GSM vs TTA
Um comparativo detalhado de GSM Audio e True Audio Lossless — tamanho de arquivo, qualidade, compatibilidade e qual escolher de acordo com seu fluxo de trabalho.
GSM Audio
Audio FilesGSM 06.10 is a speech compression standard designed for the Global System for Mobile Communications. It encodes speech at 13 kbps using Regular Pulse Excitation with Long Term Prediction, optimized for voice intelligibility over cellular networks.
Sobre os arquivos GSMTrue Audio Lossless
Audio FilesTTA (True Audio) is an open-source lossless audio codec that provides real-time lossless compression with hardware-friendly decoding. It achieves compression ratios similar to FLAC while maintaining very low CPU requirements during playback.
Sobre os arquivos TTAComparativo de vantagens
GSM Vantagens
- Tiny bitrate (13 kbps) — hours of speech in a few MB.
- Speech-optimized — clear voice reproduction.
- Universal cellphone decoder adoption 1991-2015.
- Stable since 1987.
TTA Vantagens
- Lossless bit-exact reproduction.
- Fast, low-memory decoding.
- Open-source reference.
- Cue-sheet support.
Limitações
GSM Limitações
- Speech-only — music sounds distorted.
- 8 kHz sampling — narrowband, muffled by modern standards.
- Legacy — LTE VoLTE moved to AMR-WB, Opus, or EVS.
- Tooling outside telecom is sparse.
TTA Limitações
- Compression ratio worse than FLAC.
- Niche tooling.
- Hardware support died with 2000s DAP era.
- Eclipsed by FLAC.
Especificações técnicas
| Especificação | GSM | TTA |
|---|---|---|
| MIME type | audio/gsm | audio/x-tta |
| Extension | .gsm | .tta |
| Codec | GSM 06.10 (RPE-LTP) | — |
| Sample rate | 8 kHz | — |
| Bitrate | 13 kbps | — |
| Algorithm | — | Fixed prediction + adaptive Rice coding |
| License | — | LGPL |
Tamanhos típicos de arquivo
GSM
- 1 min of voice ~100 KB
- 1 hour voicemail archive ~6 MB
TTA
- 3-min song (CD) 20-25 MB
- Full CD album 250-350 MB
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Perguntas frequentes
GSM (GSM Audio) is an audio file format used to store sound recordings — music, voice, podcasts, sound effects. The format defines how the audio samples are compressed (or stored raw), what bitrates are supported, and how metadata such as title, artist, album, and cover art is embedded. It is part of the audio files family.
GSM (GSM Audio) is an audio formatoo de arquivo used to store sound recordings — music, voice, podcasts, sound effects. The formato defines how the audio samples are comprimido (or stored raw), what bitrates are suportado, e how metadata como title, artist, album, e cover art is embedded. It is part of the audio arquivos family.
VLC, foobar2000, and the default media players on Windows and macOS handle GSM natively. On mobile, iOS Music and Android media apps vary in their support — popular formats work everywhere; niche ones may need a dedicated app. If playback fails on a device, converting to MP3 or AAC usually solves it.
VLC, foobar2000, e the default media players no Windows e macOS handle GSM natively. On mobile, iOS Music e Android media apps vary in their support — popular formatoos funcionar everywhere; niche ones may need a dedicated app. If playback fails em um device, convertendo to MP3 ou AAC Geralmente solves it.
Upload the GSM to KaijuConverter and pick MP3, WAV, FLAC, AAC, OGG, or any other target. Our FFmpeg pipeline decodes the audio and re-encodes to the target format at sensible default bitrates (VBR ~190 kbps for music, 96 kbps for speech). Metadata and cover art travel with the audio where both formats support them.
GSM can be lossy or lossless depending on the specific variant. Lossy variants (smaller files) discard some audio detail during compression in ways tuned to be inaudible; lossless variants preserve every sample exactly but produce larger files. For distribution, lossy at high bitrate is standard; for archival, lossless wins.