


There is also a compressed variant of AIFF known as AIFF-C or AIFC, with various defined compression codecs. This type of AIFF files uses much more disk space than lossy formats like MP3�about 10 MB for one minute of stereo audio at a sample rate of 44.1 kHz and a bit depth of 16 bits. The audio data in most AIFF files is uncompressed pulse-code modulation (PCM). It is a common audio format for consumer audio streaming or storage, as well as a de facto standard of digital audio compression for the transfer and playback of music on most digital audio players.

MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III, more commonly referred to as MP3, is an audio coding format for digital audio which uses a form of lossy data compression. in 1988 based on Electronic Arts' Interchange File Format (IFF, widely used on Amiga systems) and is most commonly used on Apple Macintosh computer systems. Сравнение форматов AIFF и MP3Īudio Interchange File Format (AIFF) is an audio file format standard used for storing sound data for personal computers and other electronic audio devices.
