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<div class="box_body"> 52 53 <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#EEEED4"><tr><td> 54 <table width="100%" border="0" align="right" bgcolor="#EEEED4"><!-- @@@@@@ border="1" ? --> 55 <tr align="right"> 56 <td> 57 </td> 58 <td align="center" bgcolor="#F4F4CC" colspan="2"> 59 <font size="+1"><b>Encode time</b></font> 60 </td> 61 <td align="center" bgcolor="#F4F4CC" colspan="2"> 62 <font size="+1"><b>Decode time</b></font> 63 </td> 64 <td align="center" bgcolor="#F4F4CC" colspan="2"> 65 <font size="+1"><b>Compression</b></font> 66 </td> 67 </tr> 68 <tr align="right"> 69 <td align="left" bgcolor="#F4F4CC"> 70 <font size="+1"><b>Codec</b></font> 71 </td> 72 <td bgcolor="#F4F4CC"> 73 <font size="+1">Total</font> 74 </td> 75 <td bgcolor="#F4F4CC"> 76 <font size="+1">CPU</font> 77 </td> 78 <td bgcolor="#F4F4CC"> 79 <font size="+1">Total</font> 80 </td> 81 <td bgcolor="#F4F4CC"> 82 <font size="+1">CPU</font> 83 </td> 84 <td bgcolor="#F4F4CC"> 85 <font size="+1">Size</font> 86 </td> 87 <td bgcolor="#F4F4CC"> 88 <font size="+1"><b>Ratio</b></font> 89 </td> 90 </tr> 91 <tr align="right"><td align="left">La 0.3c</td><td>3:53.85</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">3:48.60</td><td>3:46.06</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">3:43.42</td><td>6.46 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">31.04%</td></tr> 92 <tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">Tak 1.01 (extra high max)</td><td>1:40.84</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">1:36.14</td><td>0:10.02</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:06.64</td><td>6.57 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">31.54%</td></tr> 93 <tr align="right"><td align="left">Tak 1.01 (extra high)</td><td>0:36.93</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:31.82</td><td>0:10.22</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:06.78</td><td>6.58 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">31.62%</td></tr> 94 <tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">Monkey's Audio 3.99 (extra high)</td><td>0:42.13</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:37.16</td><td>0:43.26</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:39.92</td><td>6.75 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">32.43%</td></tr> 95 <tr align="right"><td align="left">Monkey's Audio 3.99 (insane)</td><td>3:09.72</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">3:04.72</td><td>3:16.68</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">3:14.21</td><td>6.78 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">32.56%</td></tr> 96 <tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">optimFROG 4.21 (mode 4 @ 1x)</td><td>8:22.49</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">8:17.19</td><td>8:22.99</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">8:19.16</td><td>6.82 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">32.74%</td></tr> 97 <tr align="right"><td align="left">optimFROG 4.21 (mode 3 @ 4x)</td><td>1:27.80</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">1:22.51</td><td>1:28.89</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">1:25.16</td><td>6.91 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">33.20%</td></tr> 98 <tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">Tak 1.01 (normal)</td><td>0:17.57</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:12.28</td><td>0:08.76</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:05.40</td><td>6.92 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">33.24%</td></tr> 99 <tr align="right"><td align="left">Monkey's Audio 3.99 (high)</td><td>0:22.58</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:17.46</td><td>0:23.48</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:20.17</td><td>6.98 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">33.53%</td></tr> 100 <tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">optimFROG 4.21 (mode 2 @ 4x)</td><td>0:48.74</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:43.11</td><td>0:51.29</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:46.98</td><td>7.01 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">33.69%</td></tr> 101 <tr align="right"><td align="left">optimFROG 4.21 (mode 1 @ 4x)</td><td>0:37.65</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:31.91</td><td>0:38.28</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:34.48</td><td>7.09 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">34.06%</td></tr> 102 <tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">optimFROG 4.21 (mode 0 @ 4x)</td><td>0:24.98</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:19.19</td><td>0:26.32</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:22.47</td><td>7.21 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">34.62%</td></tr> 103 <tr align="right"><td align="left">Monkey's Audio 3.99 (normal)</td><td>0:19.63</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:14.44</td><td>0:20.77</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:17.11</td><td>7.28 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">34.95%</td></tr> 