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  "name": "What each file conversion loses",
  "description": "For every conversion Prathom performs: what survives, what is lost, and how the conversion is carried out.",
  "source": "https://prathom.ai/what-conversions-lose",
  "repository": "https://github.com/bdwithganesh/file-conversion-fidelity",
  "license": "Free to use and redistribute with attribution to prathom.ai.",
  "generated": "2026-09-09",
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        },
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      ]
    },
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          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
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          "text": "The picture is kept.",
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      ]
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          "text": "The sound is kept.",
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      ],
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        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as pcm_s16le. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        },
        {
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    },
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        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
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          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
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    {
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          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as wmav2. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
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      ]
    },
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          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as pcm_s16be. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        },
        {
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          "scope": "pipeline"
        },
        {
          "text": "What the source already discarded does not come back. A lossless format preserves the damage exactly rather than repairing it.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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      "target": "m4a",
      "sourceLabel": "AAC",
      "targetLabel": "M4A",
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        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as aac. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "aac",
      "target": "mp3",
      "sourceLabel": "AAC",
      "targetLabel": "MP3",
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        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as libmp3lame. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "aac",
      "target": "ogg",
      "sourceLabel": "AAC",
      "targetLabel": "Ogg Vorbis",
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        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as libvorbis. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "aac",
      "target": "opus",
      "sourceLabel": "AAC",
      "targetLabel": "Opus",
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        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as libopus. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "aac",
      "target": "wav",
      "sourceLabel": "AAC",
      "targetLabel": "WAV",
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        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as pcm_s16le. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        },
        {
          "text": "What the source already discarded does not come back. A lossless format preserves the damage exactly rather than repairing it.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "aac",
      "target": "wma",
      "sourceLabel": "AAC",
      "targetLabel": "Windows Media Audio",
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        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as wmav2. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "ai",
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      "sourceLabel": "Illustrator AI",
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        {
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          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The drawing is rasterized to a fixed pixel grid, so enlarging it afterwards will show the pixels.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "If the image has transparent areas, they are filled with white — this format has no transparency.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The file is re-encoded into a lossy format. Detail is discarded permanently, and converting back afterwards does not restore it.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Transparent pixels are composited onto white before encoding, not after — once the channel is gone those pixels have already taken the color underneath.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        },
        {
          "text": "Encoded at quality 82.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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      "target": "pdf",
      "sourceLabel": "Illustrator AI",
      "targetLabel": "PDF",
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        {
          "text": "The text stays selectable and searchable.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
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          "scope": "pipeline"
        },
        {
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          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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      "target": "png",
      "sourceLabel": "Illustrator AI",
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        {
          "text": "Transparency is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The text stops being text. It becomes part of the picture, so it can no longer be selected, searched or copied.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The drawing is rasterized to a fixed pixel grid, so enlarging it afterwards will show the pixels.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "notes": []
    },
    {
      "source": "ai",
      "target": "tiff",
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        {
          "text": "Transparency is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The text stops being text. It becomes part of the picture, so it can no longer be selected, searched or copied.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The drawing is rasterized to a fixed pixel grid, so enlarging it afterwards will show the pixels.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "notes": []
    },
    {
      "source": "ai",
      "target": "webp",
      "sourceLabel": "Illustrator AI",
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        {
          "text": "Transparency is kept.",
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        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The text stops being text. It becomes part of the picture, so it can no longer be selected, searched or copied.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The drawing is rasterized to a fixed pixel grid, so enlarging it afterwards will show the pixels.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The file is re-encoded into a lossy format. Detail is discarded permanently, and converting back afterwards does not restore it.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Encoded at quality 82.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "aiff",
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      "targetLabel": "AAC",
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        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The file is re-encoded into a lossy format. Detail is discarded permanently, and converting back afterwards does not restore it.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as aac. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "aiff",
      "target": "flac",
      "sourceLabel": "AIFF",
      "targetLabel": "FLAC",
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        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as flac. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "aiff",
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      "sourceLabel": "AIFF",
      "targetLabel": "M4A",
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        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The file is re-encoded into a lossy format. Detail is discarded permanently, and converting back afterwards does not restore it.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as aac. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "aiff",
      "target": "mp3",
      "sourceLabel": "AIFF",
      "targetLabel": "MP3",
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        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The file is re-encoded into a lossy format. Detail is discarded permanently, and converting back afterwards does not restore it.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as libmp3lame. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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      "sourceLabel": "AIFF",
      "targetLabel": "Ogg Vorbis",
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        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
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          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as libvorbis. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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      "target": "opus",
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      "targetLabel": "Opus",
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        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The file is re-encoded into a lossy format. Detail is discarded permanently, and converting back afterwards does not restore it.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as libopus. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "aiff",
      "target": "wav",
      "sourceLabel": "AIFF",
      "targetLabel": "WAV",
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        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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      "notes": [
        {
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          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The file is re-encoded into a lossy format. Detail is discarded permanently, and converting back afterwards does not restore it.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
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        {
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          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "avi",
      "target": "3gp",
      "sourceLabel": "AVI",
      "targetLabel": "3GP",
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        {
          "text": "The picture is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
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          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "avi",
      "target": "aac",
