Digital music comes in many different formats – almost everyone knows MP3 thanks to Napster at the end of the last century, but what about OGG, AIFF, MQA or DSD? Confused? Don't worry, we're here to ...

Digital sound is nothing more than numbers. What separates one container from another is how those numbers are packed, how much data (if any) is thrown away, and which devices understand the result.

ChunkSize is the length of the data stored in the ChunkData field excluding any padding added to the data. The size of the ChunkId and ChunkSize fields are not included in this value. ChunkData ...

Smartphones have long since surpassed the old MP3 player when it comes to portable music, and continue to include more and more impressive audio hardware to win over the audiophile crowd – from front ...

Audio files come in different formats, sizes, and quality. Many media players cannot play every type of format, and there are certain functionalities that are limited to a few audio formats. Thus, it ...

When Peter Bliss sits back, closes his eyes and listens to a tune from his 4TB 67,000-song music library, he can almost see where the instruments are on a stage, hear every strum of the guitar, every ...

The BWAV file format is being extended to add metadata that accurately describes complex multichannel formats. Project from 2011 - 2017 This project has now ended. For the latest work in this area, ...

The MP3 made the iPod possible. Photo: Jim Merithew/Cult of Mac July 14, 1995: The MP3 file format receives its official name as the new .bit file extension gets changed to .mp3. The technology allows ...

This project has now ended. For the latest work in this area, please see our project page Next Generation Audio. IIC section is a group of around 25 researchers, investigating ways of capturing and ...