# Install tta with Homebrew, scoop

Lossless audio codec. Version 2.2 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with scoop: scoop install main/tta.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:tta
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install tta
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/tta
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:tta
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 2.2
- **Source summary:** Lossless audio codec
- **Homepage:** <https://sourceforge.net/projects/tta/>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- tta (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 2.2
## 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

- <https://sourceforge.net/projects/tta/ describes TTA as a lossless compressor for multichannel 8-, 16-, and 24-bit audio data.>
- <https://sourceforge.net/projects/tta/files/tta/ lists encoder, library, and plugin folders with dates and download counts.>
- <https://sourceforge.net/projects/tta/rss?path=/tta lists file release entries, including 2015 TTA 2.3 encoder and library artifacts.>
- source_facts.package-manager lists Homebrew and Scoop packages.


## Security Notes

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

- **Geiger risk:** blue / medium
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Scoop - main/tta: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/tta.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/tta.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/tta.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph