audio codec
Digital sound translator
An audio codec is software or hardware that compresses and decompresses digital audio data.
Codec combines "coder" and "decoder"—the two functions it performs.
Different codecs balance file size against sound quality: MP3 sacrifices some fidelity for smaller files, while FLAC preserves full quality.
What codec does this file use?
- MP3Lossy audio compression standard
- AACSound compression format
- compressionForcing into smaller space
- file sizeStorage space occupied
- bitrateData transfer speed
bit depth · sample rate · FLAC · lossless · lossy · data compression · streaming · WAV · sampling · artifact · bandwidth · digital · converter · playback · algorithm · sound quality · format · quality
- audiosound, headphones, volume control, sound recording, noise
- compressioncompress, compression, compressor, compressing, compact
- chip componentsCPU, GPU, ALU, DSP, ISP
- Digital TVHDTV, SDTV, broadcast, satellite TV, cable systems
- Motherboardsmotherboard, PCB, chipset, BIOS, CPU socket
- soundsound, sound waves, echoes, acoustics, vibrations