What is the difference between .aiff and .aac?
- Extension
- .aiff
- .aac
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Audio
- Audio
- Developer
- Apple
- Bell Labs, Fraunhofer Institute, Dolby Labs, Sony and Nokia
- Description
- High-quality audio file created using the (AIFF) file format; contains CD-quality audio stored in a non-compressed, lossless format, similar .WAV files; commonly used to burn audio CDs.
- Compressed audio file similar to an .MP3 file, but offers several performance improvements; examples include a higher coding efficiency for both stationary and transient signals, a simpler filterbank, and better handling of frequencies above 16 kHz; maintains quality nearly indistinguishable from the original audio source.
- MIME Type
- audio/aiff
- audio/x-aac
- Sample
- sample.aiff
- sample.aac
- Wikipedia
- .aiff on Wikipedia
- .aac on Wikipedia