What is the difference between .aif and .wav?
- Extension
- .aif
- .wav
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Audio
- Audio
- Developer
- Apple
- Microsoft
- Description
- This is an audio file very similar to .WAV file but is developed using the Audio Interchange File Format (AIFF). It is mainly used to store standard CD audio.
- A WAV file is an audio file that uses a standard digital audio file format utilized for storing waveform data. It allows audio recordings to be saved with different sampling rates and bitrates and is often saved in a 44.1 KHz, 16-bit, stereo format, which is the standard format used for CD audio.
- MIME Type
- audio/aiff
- audio/wav
- Sample
- sample.aif
- sample.wav
- Wikipedia
- .aif on Wikipedia
- .wav on Wikipedia