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        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
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        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The picture is dropped.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
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          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "avi",
      "target": "aiff",
      "sourceLabel": "AVI",
      "targetLabel": "AIFF",
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        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The picture is dropped.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as pcm_s16be. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        },
        {
          "text": "What the source already discarded does not come back. A lossless format preserves the damage exactly rather than repairing it.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The picture is dropped.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as flac. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        },
        {
          "text": "What the source already discarded does not come back. A lossless format preserves the damage exactly rather than repairing it.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "text": "The picture is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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      "notes": [
        {
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          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "avi",
      "target": "gif",
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        {
          "text": "The picture is dropped.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The sound is dropped.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Re-encoded. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        },
        {
          "text": "What the source already discarded does not come back. A lossless format preserves the damage exactly rather than repairing it.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "GIF holds at most 256 colors per frame, so a photograph converted to one is banded regardless of how it is encoded.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "avi",
      "target": "m4a",
      "sourceLabel": "AVI",
      "targetLabel": "M4A",
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        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
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        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The picture is dropped.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as aac. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "avi",
      "target": "m4v",
      "sourceLabel": "AVI",
      "targetLabel": "M4V",
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        {
          "text": "The picture is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — video as libx264 and audio as aac. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "avi",
      "target": "mkv",
      "sourceLabel": "AVI",
      "targetLabel": "Matroska",
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        {
          "text": "The picture is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [],
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        {
          "text": "The existing video and audio streams are copied into the new container without being re-encoded, so the picture and sound are bit-for-bit identical and the conversion is fast.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "avi",
      "target": "mov",
      "sourceLabel": "AVI",
      "targetLabel": "QuickTime",
      "keeps": [
        {
          "text": "The picture is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — video as libx264 and audio as aac. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "avi",
      "target": "mp3",
      "sourceLabel": "AVI",
      "targetLabel": "MP3",
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        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
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        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The picture is dropped.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "notes": [
        {
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          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "avi",
      "target": "mp4",
      "sourceLabel": "AVI",
      "targetLabel": "MP4",
      "keeps": [
        {
          "text": "The picture is kept.",
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        },
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
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        }
      ],
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      "notes": [
        {
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          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "avi",
      "target": "mpeg",
      "sourceLabel": "AVI",
      "targetLabel": "MPEG",
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        {
          "text": "The picture is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — video as mpeg2video and audio as mp2. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "avi",
      "target": "ogg",
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        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
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        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The picture is dropped.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as libvorbis. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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      "target": "opus",
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      "targetLabel": "Opus",
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        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The picture is dropped.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as libopus. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "avi",
      "target": "ts",
      "sourceLabel": "AVI",
      "targetLabel": "MPEG Transport Stream",
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        {
          "text": "The picture is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
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        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The existing video and audio streams are copied into the new container without being re-encoded, so the picture and sound are bit-for-bit identical and the conversion is fast.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "avi",
      "target": "wav",
      "sourceLabel": "AVI",
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        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The picture is dropped.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as pcm_s16le. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        },
        {
          "text": "What the source already discarded does not come back. A lossless format preserves the damage exactly rather than repairing it.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "avi",
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      "sourceLabel": "AVI",
      "targetLabel": "WebM",
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        {
          "text": "The picture is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — video as libvpx-vp9 and audio as libopus. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "avi",
      "target": "wma",
      "sourceLabel": "AVI",
      "targetLabel": "Windows Media Audio",
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        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The picture is dropped.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as wmav2. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "avi",
      "target": "wmv",
      "sourceLabel": "AVI",
      "targetLabel": "Windows Media Video",
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        {
          "text": "The picture is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — video as msmpeg4v3 and audio as wmav2. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "avif",
      "target": "bmp",
      "sourceLabel": "AVIF",
      "targetLabel": "BMP",
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        {
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        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
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        {
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        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
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        }
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          "text": "The sound is kept.",
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      ],
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        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as pcm_s16le. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        },
        {
          "text": "What the source already discarded does not come back. A lossless format preserves the damage exactly rather than repairing it.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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      "sourceLabel": "Matroska",
      "targetLabel": "WebM",
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        {
          "text": "The picture is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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      "notes": [
        {
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          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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      "sourceLabel": "Matroska",
      "targetLabel": "Windows Media Audio",
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        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The picture is dropped.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
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          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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      "target": "wmv",
      "sourceLabel": "Matroska",
      "targetLabel": "Windows Media Video",
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        {
          "text": "The picture is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — video as msmpeg4v3 and audio as wmav2. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "mobi",
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      "sourceLabel": "MOBI",
      "targetLabel": "AZW3",
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        {
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          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "Formatting is carried across.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "Embedded images are carried.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The text still reflows to the reader’s screen.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
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      "notes": []
    },
    {
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        {
