Shoot fired before I was finished...ugh. AAC stands for Advanced Audio Coding.
> 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 > Bill Cunningham Cell: (775) 813-6892 http://www.cunndev.net _______________________________________________ RLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug
