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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Ktims (talk | contribs) at 10:00, 28 May 2006. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

With regards to audio/video:Transcoding usually refers to compressing files(such as MPEG) to a lower bitrate without changing formats,Encoding(also called Rendering) usually refers to changing formats(such as AVI to MPEG).

In a strict sense, the definition of this word has absolutely nothing to do with the lossy/losslessness of the conversion, and if anything the 'literal' definition would be more likely to imply a lossless conversion than a lossy one. Transcoding is, quite simply, transfering the same information from one encoding to another. It matters not whether the conversion induces loss, as long as it represents the same information (ie. it doesn't matter if it's bit-perfect, as long as it represents the same song). I don't think we should be perpetuating the current definition.--Ktims 10:00, 28 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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