Thursday, June 16, 2011

audio file formats;

WAV: .wav
Waveform Audio File Format;
WAV is a Microsoft and IBM audio file format standard for storing an audio bitstream on PCs. It is an application for storing data in 'chunks'. It is the main format used on Windows systems for raw and typically uncompressed audio. WAV is a leading format used by professional-level audio and video applications.

MP3: .mp3
MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III;
MP3 is a patented (doesn't have a universally accepted definition) digital audio encoding using a form of lossy data compression. It is a common audio format for consumer audio storage as well as the conventional standard of digital audio compression for the transfer and playback of music on digital audio players.

AIFF: .aiff .aif .aifc
Audio Interchange File Format;
AIFF is an audio file format standard used for storing sound data for PCs and other electronic audio devices. It is most commonly used on Apple Macintosh computer systems. The audio data in a standard AIFF file is uncompressed pulse-code modulation (method to digitally represent sampled analog signals). Standard AIFF is a leading format used by professional-level audio and video applications.

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