For you WavPack users out there, the final WavPack 4.41.0 build was released on May 6th. This new version contains some considerable speed improvements along with fixes.
For more information on the final build check out the Changlog.

Speed improvements of from 10% to 30% depending on mode and CPU (includes MMX intrinsics for stereo 24-bit / […]

The Linux/GNU media player AquaLung has added support for WavPack files. You must be using WavPack 4.40 or higher for it to work. The updated files with WavPack support can be downloaded from here.

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The WavPack 4.41 beta3 is now available bringing with it the following features. Keep your eyes peeled for the final version of 4.41.

Speedup optimizations from the first two betas, plus an other. This includes MMX utilization for encoding 24-bit stereo.
WavPack now refuses to encode WAV files over 4 GB total or WAV files with over […]

There are a wide variety of lossless tools scattered across the web. Check out this utility for checking your WavPack files. Developed by the same person who created the WavPack4Wavlab plugin for WavLab this utility searches your directories for errors in your .wv files.
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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 […]

The recent availability of the WinZip 11 beta has revealed that the audio compression technology used to compress .WAV files is WavPack’s own compression algorithms.
Based on version 4.21 (2005.12.10) WinZip 11 uses the highest compression setting in WavPack. This is a great addition to WinZip and we will keep you up tp date on any developments. […]

Two people have successfully built WavPack for Windows 64 based on WavPack 4.31.
A poster over at the Hydrogenaudio Forums has successfully built a native Windows 64 version of WavPack 4.31.
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Peter Pawlowski has made a Windows 64 build available over at Rarewares.
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The Wavpack4Wavelab plugin is an input/output plugin that works with both version 5 and the recently released version 6 of Steinberg’s Wavelab. W4W supports Wavpack files up to version 4.x as well as ID3v1 and APEv2 tags.
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WavPack Releases 4.3
4.3 Features

Compatible with virtually all PCM audio formats including 8, 16, and 24-bit ints; 32-bit floats; mono, stereo, and multichannel; sampling rates from 6 to 192 kHz
Multiplatform support including Windows, Linux, and OS X
Instantly seekable and streaming capable
Error-tolerant block format conducive to hardware decoding
Optional “asymmetrical” mode for improved compression
MD5 audio checksums for verification […]

Meedio supports a wide variety of audio formats including FLAC, APE, WavPack and Ogg Vorbis. Meedio is one of the few HTPC front ends that support lossless formats and with the active community surrounding Meedio plugins for new formats are constantly being developed. Stay tuned for a more in depth article regarding Meedio and lossless […]