Audio files come in a number of different formats. Some are lossy, such as AAC and MP3; they save space compared to the original files, but some of the original data is lost during compression. Some ...

Digital audio has exploded far beyond the compact-disc era. We now hop between streaming apps, edit voice-overs on laptops and share podcasts from phones that hold more songs than an old-school record ...

Mounting horror at the choice of AAC as audio codec for EMI's DRM-free music downloads at the iTunes store? See above how to do it in iTunes. Alternatives: WinAMP is the best transcoding software for ...

I like iTunes. I don't like dealing with AAC files when I have a portable MP3 player, a car stereo that plays MP3s, and a home DVD player that plays MP3s. I'm not going for quality here, I'm going for ...

If you’ve bought albums on iTunes, or ripped CDs into its library, then you’ll notice that when you want to move them to another device they might not be compatible. This is because Apple uses the AAC ...