Common Audio Formats Last Updated: 09-02-2010 , Posted:
09-30-2005 Choosing digital audio formats for playing sound and
music files |Hundreds of file formats exist for recording and
playing digital sound and music files. While many of these file
formats are software dependant — for example a Creative Labs
Music File is a .cmf — there are several well-known and widely
supported file formats. While different operating systems have
different popular music file formats, we'll mainly focus on
those that are most commonly used on Windows-based PCs. Many
different digital audio formats and different software are used
to create, store and manipulate these files, the good news for
consumers is that there is also a wide range of devices and
products available that support multiple formats. Should you not
have the correct device for playing a particular file, you can
also look for software conversion tools that will convert one
file type to another. Because some audio files are open
standards and some are proprietary, c