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Apr 18, 2014, 04:36 PM
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Originally Posted by incandescentembers View Post
What is the point though? My understanding is that lossy compression loses some data and you can't get it back from a file converted to that lossy format. So, for examples, if we don't have original tracks from JJ2, we only have compressed ones in j2b format, then we have no way of bringing back their high, original quality, right?
There's a j2b to it converter.

http://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/3999/-/

However, I did use it on an unofficially converted j2b once and it came out even worse. gg. Maybe it'll come out okay if you try the official j2bs, though.

The point of compression is to save on the downloading times. It's very useful for big modules. Who knew?
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