The WavPack 4.40 beta is now available and with it comes a number of significant changes. The final version of WavPack 4.40 is expected to be available very soon!

WavPack 4.40 Beta

• new hardware-friendly “high” mode compresses almost as well as old “high” mode but decodes significantly faster (works better on Rockboxed iPods)

• old “high” mode has been renamed “very high” (-hh)

• “extra” mode levels 1-3 completely revamped, now fast enough to be usable

• –optimize-mono option added to improve compression of mono material in stereo files (requires at least version 4.3 decoder)

• cuesheet extraction from command-line and during self-extraction

• wav header generation on decode for files with missing RIFF information, or forced with -w option

• expanded summary information including wrapper info and channel assignments

• other improvements for more robust decoding of corrupt files

• winamp plugin now quietly skips deleted files in playlist

• Windows 95 no longer supported (except for self-extraction)

• source code organized to create a standard library that should more easily integrate into other applications

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