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Vorbis is a free and open-source software project headed by the Xiph.Org Foundation.The project produces an audio coding format and software reference encoder/decoder for lossy audio compression, libvorbis. [10]
Digital music stores sell copies of digital audio, for example in MP3 and WAV file formats. Unlike music streaming services, which typically charge a monthly subscription fee to stream digital audio, digital music stores download songs to the customer's hard disk drive of their device.
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.
FLAC (/ f l æ k /; Free Lossless Audio Codec) is an audio coding format for lossless compression of digital audio, developed by the Xiph.Org Foundation, and is also the name of the free software project producing the FLAC tools, the reference software package that includes a codec implementation.
WavPack is a free and open-source lossless audio compression format and application implementing the format. It is unique in the way that it supports hybrid audio compression alongside normal compression which is similar to how FLAC works.
Lossless audio coding formats such as FLAC and Apple Lossless are sometimes available, though at the cost of larger files. Uncompressed audio formats, such as pulse-code modulation (PCM, or .wav), are also sometimes used. PCM was the standard format for Compact Disc Digital Audio (CDDA).
Represents the amount of information, or detail, that is stored per unit of time of a recording. Common examples of bit rates include MP3 which is recorded at 128–320 kbits/s, CD quality audio (LPCM) which is recorded at 1,411.2 kbit/s, SACD (DSD) which is recorded at 5,644.8 kbit/s, and DVD-Audio (MLP), which is recorded at 18,000 kbit/s. CD
The data compression software for encoding into ALAC files, Apple Lossless Encoder, was introduced into the Mac OS X Core Audio framework on April 28, 2004, together with the QuickTime 6.5.1 update, thus making it available in iTunes since version 4.5 and above, and its replacement, the Music application. [8]