DosWorld / qoa-sound

The “Quite OK Audio Format” for fast, lossy audio compression

QOA - The “Quite OK Audio Format” for fast, lossy audio compression

Single-file MIT licensed library for C/C++

See qoa.h for the documentation and format specification.

More info at: https://qoaformat.org

Audio samples in WAV & QOA format can be found at: https://qoaformat.org/samples/

⚠️ This implementation has not yet been fuzzed. Don't use it with untrusted input.

⚠️ If you are experimenting with QOA, please be very careful, especially when wearing headphones. You may unexpectedly produce garbage output that can damage your ears. I had more than a few close calls.

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