Shorten (
SHN) is a
file format used for compressing audio data. It is a form of
data compression of files and is used to
losslessly compress CD-quality audio files (44.1
kHz 16-
bit stereo
PCM). Shorten is no longer developed and other lossless
audio codecs such as
FLAC,
Monkey's Audio (APE),
TTA, and
WavPack (WV) have become more popular. However, Shorten is still in use by some people because there are legally traded concert recordings in circulation that are encoded as Shorten files. Shorten files use the .shn file extension.