          "text": "The text stays selectable and searchable.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "Formatting is carried across.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "Embedded images are carried.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The text still reflows to the reader’s screen.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
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      "notes": []
    },
    {
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      "target": "epub",
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        {
          "text": "The text stays selectable and searchable.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "Formatting is carried across.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "Embedded images are carried.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The text still reflows to the reader’s screen.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
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      "loses": [],
      "notes": []
    },
    {
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      "target": "html",
      "sourceLabel": "MOBI",
      "targetLabel": "HTML",
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        {
          "text": "The text stays selectable and searchable.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "Formatting is carried across.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The text still reflows to the reader’s screen.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Embedded images are not carried.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
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      "notes": []
    },
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      "target": "pdf",
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      "targetLabel": "PDF",
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        {
          "text": "The text stays selectable and searchable.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "Formatting is carried across.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "Embedded images are carried.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
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        {
          "text": "The text is fixed onto pages instead of reflowing, so it will not adapt to a phone or an e-reader.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
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      "notes": []
    },
    {
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      "target": "txt",
      "sourceLabel": "MOBI",
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        {
          "text": "The text stays selectable and searchable.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The text still reflows to the reader’s screen.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
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          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "Embedded images are not carried.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "notes": []
    },
    {
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      "target": "3gp",
      "sourceLabel": "QuickTime",
      "targetLabel": "3GP",
      "keeps": [
        {
          "text": "The picture is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — video as libx264 and audio as aac. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "mov",
      "target": "aac",
      "sourceLabel": "QuickTime",
      "targetLabel": "AAC",
      "keeps": [
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The picture is dropped.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as aac. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "mov",
      "target": "aiff",
      "sourceLabel": "QuickTime",
      "targetLabel": "AIFF",
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        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The picture is dropped.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as pcm_s16be. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        },
        {
          "text": "What the source already discarded does not come back. A lossless format preserves the damage exactly rather than repairing it.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "mov",
      "target": "avi",
      "sourceLabel": "QuickTime",
      "targetLabel": "AVI",
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        {
          "text": "The picture is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — video as mpeg4 and audio as libmp3lame. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "mov",
      "target": "flac",
      "sourceLabel": "QuickTime",
      "targetLabel": "FLAC",
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        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The picture is dropped.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as flac. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        },
        {
          "text": "What the source already discarded does not come back. A lossless format preserves the damage exactly rather than repairing it.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "mov",
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      "sourceLabel": "QuickTime",
      "targetLabel": "Flash Video",
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        {
          "text": "The picture is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — video as libx264 and audio as aac. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "mov",
      "target": "gif",
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      "targetLabel": "GIF",
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        {
          "text": "The picture is dropped.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The sound is dropped.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Re-encoded. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        },
        {
          "text": "What the source already discarded does not come back. A lossless format preserves the damage exactly rather than repairing it.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "GIF holds at most 256 colors per frame, so a photograph converted to one is banded regardless of how it is encoded.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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      "sourceLabel": "QuickTime",
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        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The picture is dropped.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as aac. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "mov",
      "target": "m4v",
      "sourceLabel": "QuickTime",
      "targetLabel": "M4V",
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        {
          "text": "The picture is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — video as libx264 and audio as aac. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "mov",
      "target": "mkv",
      "sourceLabel": "QuickTime",
      "targetLabel": "Matroska",
      "keeps": [
        {
          "text": "The picture is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The existing video and audio streams are copied into the new container without being re-encoded, so the picture and sound are bit-for-bit identical and the conversion is fast.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "mov",
      "target": "mp3",
      "sourceLabel": "QuickTime",
      "targetLabel": "MP3",
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        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The picture is dropped.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
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        {
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          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "mov",
      "target": "mp4",
      "sourceLabel": "QuickTime",
      "targetLabel": "MP4",
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        {
          "text": "The picture is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — video as libx264 and audio as aac. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "mov",
      "target": "mpeg",
      "sourceLabel": "QuickTime",
      "targetLabel": "MPEG",
      "keeps": [
        {
          "text": "The picture is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — video as mpeg2video and audio as mp2. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "mov",
      "target": "ogg",
      "sourceLabel": "QuickTime",
      "targetLabel": "Ogg Vorbis",
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        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The picture is dropped.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as libvorbis. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "mov",
      "target": "opus",
      "sourceLabel": "QuickTime",
      "targetLabel": "Opus",
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        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The picture is dropped.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
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          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "mov",
      "target": "ts",
      "sourceLabel": "QuickTime",
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        {
          "text": "The picture is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The existing video and audio streams are copied into the new container without being re-encoded, so the picture and sound are bit-for-bit identical and the conversion is fast.",
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        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "mov",
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      "sourceLabel": "QuickTime",
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        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
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        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The picture is dropped.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as pcm_s16le. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        },
        {
          "text": "What the source already discarded does not come back. A lossless format preserves the damage exactly rather than repairing it.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "mov",
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      "sourceLabel": "QuickTime",
      "targetLabel": "WebM",
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        {
          "text": "The picture is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
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        }
      ],
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        {
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          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "mov",
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        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
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        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The picture is dropped.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
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          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "mov",
      "target": "wmv",
      "sourceLabel": "QuickTime",
      "targetLabel": "Windows Media Video",
