What is the difference between .aifc and .wav?
- Extension
- .aifc
- .wav
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Audio
- Audio
- Developer
- Apple Inc.
- Microsoft
- Description
- It contains CD-quality audio file commonly used in gaming consoles and media players. AIFC can be compared to .WAV file that has been compressed to reduce file size. Therefore, it may incorporate ALAW, ULAW, or G722 compression.
- 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.aifc
- sample.wav
- Wikipedia
- .aifc on Wikipedia
- .wav on Wikipedia