Re: ACE algorythm/code?

[irsman@iastate.edu (Ian Schmidt)]

In article <behrenss.747661375@hphalle6> behrenss@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Soenke Behrens) writes:
>davidr@kwi.com (David Rivkin) writes:
>
>>Does anyone know where I can get either source code or even just the algorythm for the Apple IIGS Audio Compression and Expansion (ACE) methods?
>
>Umm ... RLE? *Snigger* *Hides behind a large rock*

ACE is based on ADPCM, which is fairly common for audio compression; there are
probably books about it, although just knowing ADPCM probably won't help if
you want to decode/encode ACE yourself, since Apple no doubt used some cool
tricks to make it better.


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