Audio format information

What is WAVE?

WAV or WAVE (Waveform Audio File Format) is an audio file format for storing audio on your computer digitally. To read and write the digital data correctly, a codec is required. Kodek is a component that encodes and decodes data flows and signals that are available digitally and has the function of primarily being responsible for the transfer and storage of files, and also interprets files for playback or editing. PCM is most often used to store audio data in a file, but unlike mp3 or other types of audio file formats with PCM, wav is not compressed. This means that Wav files take up more space but have a higher quality than the files that are compressed.

What is Flac?

FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) is similar to WAV in that the file retains all information but in a more compressed format. FLAC files are usually 20-30% smaller than WAV files, making them a great alternative to WAV if you want to save memory and maintain the same quality. But it is also good to point out that even though FLAC takes up less space, FLAC files are almost always larger than OGG or MP3 files.

What is MP3?

MP3 is an abbreviation of MPEG-1 Audio Layer III and is used for digital audio compression. It is part of the MPEG-1 standard, this was further developed in MPEG-2. This format is very common today and perhaps even the most common standard type for music files. One good thing to know is that MP3 is not the same as MPEG-3.