TRaSH-Guides · TRaSH- · Feb 24, 2025
diff --git a/includes/cf-descriptions/aac.md b/includes/cf-descriptions/aac.md
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-**AAC**<br>
+**AAC (Advanced Audio Codec – lossy)**<br>
 
 [From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Audio_Coding){:target="\_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"}
 Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) is an audio coding standard for lossy digital audio compression. Designed to be the successor of the MP3 format, AAC generally achieves higher sound quality than MP3 at the same bit rate.

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-**ATMOS (undefined)**<br>
+**ATMOS (undefined) (Atmos is an object-based audio format that can be paired with lossless TrueHD or lossy DD+.)**<br>
 
 This custom format covers cases where _ONLY_ "Atmos" is specified in the release title, without noting DD+ (Lossy) or TrueHD (Lossless).
 

diff --git a/includes/cf-descriptions/dd.md b/includes/cf-descriptions/dd.md
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-**DD aka AC3**<br>
+**DD (Dolby Digital – lossy)**<br>
 
 [From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolby_Digital){:target="\_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"}
 

diff --git a/includes/cf-descriptions/ddplus-atmos.md b/includes/cf-descriptions/ddplus-atmos.md
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-**DD+ ATMOS**<br>
+**DD+ ATMOS (Dolby Digital Plus with Atmos – lossy)**<br>
 
 Atmos via UHD Blu-ray will be lossless, or lossy via streaming services so in this case it will be lossy + Atmos
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-**DD+ aka E-AC3**<br>
+**DD+ (Dolby Digital Plus – lossy)**<br>
 
 [From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolby_Digital_Plus){:target="\_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"}
 

diff --git a/includes/cf-descriptions/dts-es.md b/includes/cf-descriptions/dts-es.md
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-**DTS-ES**<br>
+**DTS-ES (DTS Extended Surround – lossy)**<br>
 
 DTS-ES (DTS Extended Surround) includes two variants, DTS-ES Discrete 6.1 and DTS-ES Matrix 5.1, depending on how the sound was originally mastered and stored.
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diff --git a/includes/cf-descriptions/dts-hd-hra.md b/includes/cf-descriptions/dts-hd-hra.md
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-**DTS-HD HRA**<br>
+**DTS-HD HRA (DTS-HD High-Resolution Audio – lossy)**<br>
 
 [Technical Whitepaper](https://www.opusproductions.com/pdfs/DTS_HD_WhitePaper.pdf){:target="\_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"}
 

diff --git a/includes/cf-descriptions/dts-hd-ma.md b/includes/cf-descriptions/dts-hd-ma.md
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-**DTS-HD MA**<br>
+**DTS-HD MA (DTS-HD Master Audio – lossless)**<br>
 
 [From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DTS-HD_Master_Audio){:target="\_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"}
 

diff --git a/includes/cf-descriptions/dts-x.md b/includes/cf-descriptions/dts-x.md
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-**DTS-X**<br>
+**DTS X (Can be either lossy or lossless depending on the underlying codec, usually DTS-HD MA for lossless or DTS-HD HRA for lossy.)**<br>
 
 [DTS:X is an object-based audio codec](https://www.whathifi.com/advice/dtsx-what-it-how-can-you-get-it) which aims to create a multi-dimensional sound that “moves around you like it would in real life”.
 You may think that sounds similar to Dolby Atmos, and you’d be right, but where DTS:X's differences lie in the required speaker configuration. While Dolby Atmos requires adding additional overhead channels to your 5.1 or 7.1 setup, DTS:X works with standard surround speaker setups – just like the one you might already have at home. It can support up to 32 speaker locations and an 11.2-channel system.

diff --git a/includes/cf-descriptions/dts.md b/includes/cf-descriptions/dts.md
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-**DTS**<br>
+**DTS (Original DTS format – lossy)**<br>
 
 Digital Theater Sound (DTS) is a digital audio technology developed by DTS, Inc, which focuses on digital surround sound formats for consumer and commercial applications as well as theatrical purposes. Compared to the Dolby Digital standard, DTS uses four times less compression and digitizes audio sounds at 20 bits instead of 16 bits. This makes DTS-based audio richer in sound and more detailed than Dolby Digital-based ones.
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diff --git a/includes/cf-descriptions/flac.md b/includes/cf-descriptions/flac.md
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-**FLAC**<br>
+**FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec – lossless)**<br>
 
 FLAC stands for Free Lossless Audio Codec, an audio format similar to MP3 - but lossless, meaning that the audio compressed with FLAC does not receive any loss in quality. This is similar to how Zip works, except with FLAC you will get much better compression because it is designed specifically for audio.
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diff --git a/includes/cf-descriptions/mp3.md b/includes/cf-descriptions/mp3.md
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-**MP3**<br>
+**MP3 (MPEG-1 Audio Layer III – lossy)**<br>
 
 MP3 (MPEG-1 and/or MPEG-2 Audio Layer 3) is a lossy data compression format for audio.
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diff --git a/includes/cf-descriptions/opus.md b/includes/cf-descriptions/opus.md
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-**OPUS**<br>
+**Opus (Highly efficient lossy codec)**<br>
 
 [From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opus_(audio_format)>){:target="\_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"}
 

diff --git a/includes/cf-descriptions/pcm.md b/includes/cf-descriptions/pcm.md
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-**PCM**<br>
+**PCM (Pulse Code Modulation – lossless, uncompressed)**<br>
 
 PCM is the method of encoding typically used for uncompressed digital audio.
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diff --git a/includes/cf-descriptions/truehd-atmos.md b/includes/cf-descriptions/truehd-atmos.md
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-**TrueHD Atmos**<br>
+**TrueHD ATMOS (Dolby TrueHD with Atmos – lossless)**<br>
 
 [From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolby_Atmos){:target="\_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"}
 

diff --git a/includes/cf-descriptions/truehd.md b/includes/cf-descriptions/truehd.md
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-**TrueHD**<br>
+**TrueHD (Dolby TrueHD – lossless)**<br>
 
 [From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolby_TrueHD){:target="\_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"}