MP3 vs SHN
Een uitgebreide vergelijking van MP3 Audio en Shorten Audio — bestandsgrootte, kwaliteit, compatibiliteit en welk formaat het beste past bij jouw workflow.
MP3 Audio
Audio FilesMP3 is the most widely recognized audio format in the world. It uses lossy compression to dramatically reduce file sizes while maintaining good perceived audio quality, making it the standard for music distribution.
Over MP3-bestandenShorten Audio
Audio FilesShorten (SHN) is one of the earliest lossless audio compression formats, developed by Tony Robinson. It was widely used in the live music trading community for sharing concert recordings before FLAC became the dominant lossless format.
Over SHN-bestandenVergelijking van sterke punten
MP3 Sterke punten
- Universal support — every device, every player, every car stereo.
- Small file sizes with acceptable quality at 128–320 kbps.
- Completely royalty-free since April 2017.
- ID3 metadata tags support artist, album, cover art, lyrics, and more.
- Efficient decoding — runs on the most basic hardware.
SHN Sterke punten
- Lossless.
- Historical artifact of 1990s music trading.
- Modern decoder availability.
Beperkingen
MP3 Beperkingen
- Lossy — re-encoding compounds quality loss.
- Outperformed by AAC, Opus, and OGG at equivalent bitrates.
- Pre-echo artifacts on sharp percussive sounds.
- No native support for multichannel audio (only stereo).
- Bitrate capped at 320 kbps.
SHN Beperkingen
- Historically royalty-encumbered.
- Obsolete for new recordings.
- FLAC offers better compression.
Technische specificaties
| Specificatie | MP3 | SHN |
|---|---|---|
| MIME type | audio/mpeg | audio/x-shorten |
| Compression | Lossy — perceptual coding based on psychoacoustic model | — |
| Sample rates | 8, 11.025, 12, 16, 22.05, 24, 32, 44.1, 48 kHz | — |
| Bitrates | 32–320 kbps (CBR) or VBR | — |
| Channels | Mono or stereo only | — |
| Metadata | ID3v1, ID3v2 | — |
| Extension | — | .shn |
| Algorithm | — | Linear prediction + Rice coding |
| Successor | — | FLAC |
Typische bestandsgroottes
MP3
- Song at 128 kbps (4 min) 3.8 MB
- Song at 320 kbps (4 min) 9.5 MB
- Podcast (1 hour, 96 kbps) 42 MB
- Audiobook (8 hours, 64 kbps) 220 MB
SHN
- Full concert recording 300-500 MB
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Veelgestelde vragen
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Ja, gratis tot 25 MB (tot 1 GB met 24-uurspas of Pro) en alle bestanden worden na 60 minuten automatisch verwijderd.