AAC is really: <audio> (AAC) A successor to MP3, allowing lower bit rates and more stable quality.
according to dictionary.com. --- Tim Hammerquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sam Phillips wrote: > > Tim Hammerquist wrote: > > > ogg - free, unencumbered audio codec. [...] > > > > Ogg is not an audio codec. Ogg is a generic media > wrapper > > (kinda like quicktime.) Ogg Vorbis is the lossy audio > codec > > that everyone calls Ogg. > > True. Thanks for clarifying. > > Also, on a similar note, let me add that, while most of > the > codecs I listed were by the file extension most commonly > associated with them, the entry for AAC was incomplete. > > AAC (I presume one of the A's stands for Apple, but I > think > I heard somewhere that that's not true) encoded files are > usually found with either a '.m4a' or '.m4p' extension, > the > former being a normal AAC-encoded file, the latter being > 'protected' (ie, DRM'd). Songs you "import" in iTunes in > AAC > will have a '.m4a' extension; songs purchased on iTunes > Music > Store will have '.m4p'. > > I believe the extension is because the AAC encoder uses > an MPEG4 > container, like the Ogg Vorbis codec is found in an Ogg > wrapper. > > My USD$0.05... scattered about like my thoughts, > Tim > -- > Two penguins were walking on an iceberg. The first > penguin > said to the second, "you look like you are wearing a > tuxedo." > The second penguin said, "I might be..." > --David Lynch, Twin Peaks > > _______________________________________________ > RLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug > Bill Cunningham Cell: (775) 813-6892 http://www.cunndev.net _______________________________________________ RLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug
