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AIFF
Audio Interchange File Format, similar to WAV, developed by Apple, supports metadata.
AIFF-C
Audio Interchange File Format Compressed, a variation of AIFF that supports compression.
WAV
Uncompressed audio format, high quality, large file sizes.
ALAC
Apple Lossless Audio Codec, retains original sound data, similar to FLAC but proprietary to Apple.
MIDI
Musical Instrument Digital Interface, contains instructions for music creation, doesn't contain actual audio.
AAC
Advanced Audio Coding, lossy, better sound quality than MP3 at the same bitrate.
OGG
Ogg Vorbis, open-source, offers better compression than MP3s.
MP3
Lossy compression, common for music streaming, supports metadata tags like ID3.
AMR
Adaptive Multi-Rate, optimized for speech, used primarily in mobile telephony.
PCM
Pulse Code Modulation, uncompressed raw audio data, foundation for digital audio.
WMA
Windows Media Audio, part of Windows Media Framework, comes in both lossy and lossless versions.
DSD
Direct Stream Digital, 1-bit audio stream, used in Super Audio CDs.
Opus
Designed for interactive real-time applications, can handle both speech and music efficiently.
AC3
Audio Codec 3, used in Dolby Digital audio on DVDs, Blu-rays, and other digital video formats.
FLAC
Free Lossless Audio Codec, compressed without losing quality, supports metadata.
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