tr> <tr align="right"><td align="left">optimFROG 4.21 (mode 1 @ 4x)</td><td>0:30.05</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:25.84</td><td>0:33.76</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:29.48</td><td>6.98 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">42.55%</td></tr> <tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">Monkey's Audio 3.99 (normal)</td><td>0:16.38</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:12.40</td><td>0:17.45</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:14.32</td><td>6.99 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">42.61%</td></tr> <tr align="right"><td align="left">optimFROG 4.21 (mode 0 @ 4x)</td><td>0:20.35</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:16.00</td><td>0:22.49</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:19.08</td><td>7.07 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">43.10%</td></tr> <tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">Tak 1.01 (turbo)</td><td>0:08.80</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:04.68</td><td>0:06.87</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:03.77</td><td>7.11 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">43.34%</td></tr> <tr align="right"><td align="left">WavPack 4.41 (extra high -x)</td><td>0:34.07</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:29.66</td><td>0:13.06</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:09.60</td><td>7.13 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">43.47%</td></tr> <tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">Monkey's Audio 3.99 (fast)</td><td>0:12.73</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:08.68</td><td>0:13.84</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:10.86</td><td>7.16 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">43.69%</td></tr> <tr align="right"><td align="left">FLAC 1.2.1 (-8)</td><td>0:33.10</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:29.01</td><td>0:07.01</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:03.36</td><td>7.23 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">44.10%</td></tr> <tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">WavPack 4.41 (high)</td><td>0:13.92</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:09.61</td><td>0:11.17</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:07.23</td><td>7.24 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">44.16%</td></tr> <tr align="right" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><td align="left">FLAC 1.2.1 (-5, default)</td><td>0:12.17</td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF">0:08.11</td><td>0:05.97</td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF">0:02.92</td><td>7.26 MB</td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF">44.28%</td></tr> <tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">WavPack 4.41 (normal -x)</td><td>0:17.34</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:12.76</td><td>0:08.72</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:05.34</td><td>7.27 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">44.34%</td></tr> <tr align="right"><td align="left">FLAC 1.2.1 (-3)</td><td>0:08.63</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:04.56</td><td>0:06.14</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:02.58</td><td>7.29 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">44.46%</td></tr> <tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">WavPack 4.41 (normal)</td><td>0:11.55</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:07.09</td><td>0:08.77</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:05.46</td><td>7.32 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">44.67%</td></tr> <tr align="right"><td align="left">WavPack 4.41 (fast -x)</td><td>0:14.16</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:09.77</td><td>0:07.36</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:04.33</td><td>7.35 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">44.81%</td></tr> <tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">Apple Lossless (iTunes 4.5)</td><td>?</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">?</td><td>?</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">?</td><td>7.44 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">45.41%</td></tr> <tr align="right"><td align="left">Bonk 0.5</td><td>1:02.99</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:59.10</td><td>0:50.90</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:47.48</td><td>7.46 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">45.48%</td></tr> <tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">Shorten 3.2a (-p0 -b256, default)</td><td>0:11.69</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:07.62</td><td>0:07.49</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:04.44</td><td>7.48 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">45.64%</td></tr> <tr align="right"><td align="left">FLAC 1.2.1 (-1)</td><td>0:07.23</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:03.14</td><td>0:05.87</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:02.58</td><td>7.51 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">45.82%</td></tr> <tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">WavPack 4.41 (fast)</td><td>0:10.41</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:05.97</td><td>0:07.98</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:04.34</td><td>7.73 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">47.14%</td></tr> <tr align="right"><td align="left">Shorten 3.2a (-p8 -b2048)</td><td>0:14.34</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:10.17</td><td>0:08.61</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:05.22</td><td>8.20 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">50.04%</td></tr> <tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">RIFF WAVE</td><td>0:37.51</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4"></td><td>0:37.51</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4"></td><td>16.39 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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