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Q: What type of compression format is popular for audio files?
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What is WMA CD and WMA DVD?

WMA or Windows Media Audio is the audio compression technology developed by Microsoft Corporation. WMA name is given to audio codecs and audio files which use WMA technologies for compression. WMA songs can be stored on CDs and DVDs for playback on PCs and CD/DVD players which support this format. Many of the portable audio players support WMA format playback in addition to MP3 and Real Audio file formats.


What is the best audio file format to convert textbooks into audio files?

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What is wav in audio?

wav is a file format or more precicely a container for audio files, it is a Microsoft and IBM audio file format standard for storing an audio bitstream on PCs. It is an application of the RIFF bitstream format method for storing data in "chunks".


What is M3U?

An M3U file is a playlist file for maintaining a certain order of playing audio files, like MP3's. M3U's can also point a media player to an online streaming audio source. M3U's are the most popular format for playlist files other than .PLA files.


Which type of files cannot be navigated using clipart browser?

MP3 type files cannot be navigated using the clip art browser. MP3 or M-PEG3 are generally music use to store music in a digital audio compression format.


What does m4a stand for?

m4a is abbreviation for MPEG-4 Audio, it's getting more and more popular since itunes and iPod use this format files.


What is the difference between mp3 music files and pcm music files?

PCM (Pulse Code Modulation) is a means of storing analog audio in a digital form. This is achieved by sampling the sound wave and then the individual samples are stored sequentially in binary format. This can result in large files. MP3 (MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3) is a standard means of compressing audio which has become popular on computers and via the Internet resulting in the creation of MP3 players such as the iPod. It provides for a variable level of compression resulting in small file size but maintaining an acceptable level of audio fidelity.


What does MP3 stands for?

MP3 = MPEG-1 Audio Layer-3 MPEG = Moving Picture Experts Group, which develops standards for digital video and digital audio compression


How to change mp3 songs to audio songs?

Mp3 is a file format commonly used for audio files. This is not the only format but is a very common one. An MP3 file, an audio file, is already a song. There is no possible way of converting an MP3 song to an audio song because 'audio' is not a format to convert to.


Where do JPEG files come from?

The JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) format is a popular lossy compression format for digital photos. They are created either through processing with an image editing or scanner program, or by the camera itself.


Does a CD stores that same number of songs and uncompressed format as an MP3 format?

It is a CD, but instead of having stand CDA (CD audio) files on it, the disc has MP3 files on it. It wont play on CD players that only play CDA, but it should play on any CD player that supports MP3 decoding.


What are AVI and MOV files?

AVI and MOV files are video files. AVI stands for Audio Video Interleave. MOV is an apple format of a movie file.