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        {
          "text": "The picture is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — video as msmpeg4v3 and audio as wmav2. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "mp3",
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      "sourceLabel": "MP3",
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        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
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          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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        }
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        {
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          "scope": "pipeline"
        },
        {
          "text": "What the source already discarded does not come back. A lossless format preserves the damage exactly rather than repairing it.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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          "scope": "format"
        }
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          "scope": "pipeline"
        },
        {
          "text": "What the source already discarded does not come back. A lossless format preserves the damage exactly rather than repairing it.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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          "text": "The sound is kept.",
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        }
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        {
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          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
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          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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      "target": "opus",
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      "targetLabel": "Opus",
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        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as libopus. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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      "target": "wav",
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        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as pcm_s16le. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        },
        {
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          "scope": "format"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as wmav2. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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      "sourceLabel": "MP4",
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        {
          "text": "The picture is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
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        {
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          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "mp4",
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      "sourceLabel": "MP4",
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        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The picture is dropped.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as aac. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
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        {
          "text": "The picture is dropped.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
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        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as pcm_s16be. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        },
        {
          "text": "What the source already discarded does not come back. A lossless format preserves the damage exactly rather than repairing it.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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      "target": "avi",
      "sourceLabel": "MP4",
      "targetLabel": "AVI",
      "keeps": [
        {
          "text": "The picture is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — video as mpeg4 and audio as libmp3lame. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "mp4",
      "target": "flac",
      "sourceLabel": "MP4",
      "targetLabel": "FLAC",
      "keeps": [
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [
        {
          "text": "The picture is dropped.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as flac. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        },
        {
          "text": "What the source already discarded does not come back. A lossless format preserves the damage exactly rather than repairing it.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "mp4",
      "target": "flv",
      "sourceLabel": "MP4",
      "targetLabel": "Flash Video",
      "keeps": [
        {
          "text": "The picture is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — video as libx264 and audio as aac. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "mp4",
      "target": "gif",
      "sourceLabel": "MP4",
      "targetLabel": "GIF",
      "keeps": [],
      "loses": [
        {
          "text": "The picture is dropped.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The sound is dropped.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        },
        {
          "text": "What the source already discarded does not come back. A lossless format preserves the damage exactly rather than repairing it.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "GIF holds at most 256 colors per frame, so a photograph converted to one is banded regardless of how it is encoded.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "mp4",
      "target": "m4a",
      "sourceLabel": "MP4",
      "targetLabel": "M4A",
      "keeps": [
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [
        {
          "text": "The picture is dropped.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as aac. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "mp4",
      "target": "m4v",
      "sourceLabel": "MP4",
      "targetLabel": "M4V",
      "keeps": [
        {
          "text": "The picture is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — video as libx264 and audio as aac. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "mp4",
      "target": "mkv",
      "sourceLabel": "MP4",
      "targetLabel": "Matroska",
      "keeps": [
        {
          "text": "The picture is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "The existing video and audio streams are copied into the new container without being re-encoded, so the picture and sound are bit-for-bit identical and the conversion is fast.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "mp4",
      "target": "mov",
      "sourceLabel": "MP4",
      "targetLabel": "QuickTime",
      "keeps": [
        {
          "text": "The picture is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — video as libx264 and audio as aac. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "mp4",
      "target": "mp3",
      "sourceLabel": "MP4",
      "targetLabel": "MP3",
      "keeps": [
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [
        {
          "text": "The picture is dropped.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as libmp3lame. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "mp4",
      "target": "mpeg",
      "sourceLabel": "MP4",
      "targetLabel": "MPEG",
      "keeps": [
        {
          "text": "The picture is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — video as mpeg2video and audio as mp2. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "mp4",
      "target": "ogg",
      "sourceLabel": "MP4",
      "targetLabel": "Ogg Vorbis",
      "keeps": [
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [
        {
          "text": "The picture is dropped.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as libvorbis. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "mp4",
      "target": "opus",
      "sourceLabel": "MP4",
      "targetLabel": "Opus",
      "keeps": [
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [
        {
          "text": "The picture is dropped.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as libopus. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "mp4",
      "target": "ts",
      "sourceLabel": "MP4",
      "targetLabel": "MPEG Transport Stream",
      "keeps": [
        {
          "text": "The picture is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "The existing video and audio streams are copied into the new container without being re-encoded, so the picture and sound are bit-for-bit identical and the conversion is fast.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "mp4",
      "target": "wav",
      "sourceLabel": "MP4",
      "targetLabel": "WAV",
      "keeps": [
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [
        {
          "text": "The picture is dropped.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as pcm_s16le. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        },
        {
          "text": "What the source already discarded does not come back. A lossless format preserves the damage exactly rather than repairing it.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "mp4",
      "target": "webm",
      "sourceLabel": "MP4",
      "targetLabel": "WebM",
      "keeps": [
        {
          "text": "The picture is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — video as libvpx-vp9 and audio as libopus. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "mp4",
      "target": "wma",
      "sourceLabel": "MP4",
      "targetLabel": "Windows Media Audio",
      "keeps": [
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [
        {
          "text": "The picture is dropped.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as wmav2. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "mp4",
      "target": "wmv",
      "sourceLabel": "MP4",
      "targetLabel": "Windows Media Video",
      "keeps": [
        {
          "text": "The picture is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — video as msmpeg4v3 and audio as wmav2. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "mpeg",
      "target": "3gp",
      "sourceLabel": "MPEG",
      "targetLabel": "3GP",
      "keeps": [
        {
          "text": "The picture is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — video as libx264 and audio as aac. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "mpeg",
      "target": "aac",
      "sourceLabel": "MPEG",
      "targetLabel": "AAC",
      "keeps": [
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [
        {
          "text": "The picture is dropped.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as aac. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "mpeg",
      "target": "aiff",
      "sourceLabel": "MPEG",
      "targetLabel": "AIFF",
      "keeps": [
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [
        {
          "text": "The picture is dropped.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as pcm_s16be. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        },
        {
          "text": "What the source already discarded does not come back. A lossless format preserves the damage exactly rather than repairing it.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "mpeg",
      "target": "avi",
      "sourceLabel": "MPEG",
      "targetLabel": "AVI",
      "keeps": [
        {
          "text": "The picture is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — video as mpeg4 and audio as libmp3lame. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "mpeg",
      "target": "flac",
      "sourceLabel": "MPEG",
      "targetLabel": "FLAC",
      "keeps": [
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [
        {
          "text": "The picture is dropped.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as flac. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        },
        {
          "text": "What the source already discarded does not come back. A lossless format preserves the damage exactly rather than repairing it.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "mpeg",
      "target": "flv",
      "sourceLabel": "MPEG",
      "targetLabel": "Flash Video",
      "keeps": [
        {
          "text": "The picture is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — video as libx264 and audio as aac. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "mpeg",
      "target": "gif",
      "sourceLabel": "MPEG",
      "targetLabel": "GIF",
      "keeps": [],
      "loses": [
        {
          "text": "The picture is dropped.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The sound is dropped.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        },
        {
          "text": "What the source already discarded does not come back. A lossless format preserves the damage exactly rather than repairing it.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "GIF holds at most 256 colors per frame, so a photograph converted to one is banded regardless of how it is encoded.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "mpeg",
      "target": "m4a",
      "sourceLabel": "MPEG",
      "targetLabel": "M4A",
      "keeps": [
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [
        {
          "text": "The picture is dropped.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as aac. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "mpeg",
      "target": "m4v",
      "sourceLabel": "MPEG",
      "targetLabel": "M4V",
      "keeps": [
        {
          "text": "The picture is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — video as libx264 and audio as aac. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "mpeg",
      "target": "mkv",
      "sourceLabel": "MPEG",
      "targetLabel": "Matroska",
      "keeps": [
        {
          "text": "The picture is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "The existing video and audio streams are copied into the new container without being re-encoded, so the picture and sound are bit-for-bit identical and the conversion is fast.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "mpeg",
      "target": "mov",
      "sourceLabel": "MPEG",
      "targetLabel": "QuickTime",
      "keeps": [
        {
          "text": "The picture is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — video as libx264 and audio as aac. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "mpeg",
      "target": "mp3",
      "sourceLabel": "MPEG",
      "targetLabel": "MP3",
      "keeps": [
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [
        {
          "text": "The picture is dropped.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as libmp3lame. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "mpeg",
      "target": "mp4",
      "sourceLabel": "MPEG",
      "targetLabel": "MP4",
      "keeps": [
        {
          "text": "The picture is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — video as libx264 and audio as aac. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "mpeg",
      "target": "ogg",
      "sourceLabel": "MPEG",
      "targetLabel": "Ogg Vorbis",
      "keeps": [
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [
        {
          "text": "The picture is dropped.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as libvorbis. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "mpeg",
      "target": "opus",
      "sourceLabel": "MPEG",
      "targetLabel": "Opus",
      "keeps": [
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [
        {
          "text": "The picture is dropped.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as libopus. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "mpeg",
      "target": "ts",
      "sourceLabel": "MPEG",
      "targetLabel": "MPEG Transport Stream",
      "keeps": [
        {
          "text": "The picture is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "The existing video and audio streams are copied into the new container without being re-encoded, so the picture and sound are bit-for-bit identical and the conversion is fast.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "mpeg",
      "target": "wav",
      "sourceLabel": "MPEG",
      "targetLabel": "WAV",
      "keeps": [
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [
        {
          "text": "The picture is dropped.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as pcm_s16le. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        },
        {
          "text": "What the source already discarded does not come back. A lossless format preserves the damage exactly rather than repairing it.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "mpeg",
      "target": "webm",
      "sourceLabel": "MPEG",
      "targetLabel": "WebM",
      "keeps": [
        {
          "text": "The picture is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — video as libvpx-vp9 and audio as libopus. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "mpeg",
      "target": "wma",
      "sourceLabel": "MPEG",
      "targetLabel": "Windows Media Audio",
      "keeps": [
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [
        {
          "text": "The picture is dropped.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as wmav2. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "mpeg",
      "target": "wmv",
      "sourceLabel": "MPEG",
      "targetLabel": "Windows Media Video",
      "keeps": [
        {
          "text": "The picture is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — video as msmpeg4v3 and audio as wmav2. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "odp",
      "target": "html",
      "sourceLabel": "OpenDocument Presentation",
      "targetLabel": "HTML",
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        {
          "text": "The text stays selectable and searchable.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "Formatting is carried across.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Embedded images are not carried.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The fixed page layout is not kept. The text arrives whole but reflows instead of sitting on numbered pages.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "notes": []
    },
    {
      "source": "odp",
      "target": "jpg",
      "sourceLabel": "OpenDocument Presentation",
      "targetLabel": "JPEG",
      "keeps": [],
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        {
          "text": "The text stops being text. It becomes part of the picture, so it can no longer be selected, searched or copied.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The file is re-encoded into a lossy format. Detail is discarded permanently, and converting back afterwards does not restore it.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "Only the first slide is converted.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Encoded at quality 82.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "odp",
      "target": "pdf",
      "sourceLabel": "OpenDocument Presentation",
      "targetLabel": "PDF",
      "keeps": [
        {
          "text": "The text stays selectable and searchable.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "Formatting is carried across.",
          "scope": "format"
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        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — video as libvpx-vp9 and audio as libopus. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "ts",
      "target": "wma",
      "sourceLabel": "MPEG Transport Stream",
      "targetLabel": "Windows Media Audio",
      "keeps": [
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [
        {
          "text": "The picture is dropped.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as wmav2. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "ts",
      "target": "wmv",
      "sourceLabel": "MPEG Transport Stream",
      "targetLabel": "Windows Media Video",
      "keeps": [
        {
          "text": "The picture is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — video as msmpeg4v3 and audio as wmav2. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "txt",
      "target": "doc",
      "sourceLabel": "Plain text",
      "targetLabel": "Word 97 (.doc)",
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        {
          "text": "The text stays selectable and searchable.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The text still reflows to the reader’s screen.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [],
      "notes": []
    },
    {
      "source": "txt",
      "target": "docx",
      "sourceLabel": "Plain text",
      "targetLabel": "Word (.docx)",
      "keeps": [
        {
          "text": "The text stays selectable and searchable.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The text still reflows to the reader’s screen.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [],
      "notes": []
    },
    {
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      "target": "epub",
      "sourceLabel": "Plain text",
      "targetLabel": "EPUB",
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        {
          "text": "The text stays selectable and searchable.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The text still reflows to the reader’s screen.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [],
      "notes": []
    },
    {
      "source": "txt",
      "target": "html",
      "sourceLabel": "Plain text",
      "targetLabel": "HTML",
      "keeps": [
        {
          "text": "The text stays selectable and searchable.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The text still reflows to the reader’s screen.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [],
      "notes": []
    },
    {
      "source": "txt",
      "target": "odt",
      "sourceLabel": "Plain text",
      "targetLabel": "OpenDocument Text",
      "keeps": [
        {
          "text": "The text stays selectable and searchable.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The text still reflows to the reader’s screen.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [],
      "notes": []
    },
    {
      "source": "txt",
      "target": "pdf",
      "sourceLabel": "Plain text",
      "targetLabel": "PDF",
      "keeps": [
        {
          "text": "The text stays selectable and searchable.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The text is fixed onto pages instead of reflowing, so it will not adapt to a phone or an e-reader.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "notes": []
    },
    {
      "source": "txt",
      "target": "rtf",
