Apple releases ALAC as open source - will it be incorporated in dBpoweramp?

[Nubben]

Hi Spoon,

Now that Apple has released the ALAC encoder as open source will you be incorporating this into dBpa instead of the reverse engineered version you currently have?

Many thanks.

Nubben

[Spoon]

Re: Apple releases ALAC as open source - will it be incorporated in dBpoweramp?

Yes

[Nubben]

Re: Apple releases ALAC as open source - will it be incorporated in dBpoweramp?

Thanks Spoon. Any idea of time frame for implementation/release?

Thanks!

Nubben

[tester]

Re: Apple releases ALAC as open source - will it be incorporated in dBpoweramp?

I just coverted my library to ALAC using the current dbpoweramp codec. In your opinion, would it be worthwhile to redo the conversion after the codec is updated with Apple's open source to ensure forward compatibility with itunes?

[Spoon]

Re: Apple releases ALAC as open source - will it be incorporated in dBpoweramp?

There is no known incompatibilities with the current dbpoweramp encoder.

[tester]

Re: Apple releases ALAC as open source - will it be incorporated in dBpoweramp?

Thanks Spoon. I had a look at the ALAC source code. It's surprisingly short and sweet. Have you had a chance to compare your code to Apple's?