104 <tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">Tak 1.01 (turbo)</td><td>0:10.81</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:05.75</td><td>0:08.43</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:04.47</td><td>7.31 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">35.11%</td></tr> 105 <tr align="right"><td align="left">WavPack 4.41 (extra high -x)</td><td>0:40.93</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:35.09</td><td>0:15.00</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:11.29</td><td>7.38 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">35.44%</td></tr> 106 <tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">FLAC 1.2.1 (-8)</td><td>0:38.78</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:33.61</td><td>0:07.05</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:03.52</td><td>7.46 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">35.82%</td></tr> 107 <tr align="right"><td align="left">WavPack 4.41 (high)</td><td>0:17.84</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:11.83</td><td>0:13.07</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:09.22</td><td>7.49 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">35.98%</td></tr> 108 <tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">Monkey's Audio 3.99 (fast)</td><td>0:15.21</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:10.13</td><td>0:16.27</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:12.83</td><td>7.50 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">36.01%</td></tr> 109 <tr align="right" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><td align="left">FLAC 1.2.1 (-5, default)</td><td>0:14.84</td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF">0:09.52</td><td>0:07.39</td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF">0:03.36</td><td>7.51 MB</td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF">36.08%</td></tr> 110 <tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">WavPack 4.41 (normal -x)</td><td>0:20.88</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:14.86</td><td>0:10.54</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:06.58</td><td>7.52 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">36.12%</td></tr> 111 <tr align="right"><td align="left">WavPack 4.41 (normal)</td><td>0:14.75</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:08.79</td><td>0:10.88</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:06.66</td><td>7.58 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">36.41%</td></tr> 112 <tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">FLAC 1.2.1 (-3)</td><td>0:10.59</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:05.38</td><td>0:06.78</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:02.96</td><td>7.60 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">36.48%</td></tr> 113 <tr align="right"><td align="left">WavPack 4.41 (fast -x)</td><td>0:17.36</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:11.37</td><td>0:09.09</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:05.06</td><td>7.69 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">36.92%</td></tr> 114 <tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">WavPack 4.41 (fast)</td><td>0:13.19</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:07.26</td><td>0:08.68</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:05.10</td><td>7.81 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">37.52%</td></tr> 115 <tr align="right"><td align="left">Apple Lossless (iTunes 4.5)</td><td>?</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">?</td><td>?</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">?</td><td>7.82 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">37.57%</td></tr> 116 <tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">Bonk 0.5</td><td>1:16.80</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">1:12.07</td><td>1:00.91</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:57.06</td><td>7.83 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">37.62%</td></tr> 117 <tr align="right"><td align="left">FLAC 1.2.1 (-1)</td><td>0:09.19</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:03.96</td><td>0:07.85</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:03.48</td><td>8.11 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">38.95%</td></tr> 118 <tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">Shorten 3.2a (-p0 -b256, default)</td><td>0:14.29</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:09.13</td><td>0:08.73</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">0:04.81</td><td>8.19 MB</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4">39.32%</td></tr> 119 <tr align="right"><td align="left">Shorten 3.2a (-p8 -b2048)</td><td>0:17.66</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:12.41</td><td>0:10.01</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">0:06.25</td><td>8.29 MB</td><td bgcolor="#F8F8E8">39.83%</td></tr> 120 <tr align="right" bgcolor="#D4D4C0"><td align="left">RIFF WAVE</td><td>0:36.64</td><td bgcolor="#E0E0D4"></td><td>0:36.64</td><td 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