| Welcome to Audio File Formats 101! If
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| | 3. WMA - WMA stand for Windows Media
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| you've used a computer to listen to music
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| | Audio, and is a proprietary audio file
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| you probably have had some experience
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| | format developed by Microsoft, and was
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| dealing with MP3 and WAV files before.
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| | introduced as a competitor to the MP3
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| And if you have spent a bit of time on
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| | files format. Although it hasn't
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| the computer recording or editing audio,
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| | overtaken the popularity of the MP3
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| you've probably dealt with many of the
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| | format, it is in second place in terms of
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| other audio file formats. Such as AIFF,
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| | the number of consumer products that
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| WMA, OGG, etc. What's the deal with all
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| | support the playback of the WMA file. One
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| these different forms of digital audio?
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| | thing that the WMA file format offers
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| 1. WAV - Although WAV files can be
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| | exclusively is the ability for the files
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| compressed, most WAV files are usually
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| | to be DRM (Digital Rights Management)
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| consist of uncompressed audio, also know
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| | encoded, which is popular with both music
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| as lossless audio files. They are a
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| | and film corporations.
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| variant on the RIFF bitstream format
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| | 4. OGG Vorbis - The OGG Vorbis file
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| method for storing data in chunks. Since
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| | format is an audio codec that is both
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| these files are usually uncompressed and
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| | open source and free, which was developed
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| of high quality, most professional audio
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| | in 1998 after word of plans to start
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| experts use the WAV file, which is the
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| | charging licensing fees on MP3 files were
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| universally accepted source audio file
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| | spread. So, essentially the OGG Vorbis
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| format recognized in all audio editing
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| | file format is very similar to the MP3
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| software.
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| | file format, which are both lossy file
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| 2. MP3 - MP3s are encoded digital audio
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| | formats. The OGG Vorbis file format is
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| files that use a lossy compression
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| | widely used in video games, saving time
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| format. Lossy compression is a method
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| | and money for the developers, since it is
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| that when the file is decompressed, the
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| | not patented.
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| data retrieved may be different from the
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| | All of us listen to MP3s, and probably
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| original but is close enough to be
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| | have encountered the 3 other formats
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| usable. With an MP3 the parts of the
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| | discussed at one time or another. This is
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| audio that are discarded in the
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| | definitely not an exhaustive list of all
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| compression are considered less important
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| | audio file formats, and only covers some
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| to human hearing, (i.e. any sounds below
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| | of the more popular formats. But this
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| 20HZ, and any sounds above 20KHz). MP3
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| | should give you a little more insight on
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| files are great for the internet because
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| | some of the file formats that you use on
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| of their small size. You can think of an
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| | a daily basis.
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| MP3 as an audio version of a JPEG file.
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