Digital audio file formats tutorial, including sample rate, bit depth, codecs, containers, MP3, AAC, WAV, AIFF, BWF, DSD, Monkey’s Audio, WavPack, AC-3, EC-3, AC-4, Ogg Vorbis, Opus and WMA.
If you find this video useful, you may appreciate these other ExplainingComputers episodes:
Explaining Digital Video: Formats, Codecs & Containers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4NXxY4maYc
Explaining Image File Formats:
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Explaining File Compression Formats:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPj_dILDK6I
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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:53 Digital Audio (sample rate & bit depth)
03:16 Codecs & Containers
05:03 Non-compressed audio formats
07:44 Lossless compression formats
10:24 Lossy Compression formats
13:28 Wrap
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