Apple Lossless (also known as Apple Lossless Encoder, ALE, or Apple Lossless Audio Codec, ALAC) is an audio codec developed by Apple Inc.
for lossless data compression of digital music. Apple ...
Currently, there are two methods of storing high-resolution digital audio - DSD and PCM.
The PCM format has been known for a long time and is used everywhere - CD Audio, DVD Audio, MP3.
DSD ...
What is audio transcoding? It is the process of converting an audio file from one format to another.
There are two types of audio codecs - lossless and lossy.
Let's talk about how transcoding ...
MP4 is a most popular format for high-quality video promoted by Apple. It supported by
all Apple gadgets from iPod to the newest iPad 2 and iPhone 4S. It used by popular video
services like ...
Music lovers often kept his collection in a FLAC format. This is really a great way to
preserve the original sound quality. Despite the fact that the FLAC format is very
popular and is supported ...
Bitrate is the most important parameter of any lossy codec. Bit rate is usually
measured as the number of "bits per second" (bps) at which data in an audio stream
is transmitted. A higher bit rate ...
Both AIFF and WAV files are the same as far as quality is concerned. Both are fully uncompressed audio. A four minute song can rack up about 40+MB of space.
AIFF format is more compatible if you're ...
In truth, MPC is in many ways better than MP3. But do not forget that MP3 is
much more popular and better supported by hardware and software. It makes no sense to keep your audio collection in the ...
Sometimes you may need to convert a stereo file to mono. Why? Some software may require
the audio track in mono to create three-dimensional sound. Finally, you may want to
reduce the size of the ...
OGG format is pretty unusual. For example, OGG media file can contain both video and audio. This format is
something like a box where you want things neatly stacked. The audio and video codecs used ...