*Note: To convert to compatible wave before encoding with TwinVQ: ffmpeg -i input.flac -c:a pcm_s16le -ar 44100 output.wav Found on: http://www.rarewares.org/rrw/nttvqf.php Files from: http://www.rarewares.org/rrw/files/vqf/Tvq20001012_open_nc.zip http://www.rarewares.org/rrw/files/vqf/in_vqf.exe http://www.rarewares.org/rrw/files/vqf/Tvq-p215e.exe http://www.rarewares.org/rrw/files/vqf/NTTenc.zip Info: TwinVQ is an audio encoding technology developed at NTT (Nippon Telephone and Telegraph). It uses an unique technology called Vector Quantization (VQ) for encoding. The format using the TwinVQ technology is called VQF. There are several limitations in this format: 2 channels at most, no VBR, very slow encoding, little support, no public specifications or open source implementation. It can pretty safely be considered dead these days. TwinVQ, on the other hand, is still alive as part of the MPEG4 audio standard, being used for very small bitrates (8-16kbps). A mirror of the NTT TwinVQ page is available here. https://web.archive.org/web/20041012071040/http://www.twinvq.org/english/index_en.html I am also mirroring Thor's page from dalnetvqf, featuring VQF plugins for Winamp. Thanks to Thor for providing these files. http://www.rarewares.org/rrw/mirrors/vqf/index.html FILE INFO: Date: 1998-03-11 Version: 2.1.1 (encoder) Interface: Graphical Platform: Win32 Download: NTTenc.zip - 514kB Date: 2000-09-22 Version: 2.1.5 (player) Interface: Graphical Platform: Win32 Download: Tvq-p215e.exe - 1.793kB Date: 2001-07-02 Version: 1.0 Interface: Winamp plugin Platform: Win32 Download: in_vqf.exe - 419kB Date: 2000-10-12 Version: 20001012 Interface: SDK Platform: Win32/Linux Download: Tvq20001012_open_nc.zip - 3.152kB