AAC

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Worth knowing about the aac format AAC is the abbreviation of Advanced Audio Coding and can be defined as a lossy compression method of audio files. Qualitatively, it is superior to the mp3 format and is also considered its successor. The AAC format developed by mpeg supports a multitude of bit rates and is also […]

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WMA

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WMA is the abbreviation of Windows Media Audio. The lossy Microsoft-developed audio format is similar in compression to mp3 format, but optimized for Windows Media Player. The compression method filters out certain frequency ranges that are not perceptible to the ear, so that the file size can be greatly reduced. A document in wma format […]

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OGG

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OGG is a container format developed by Xiph.org in which various media content, such as audio or video elements, graphics or subtitles, can be implemented. The associated compression format is called Vorbis and works lossy because certain frequency ranges that are not perceived by the ear, are filtered out. Compared to a file in mp3 […]

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M4A

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The file extension m4a (MPEG-4 Audio) is used for compressed audio files, which were created in the container format mp4 or mpeg-4. Unlike these formats, however, M4A files contain only audio data. Based on Apple's QuickTime file format, these documents are often associated with Apple products such as the iPod or the iTunes multimedia software. […]

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MP2

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MP2 files include, as well as mp3 files, music or speech – so this is an audio file format. The abbreviation MP2 stands for MPEG-1 Audio Layer 2. While MP2 in the general environment has been almost completely replaced by the newer MP3 format, it is even more common in some areas (for example, broadcast, […]

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MID

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MID files are music files and, in contrast to other audio formats like .mp3 or .wav, do not contain direct music but instructions on how to "create" the music. In principle, these files contain "notes for the computer". While a .mp3 file always sounds the same, for a MIDI file it is a matter of […]

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WAV

Posted by on Dec 4, 2017 in | 0 comments

WAV files are used to store audio signals – such as music or voice recordings. WAV files are uncompressed, so they offer a perfect quality at the cost of a really huge file size. They usually contain PCM-signals based on Microsoft’s Resource Interchange File Format (RIFF). Before the advent of mp3, WAV was often used […]

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