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Lossless · .shn

Shorten (SHN) on iPhone, Android and Mac

Shorten is one of the first lossless codecs (1990s). Live-concert trading archives, the Grateful Dead’s tapers most famously, are full of .shn files.

Plays in MP95 · iPhone · iPad · Android · Mac

The MP95 library on iPhone listing files in many formats side by side: Ogg Vorbis, Opus, TTA, WavPack, FLAC, AAC, DSD, WMA, a 96 kHz WAV, a 24-bit AIFF and a 96 kHz Apple Lossless file

What the system does with it

No modern system player reads Shorten.

How MP95 plays it

iPhone & iPadFFmpeg
AndroidFFmpeg
MacFFmpeg

If an .shn file does not appear on Android, add its folder with Add music folder.

Supported files use a 32-bit floating-point processing path, with gapless playback and ReplayGain from compatible tags. Check the active effects and actual output rate; USB rate matching depends on the device and connection. The Hi-Fi path.

Getting Shorten (SHN) files onto a device

On iPhone and iPad: add a folder in Files, share the file to MP95, or drop it in over a cable. On Android: put it in your Music folder or anywhere you add with Add music folder. On Mac: point MP95 at the folder, or Open With from Finder. iPhone guide · Android guide.

Frequently asked questions

Can I play Shorten (SHN) on iPhone?

Yes, in MP95: fFmpeg.

Can I play Shorten (SHN) on Android?

Yes, in MP95: fFmpeg.

Can I play Shorten (SHN) on a Mac?

Yes, in MP95: fFmpeg. MP95 also opens these files from Finder with Open With.

Play Shorten (SHN) in MP95

Free on Android. Free to start on iPhone, iPad and Mac.