Moved: WAV vs AIFF
A question. What's the difference between WAV files and AIF files. Now for longest time I thought Musical CD's use AIF files, but a friend of mine making a copy of musical CD for me said she made a mistake. She recorded it as MP3 file instead of standard WAV files to play in CD Players. I argued with her saying that it's AIF files. When I research on the Internet to find out which, I found something call standard "Red Book." Could some one clarify this for me?
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<strong>A question. What's the difference between WAV files and AIF files. Now for longest time I thought Musical CD's use AIF files, but a friend of mine making a copy of musical CD for me said she made a mistake. She recorded it as MP3 file instead of standard WAV files to play in CD Players. I argued with her saying that it's AIF files. When I research on the Internet to find out which, I found something call standard "Red Book." Could some one clarify this for me?</strong><hr></blockquote>
The answer to a few of your questions can be answered at <a href="http://www.computeruser.com/resources/dictionary/filetypes.html"; target="_blank">http://www.computeruser.com/resources/dictionary/filetypes.html</a>;
<a href="http://www.computeruser.com/resources/dictionary/filetypes.html"; target="_blank">web page</a>
As far as what is/was the original file type for audio CD's, you would have to ask Thomas Stockham himself (father of digital sound) . I tried this link and grew tired of searching....so sorry. <a href="http://history.acusd.edu/gen/recording/stockham.html"; target="_blank">web page</a>