Name | SHN | WAV |
Full name | Shorten | WAV - Waveform Audio File Format |
File extension | .shn | .wav .wave |
MIME type | audio/vnd.wave, audio/wav, audio/wave, audio/x-wav | |
Developed by | Shorten | Microsoft & IBM |
Type of format | Audio | audio file format, container format |
Description | 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. However, Shorten is still in use by some people because there are legally traded concert recordings in circulation that are encoded as Shorten files. Shorten files use the .shn file extension. | Waveform Audio File Format is a Microsoft and IBM audio file format standard for storing an audio bitstream on PCs. It is the main format used on Windows systems for raw and typically uncompressed audio. The usual bitstream encoding is the linear pulse-code modulation (LPCM) format. |
Technical details | Though a WAV file can contain compressed audio, the most common WAV audio format is uncompressed audio in the linear pulse code modulation (LPCM) format. Audio in WAV files can be encoded in a variety of audio coding formats, such as GSM or MP3, to reduce the file size. | |
File conversion | SHN conversion | WAV conversion |
Associated programs | etree.org Shorten, Foobar2000 with foo_shn plugin, Microsoft Windows Media Player with SHN DirectShow Filter, Nullsoft Winamp Media Player 5.6 with SnhAmp plugin, Trader's Little Helper | ALLPlayer, VLC media player, Media Player Classic, MPlayer, RealPlayer, Winamp. |
Wiki | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shorten_(file_format) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WAV |