What format is the audio file?

1, lossless format, such as WAV, FLAC, APE, ALAC, WavPack(WV), cda.

2. Lossy formats, such as MP3, AAC, Ogg Vorbis, Opus.

Main audio formats and functions:

1, MP3(*.mp3) format:

Its technology compresses music into a file with a compression ratio of 1: 10 or even 1: 12, which compresses the file to a smaller extent with little loss of sound quality. And the original sound quality is well maintained.

2.CD(*。 Cda) format:

Lossless audio format. In the "open file type" of most playback software, you can see *. Cda format, that is, CD audio track.

3. Wave (*. WAV) format:

Lossless audio format. Bo's full name (*. WAV) is Windows Media audio. Advantages: lossless format, disadvantages: very large volume.

4.APE format:

Lossless audio format. APE is a lossless audio compression technology, which reduces the size to half of the traditional lossless WAV file without reducing the sound quality.

Its sound quality has passed the strict blind listening test and has been recognized by enthusiasts all over the world. Listening to APE is just like being in heaven, so you can better understand the connotation of music. Now ordinary music players can support APE format.

5, flac (lossless) format:

Lossless audio format. Similar to MP3, FLAC is audio compression coding, but FLAC is lossless compression. FLAC files can be restored to WAV files, and their contents are the same as those of WAV files before compression.

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