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WavPack 4 and hardware

I'm enthusiast about WavPack 4 performance, it has compression level up to Monkey's audio high mode but with really better decode speed (my P4 2.8 GHz goes to 44x).
Now what I wonder is how much it's complex in comparison with FLAC, I mean could be it implemented in hardware players "easily" as FLAC?

Especially pocket hardware?
"Taking a jazz approach and concentrating on live playing, I wanted to use several different rhythm sections and vintage instruments and amps to create a timeless sound that's geared more around musicality and vibe than sonic perfection. The key was to write with specific rhythm sections in mind, yet leave open spaces for soloing." Lee Ritenour

WavPack 4 and hardware

Reply #1 –
Well, you have every right to be enthusiastic about Wavpack's performance, since it really is amazing (hats off once again to David). Concerning now the hardware implementation, I think that it shouldn't be more complicated than FLAC (if not easier), since the whole format was designed with hardware integration in mind. In fact David has made a “tiny” decoder, for those who would like to include WavPack decoding in a hardware device.
Let us so live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry. -Mark Twain

WavPack 4 and hardware

Reply #2 –
The good news is that the "tiny" decoder source has been downloaded almost 600 times. One can only hope that a few of those are being integrated into hardware devices, either portable or overwise. I believe that from a technical and licensing perspective, WavPack is a perfect candidate for this, but it's probably just not well enough known yet.

WavPack 4 and hardware

Reply #3 –
Indeed, except for the momentary low diffusion and support, WavPack seems to have all strong points.
Even if personally I like use the lossless mode -h alone.
"Taking a jazz approach and concentrating on live playing, I wanted to use several different rhythm sections and vintage instruments and amps to create a timeless sound that's geared more around musicality and vibe than sonic perfection. The key was to write with specific rhythm sections in mind, yet leave open spaces for soloing." Lee Ritenour

WavPack 4 and hardware

Reply #4 –
Well, with the firmware for the Neuros recently going open source, we can certainly hope that WavPack support will appear eventually. Haven't seen it mentioned around their forums though. Seems that MPC, Monkey's Audio, FLAC, and Audible are the formats most often talked about when it comes to possible future support actually. Maybe someone needs to go over there and pimp everything that makes WavPack so great?