Sound File Formats

This is at the core of the MPEG-4 specification and is the new audio format of choice for Internet, wireless, and digital broadcast arenas.

• AAC

• AIFF

• AU

It is Mac’s waveform format.

• AAC

• AIFF

• AU

This is the Sun Microsystem audio format.

• AAC

• AIFF

• AU

This format is used to represent electronic music produced by electronic devices.

• MP3

• MIDI

• MOV

This is an open standard technology that uses file compression to create near-CD quality audio files that are small enough to be distributed via the Web.

• MP3

• MIDI

• MOV

This format is most often used for animation and video, one can store audio alone on this file format.

• MP3

• MIDI

• MOV

It is commonly used and supported format on the Windows platform.

• WMA

• WAV

• M4A

It offers a powerful compression technology for delivering audio and video quality at any bit rate, with features designed to provide superior quality for download and play.

• WMA

• WAV

• M4A

It is a file extension for an audio file encoded with Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) which is a lossy compression.

• WMA

• WAV

• M4A

This offers excellent compression and incredibly popular and widespread support for streaming audio on the Web.

• RA, RAM, RM

• RA, ROM, RM

• RA, RAM, RMA