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∙ 10y agoIt depends primarily on your multimedia player and portable music player. .aac is a file format used mainly on iTunes and on iPods. .mp3 is more universal, readable by most media/music players and on all portable music players including iPods themselves.
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Do AAC files use more space than MP3?
AAC files are usually smaller with better sound quality than an MP3 file.
What is the better audio format mp3 or aac?
mp3 - it's more common, smaller, and of comparable quality
What does aac do on an iPod?
It takes up less space then MP3 and it supposedly is better quality then MP3. When you buy something from the iTunes store, they're music is in AAC format.
What music file type gives better sound quality at 96kbps AAC MP3 or AAC?
AAC. I made a simple instrumental music piece and exported it to mp3@96 (iTunes codec I know you're bad), AAC@96 and ALAC. I know iTunes is bad but yeah I did. I heard a lot of warble in MP3, AAC just sounded like ALAC with some treble cut off and that's it.
Does a CD hold more songs in MP3 or AAC?
MP3. There's more compression in MP3's than there are in AAC (which is lossless, meaning no loss of quality). AAC (Adpative Audio Coding ), support by Nokia, Apple, Sony mobile or audio player. AAC is higher quality than mp3, and the files bigger.
How can you tell which mp3 player has the best sound quality?
Sound quality in an MP3 player is mostly related to the quality or bit rate at which the MP3 was made.In general the MP3 is not recommended by audiophiles because it loses sound quality.Therefore no MP3 gives you really good sound quality except when using the highest quality MP3 music files.
What kind of music format are iTunes songs?
iTunes can format songs into a variety of different formats. By default the songs are encoded in AAC, short for Advanced Audio Coding. It is much like MP3, but sound quality is better. On the other hand not many Digital Audio Players accept AAC; however many are beginning too.
What are AAC files?
AAC files are audio files much like MP3 files. Like MP3, AAC files use audio compression to achieve a smaller file size. AAC stands for Advanced Audio Coding, and it is somewhat more effecient and higher quality than MP3 (depending on the bitrate). When you download a songs from iTunes, you're getting an AAC files. For more information, look up Advanced Audio Coding on Wikipedia.
How is it possible to convert AAC to MP3?
To downgrade an AAC (MP4) to an MP3 file open iTunes Preferences and select the Import Settings in the General section. Change the Import Using: option to MP3 and set the Settings to the desired quality. In the iTunes library right click on the AAC file and select Create MP3 version from the menu.
Is there such thing as a mp4 player?
Most modern audio players, such as the iPod, will play MP4 files. The audio part of an MP4 uses the Advanced Audio Coding known as AAC which is the format used for audio files purchased from the iTunes store. The AAC/MP4 files give a better sound quality in a smaller file size than the equivalent MP3 file.
How can you convert mp3 files to aac?
In iTunes Right Click on an MP3 file listed in the Library and select Convert to AAC from the menu that appears.
Is Christian music aac music?
aac is a type of file format, just like mp3 is.
