What is the difference between .aiff and .flac?
- Extension
- .aiff
- .flac
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Audio
- Audio
- Developer
- Apple
- Xiph.Org Foundation
- 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.
- A FLAC file is an audio file compressed in the Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC) format, which is an open source lossless audio compression format. It is similar to an .MP3 file, but is compressed without any loss in quality or loss of any original audio data.
- MIME Type
- audio/aiff
- audio/flac
- Sample
- sample.aiff
- sample.flac
- Wikipedia
- .aiff on Wikipedia
- .flac on Wikipedia