Re: Impact of encryption algorithms on audio

From: Andrew Swallow (am.swallow_at_btopenworld.com)
Date: 10/14/05 

Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 11:44:53 +0000 (UTC)

Chris Barts wrote:

> Douglas A. Gwyn wrote:
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>
>>There should be no impact whatever on sound quality,
>>beyond the initial digitization. Virtually all
>>encryption algorithms are "lossless", i.e. restore
>>data to exactly its initial value after an encrypt/
>>decrypt cycle.
>
>
> _Virtually_ all? You mean there's a use for lossy encryption algorithms?

It is possible for something to exist without being useful.

Andrew Swallow

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