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High-resolution audio (high-definition audio or HD audio) is a term for audio files with greater than 44.1 kHz sample rate or higher than 16-bit audio bit depth.It commonly refers to 96 or 192 kHz sample rates.
The 'Music' category is merely a guideline on commercialized uses of a particular format, not a technical assessment of its capabilities. For example, MP3 and AAC dominate the personal audio market in terms of market share, though many other formats are comparably well suited to fill this role from a purely technical standpoint.
Windows, macOS Freeware music player. Pre-installed on Mac computers. JetAudio: Windows, Android Shareware media player. MediaHuman Audio Converter: Windows, macOS Freeware audio converter. (Supports conversion of MP3, AAC, AIFF, WAV etc.) MPlayer: Windows, macOS and Linux Open-source media player. Mpv (media player) Windows, macOS and Linux ...
A codec listening test is a scientific study designed to compare two or more lossy audio codecs, usually with respect to perceived fidelity or compression efficiency.. Most tests take the form of a double-blind comparison.
According to Apple, audio files compressed with its lossless codec will use up "about half the storage space" that the uncompressed data would require. Testers using a selection of music have found that compressed files are about 40% to 60% the size of the originals depending on the kind of music, which is similar to other lossless formats. [3] [4]
Until 1 October 2012, ATRAC was the only codec available to download music from mora until they transitioned to a DRM free model and began offering FLAC files the next year. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] ATRAC9 was designed for PlayStation audio and debuted with the PlayStation Vita.
Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) is an audio coding standard for lossy digital audio compression.It was designed to be the successor of the MP3 format and generally achieves higher sound quality than MP3 at the same bit rate.
Screenshot of Windows Media Encoder 9 Series, displaying new encoding options for Windows Media Audio 10 Professional. Windows Media Audio Professional (WMA Pro) is an improved lossy codec closely related to WMA standards. It retains most of the same general coding features, but also features improved entropy coding and quantization strategies ...