      "sourceLabel": "Plain text",
      "targetLabel": "Rich Text",
      "keeps": [
        {
          "text": "The text stays selectable and searchable.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The text still reflows to the reader’s screen.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [],
      "notes": []
    },
    {
      "source": "wav",
      "target": "aac",
      "sourceLabel": "WAV",
      "targetLabel": "AAC",
      "keeps": [
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The file is re-encoded into a lossy format. Detail is discarded permanently, and converting back afterwards does not restore it.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as aac. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "wav",
      "target": "aiff",
      "sourceLabel": "WAV",
      "targetLabel": "AIFF",
      "keeps": [
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as pcm_s16be. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "wav",
      "target": "flac",
      "sourceLabel": "WAV",
      "targetLabel": "FLAC",
      "keeps": [
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as flac. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "wav",
      "target": "m4a",
      "sourceLabel": "WAV",
      "targetLabel": "M4A",
      "keeps": [
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [
        {
          "text": "The file is re-encoded into a lossy format. Detail is discarded permanently, and converting back afterwards does not restore it.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as aac. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "wav",
      "target": "mp3",
      "sourceLabel": "WAV",
      "targetLabel": "MP3",
      "keeps": [
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [
        {
          "text": "The file is re-encoded into a lossy format. Detail is discarded permanently, and converting back afterwards does not restore it.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as libmp3lame. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "wav",
      "target": "ogg",
      "sourceLabel": "WAV",
      "targetLabel": "Ogg Vorbis",
      "keeps": [
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [
        {
          "text": "The file is re-encoded into a lossy format. Detail is discarded permanently, and converting back afterwards does not restore it.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as libvorbis. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "wav",
      "target": "opus",
      "sourceLabel": "WAV",
      "targetLabel": "Opus",
      "keeps": [
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The file is re-encoded into a lossy format. Detail is discarded permanently, and converting back afterwards does not restore it.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as libopus. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "wav",
      "target": "wma",
      "sourceLabel": "WAV",
      "targetLabel": "Windows Media Audio",
      "keeps": [
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The file is re-encoded into a lossy format. Detail is discarded permanently, and converting back afterwards does not restore it.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as wmav2. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "webm",
      "target": "3gp",
      "sourceLabel": "WebM",
      "targetLabel": "3GP",
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        {
          "text": "The picture is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "If the image has transparent areas, they are filled with white — this format has no transparency.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — video as libx264 and audio as aac. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "webm",
      "target": "aac",
      "sourceLabel": "WebM",
      "targetLabel": "AAC",
      "keeps": [
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The picture is dropped.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "If the image has transparent areas, they are filled with white — this format has no transparency.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as aac. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "webm",
      "target": "aiff",
      "sourceLabel": "WebM",
      "targetLabel": "AIFF",
      "keeps": [
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The picture is dropped.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "If the image has transparent areas, they are filled with white — this format has no transparency.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as pcm_s16be. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        },
        {
          "text": "What the source already discarded does not come back. A lossless format preserves the damage exactly rather than repairing it.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "webm",
      "target": "avi",
      "sourceLabel": "WebM",
      "targetLabel": "AVI",
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        {
          "text": "The picture is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "If the image has transparent areas, they are filled with white — this format has no transparency.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — video as mpeg4 and audio as libmp3lame. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "webm",
      "target": "flac",
      "sourceLabel": "WebM",
      "targetLabel": "FLAC",
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        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The picture is dropped.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "If the image has transparent areas, they are filled with white — this format has no transparency.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as flac. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        },
        {
          "text": "What the source already discarded does not come back. A lossless format preserves the damage exactly rather than repairing it.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "webm",
      "target": "flv",
      "sourceLabel": "WebM",
      "targetLabel": "Flash Video",
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        {
          "text": "The picture is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [
        {
          "text": "If the image has transparent areas, they are filled with white — this format has no transparency.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — video as libx264 and audio as aac. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "webm",
      "target": "gif",
      "sourceLabel": "WebM",
      "targetLabel": "GIF",
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        {
          "text": "Transparency is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The picture is dropped.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The sound is dropped.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Re-encoded. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        },
        {
          "text": "What the source already discarded does not come back. A lossless format preserves the damage exactly rather than repairing it.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "GIF holds at most 256 colors per frame, so a photograph converted to one is banded regardless of how it is encoded.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "webm",
      "target": "m4a",
      "sourceLabel": "WebM",
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        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The picture is dropped.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "If the image has transparent areas, they are filled with white — this format has no transparency.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as aac. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "webm",
      "target": "m4v",
      "sourceLabel": "WebM",
      "targetLabel": "M4V",
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        {
          "text": "The picture is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "If the image has transparent areas, they are filled with white — this format has no transparency.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — video as libx264 and audio as aac. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "webm",
      "target": "mkv",
      "sourceLabel": "WebM",
      "targetLabel": "Matroska",
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        {
          "text": "The picture is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [
        {
          "text": "If the image has transparent areas, they are filled with white — this format has no transparency.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The existing video and audio streams are copied into the new container without being re-encoded, so the picture and sound are bit-for-bit identical and the conversion is fast.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "webm",
      "target": "mov",
      "sourceLabel": "WebM",
      "targetLabel": "QuickTime",
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        {
          "text": "The picture is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [
        {
          "text": "If the image has transparent areas, they are filled with white — this format has no transparency.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — video as libx264 and audio as aac. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "webm",
      "target": "mp3",
      "sourceLabel": "WebM",
      "targetLabel": "MP3",
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        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The picture is dropped.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "If the image has transparent areas, they are filled with white — this format has no transparency.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as libmp3lame. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "webm",
      "target": "mp4",
      "sourceLabel": "WebM",
      "targetLabel": "MP4",
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        {
          "text": "The picture is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "If the image has transparent areas, they are filled with white — this format has no transparency.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — video as libx264 and audio as aac. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "webm",
      "target": "mpeg",
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      "targetLabel": "MPEG",
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        {
          "text": "The picture is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
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        }
      ],
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        {
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          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — video as mpeg2video and audio as mp2. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "webm",
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        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
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        }
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        {
