install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install tta

local Homebrew formula metadata

Windows

Scoopverified · 92%

scoop install main/tta

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/tta.json · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Lossless audio codec

Project links

Commands and aliases

tta

history

Project history and usage

TTA, or True Audio, is a lossless audio codec distributed in package-manager form mainly as a small command-line encoder/decoder.

Project history

The official SourceForge project describes TTA as a lossless compressor for multichannel 8-, 16-, and 24-bit audio data, with decompressed output identical to the original input.

The SourceForge file tree shows a mid-2000s ecosystem around the codec: command-line encoders for macOS, Linux, and Windows; codec libraries; and plugins for audio players and tools.

Adoption history

TTA's adoption appears to have been strongest in the classic audio-codec and player-plugin niche. SourceForge files include plugins for Winamp, XMMS, foobar2000, GStreamer, dBpoweramp, Apollo, and other players or codec hosts.

The supplied package facts show modern package-manager presence in Homebrew and Scoop. That places the Homebrew formula in the preservation-and-convenience role: making an older niche codec available from a current CLI package manager.

How it is used

Package users install TTA to encode or decode `.tta` lossless audio from scripts or terminals. The associated files and libraries also show use by plugin authors and audio-player integrations.

Because no configuration or credentials are part of the documented tool surface, it behaves like a format utility: input files in, converted or decoded audio out.

Why package nerds care

TTA matters in package indexes because it represents the long tail of audio codecs that package managers keep reachable after their peak desktop-player era.

Its package-nerd value is mostly archival and interoperability-focused: preserving a command-line path for a format with existing encoded files and legacy plugin support.

Timeline

2005: SourceForge file dates show TTA player plugins and codec packages across multiple hosts.
2007: SourceForge lists Linux encoder files under `ttaenc-linux`.
2011: SourceForge lists source encoder material under `ttaenc-src`.
2015: SourceForge RSS lists TTA 2.3 Windows encoder and libtta releases.

Related projects

Related official distribution artifacts include `libtta`, `libtta++`, `ttaenc-*`, and player plugin packages such as `ttaplugin-foobar`, `ttaplugin-winamp`, and `ttaplugin-xmms`.
Package-manager peers in the same niche include other lossless audio codecs and command-line transcoders.

Sources

security posture

Risk level: blue

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

Risk classifier

blue risk · medium confidence · tool

Why

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

Signals

text:audio

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 12 platform targets.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`tta`	cli	global executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08

manager version2.2

manager updated

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://sourceforge.net/projects/tta/

infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://sourceforge.net/projects/tta/none confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:tta
Version	2.2
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/tta
Homepage	https://sourceforge.net/projects/tta/
Repository	https://sourceforge.net/p/tta/code
Upstream docs	https://sourceforge.net/projects/tta
License	LGPL-3.0-only
Source archive	https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/tta/tta/libtta/libtta-2.2.tar.gz
Bottle	available (on arm64_big_sur, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	tta
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Scoop95%

main/tta

scoop install main/tta

normalized package name match
Matched by: Tta

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/tta.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/tta.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

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