          "text": "The picture is dropped.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "If the image has transparent areas, they are filled with white — this format has no transparency.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as libvorbis. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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      "target": "opus",
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      "targetLabel": "Opus",
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        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
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        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The picture is dropped.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "If the image has transparent areas, they are filled with white — this format has no transparency.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as libopus. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "webm",
      "target": "ts",
      "sourceLabel": "WebM",
      "targetLabel": "MPEG Transport Stream",
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        {
          "text": "The picture is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "If the image has transparent areas, they are filled with white — this format has no transparency.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The existing video and audio streams are copied into the new container without being re-encoded, so the picture and sound are bit-for-bit identical and the conversion is fast.",
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        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "webm",
      "target": "wav",
      "sourceLabel": "WebM",
      "targetLabel": "WAV",
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        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
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        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The picture is dropped.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "If the image has transparent areas, they are filled with white — this format has no transparency.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as pcm_s16le. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        },
        {
          "text": "What the source already discarded does not come back. A lossless format preserves the damage exactly rather than repairing it.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "webm",
      "target": "wma",
      "sourceLabel": "WebM",
      "targetLabel": "Windows Media Audio",
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          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
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        {
          "text": "The picture is dropped.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "If the image has transparent areas, they are filled with white — this format has no transparency.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as wmav2. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "webm",
      "target": "wmv",
      "sourceLabel": "WebM",
      "targetLabel": "Windows Media Video",
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        {
          "text": "The picture is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [
        {
          "text": "If the image has transparent areas, they are filled with white — this format has no transparency.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — video as msmpeg4v3 and audio as wmav2. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "webp",
      "target": "avif",
      "sourceLabel": "WebP",
      "targetLabel": "AVIF",
      "keeps": [
        {
          "text": "Transparency is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Only the first frame is converted.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        },
        {
          "text": "Both formats are lossy, so this is a second round of compression. The new encoder starts from what the first one already discarded and removes more.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Encoded at quality 50.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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      "target": "bmp",
      "sourceLabel": "WebP",
      "targetLabel": "BMP",
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        {
          "text": "If the image has transparent areas, they are filled with white — this format has no transparency.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "Only one frame survives; the movement is not kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Transparent pixels are composited onto white before encoding, not after — once the channel is gone those pixels have already taken the color underneath.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        },
        {
          "text": "What the source already discarded does not come back. A lossless format preserves the damage exactly rather than repairing it.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "webp",
      "target": "gif",
      "sourceLabel": "WebP",
      "targetLabel": "GIF",
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        {
          "text": "Transparency is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The frames and their timing are kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [],
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        {
          "text": "Every frame and its delay is read across, not just the first.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        },
        {
          "text": "What the source already discarded does not come back. A lossless format preserves the damage exactly rather than repairing it.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "GIF holds at most 256 colors per frame, so a photograph converted to one is banded regardless of how it is encoded.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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      "target": "heic",
      "sourceLabel": "WebP",
      "targetLabel": "HEIC",
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        {
          "text": "Transparency is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Only one frame survives; the movement is not kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "Both formats are lossy, so this is a second round of compression. The new encoder starts from what the first one already discarded and removes more.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "notes": []
    },
    {
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      "target": "ico",
      "sourceLabel": "WebP",
      "targetLabel": "ICO",
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        {
          "text": "Transparency is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [
        {
          "text": "Only one frame survives; the movement is not kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "What the source already discarded does not come back. A lossless format preserves the damage exactly rather than repairing it.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "webp",
      "target": "jpg",
      "sourceLabel": "WebP",
      "targetLabel": "JPEG",
      "keeps": [],
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        {
          "text": "If the image has transparent areas, they are filled with white — this format has no transparency.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "Only one frame survives; the movement is not kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "Both formats are lossy, so this is a second round of compression. The new encoder starts from what the first one already discarded and removes more.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Transparent pixels are composited onto white before encoding, not after — once the channel is gone those pixels have already taken the color underneath.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        },
        {
          "text": "Encoded at quality 82.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "webp",
      "target": "pdf",
      "sourceLabel": "WebP",
      "targetLabel": "PDF",
      "keeps": [],
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        {
          "text": "If the image has transparent areas, they are filled with white — this format has no transparency.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "Only one frame survives; the movement is not kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "What the source already discarded does not come back. A lossless format preserves the damage exactly rather than repairing it.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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      "target": "png",
      "sourceLabel": "WebP",
      "targetLabel": "PNG",
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        {
          "text": "Transparency is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [
        {
          "text": "Only one frame survives; the movement is not kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "What the source already discarded does not come back. A lossless format preserves the damage exactly rather than repairing it.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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      "target": "svg",
      "sourceLabel": "WebP",
      "targetLabel": "SVG",
      "keeps": [
        {
          "text": "Transparency is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [
        {
          "text": "Only one frame survives; the movement is not kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "What the source already discarded does not come back. A lossless format preserves the damage exactly rather than repairing it.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "webp",
      "target": "tiff",
      "sourceLabel": "WebP",
      "targetLabel": "TIFF",
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        {
          "text": "Transparency is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Only one frame survives; the movement is not kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "What the source already discarded does not come back. A lossless format preserves the damage exactly rather than repairing it.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "wma",
      "target": "aac",
      "sourceLabel": "Windows Media Audio",
      "targetLabel": "AAC",
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        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as aac. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "wma",
      "target": "aiff",
      "sourceLabel": "Windows Media Audio",
      "targetLabel": "AIFF",
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        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as pcm_s16be. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        },
        {
          "text": "What the source already discarded does not come back. A lossless format preserves the damage exactly rather than repairing it.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "wma",
      "target": "flac",
      "sourceLabel": "Windows Media Audio",
      "targetLabel": "FLAC",
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        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as flac. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        },
        {
          "text": "What the source already discarded does not come back. A lossless format preserves the damage exactly rather than repairing it.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "wma",
      "target": "m4a",
      "sourceLabel": "Windows Media Audio",
      "targetLabel": "M4A",
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        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as aac. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "wma",
      "target": "mp3",
      "sourceLabel": "Windows Media Audio",
      "targetLabel": "MP3",
      "keeps": [
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as libmp3lame. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "wma",
      "target": "ogg",
      "sourceLabel": "Windows Media Audio",
      "targetLabel": "Ogg Vorbis",
      "keeps": [
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as libvorbis. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "wma",
      "target": "opus",
      "sourceLabel": "Windows Media Audio",
      "targetLabel": "Opus",
      "keeps": [
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as libopus. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "wma",
      "target": "wav",
      "sourceLabel": "Windows Media Audio",
      "targetLabel": "WAV",
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        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as pcm_s16le. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        },
        {
          "text": "What the source already discarded does not come back. A lossless format preserves the damage exactly rather than repairing it.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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      "target": "3gp",
      "sourceLabel": "Windows Media Video",
      "targetLabel": "3GP",
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        {
          "text": "The picture is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — video as libx264 and audio as aac. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "wmv",
      "target": "aac",
      "sourceLabel": "Windows Media Video",
      "targetLabel": "AAC",
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        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The picture is dropped.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as aac. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "wmv",
      "target": "aiff",
      "sourceLabel": "Windows Media Video",
      "targetLabel": "AIFF",
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        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The picture is dropped.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as pcm_s16be. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        },
        {
          "text": "What the source already discarded does not come back. A lossless format preserves the damage exactly rather than repairing it.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "wmv",
      "target": "avi",
      "sourceLabel": "Windows Media Video",
      "targetLabel": "AVI",
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        {
          "text": "The picture is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — video as mpeg4 and audio as libmp3lame. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "wmv",
      "target": "flac",
      "sourceLabel": "Windows Media Video",
      "targetLabel": "FLAC",
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        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The picture is dropped.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as flac. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        },
        {
          "text": "What the source already discarded does not come back. A lossless format preserves the damage exactly rather than repairing it.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "wmv",
      "target": "flv",
      "sourceLabel": "Windows Media Video",
      "targetLabel": "Flash Video",
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        {
          "text": "The picture is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — video as libx264 and audio as aac. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "wmv",
      "target": "gif",
      "sourceLabel": "Windows Media Video",
      "targetLabel": "GIF",
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        {
          "text": "The picture is dropped.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The sound is dropped.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Re-encoded. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        },
        {
          "text": "What the source already discarded does not come back. A lossless format preserves the damage exactly rather than repairing it.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "GIF holds at most 256 colors per frame, so a photograph converted to one is banded regardless of how it is encoded.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "wmv",
      "target": "m4a",
      "sourceLabel": "Windows Media Video",
      "targetLabel": "M4A",
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        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The picture is dropped.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as aac. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "wmv",
      "target": "m4v",
      "sourceLabel": "Windows Media Video",
      "targetLabel": "M4V",
      "keeps": [
        {
          "text": "The picture is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — video as libx264 and audio as aac. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "wmv",
      "target": "mkv",
      "sourceLabel": "Windows Media Video",
      "targetLabel": "Matroska",
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        {
          "text": "The picture is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The existing video and audio streams are copied into the new container without being re-encoded, so the picture and sound are bit-for-bit identical and the conversion is fast.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "wmv",
      "target": "mov",
      "sourceLabel": "Windows Media Video",
      "targetLabel": "QuickTime",
      "keeps": [
        {
          "text": "The picture is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — video as libx264 and audio as aac. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "wmv",
      "target": "mp3",
      "sourceLabel": "Windows Media Video",
      "targetLabel": "MP3",
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        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The picture is dropped.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as libmp3lame. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "wmv",
      "target": "mp4",
      "sourceLabel": "Windows Media Video",
      "targetLabel": "MP4",
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        {
          "text": "The picture is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — video as libx264 and audio as aac. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "wmv",
      "target": "mpeg",
      "sourceLabel": "Windows Media Video",
      "targetLabel": "MPEG",
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        {
          "text": "The picture is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "loses": [],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — video as mpeg2video and audio as mp2. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "wmv",
      "target": "ogg",
      "sourceLabel": "Windows Media Video",
      "targetLabel": "Ogg Vorbis",
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        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The picture is dropped.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as libvorbis. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "wmv",
      "target": "opus",
      "sourceLabel": "Windows Media Video",
      "targetLabel": "Opus",
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        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The picture is dropped.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as libopus. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "wmv",
      "target": "ts",
      "sourceLabel": "Windows Media Video",
      "targetLabel": "MPEG Transport Stream",
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        {
          "text": "The picture is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The existing video and audio streams are copied into the new container without being re-encoded, so the picture and sound are bit-for-bit identical and the conversion is fast.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "wmv",
      "target": "wav",
      "sourceLabel": "Windows Media Video",
      "targetLabel": "WAV",
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        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The picture is dropped.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as pcm_s16le. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        },
        {
          "text": "What the source already discarded does not come back. A lossless format preserves the damage exactly rather than repairing it.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "wmv",
      "target": "webm",
      "sourceLabel": "Windows Media Video",
      "targetLabel": "WebM",
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        {
          "text": "The picture is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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      "notes": [
        {
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          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "wmv",
      "target": "wma",
      "sourceLabel": "Windows Media Video",
      "targetLabel": "Windows Media Audio",
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        {
          "text": "The sound is kept.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The picture is dropped.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "notes": [
        {
          "text": "Re-encoded — audio as wmav2. A re-encode always costs some quality, however high the settings.",
          "scope": "pipeline"
        }
      ]
    },
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          "text": "The text stays selectable and searchable.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
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          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "Only one sheet survives. A workbook with several needs one conversion each.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
          "text": "Formatting is reduced to plain characters — headings, bold, tables and color are not carried.",
          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
      "notes": []
    },
    {
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      "sourceLabel": "Excel 97 (.xls)",
      "targetLabel": "HTML",
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        {
          "text": "The text stays selectable and searchable.",
          "scope": "format"
        },
        {
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          "scope": "format"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Formulas are replaced by the values they last calculated. Nothing recalculates afterwards.",
          "scope": "format"
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