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Compatible with nearly all software and hardware audio players.
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256 Kb/s
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DVD quality
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2mb/1min
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128 Kb/s
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CD quality
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1mb/1min
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64 Kb/s
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FM quality
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1mb/2min
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32 Kb/s
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AM quality
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1mb/4min
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16 Kb/s
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Phone quality
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1mb/8min
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Metadata
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ID3: Title, Artist, Cover Art, Lyrics, Bit Rate
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Used by many online services. Usualy free of any restrictions, and can be played, converted, edited with any software.
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Originaly developed in 1991 as part of MPEG video format. Widely popular as a
non-streaming audio format.
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Compatible with many (192) digital audio players including iPod.
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format1
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Phone quality
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2mb/1hour
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format2
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AM quality
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4mb/1hour
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format3
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FM quality
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7mb/1hour
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format4
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Near CD quality
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14mb/1hour
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Requires the Audible file manager or iTunes.
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Usualy encoded with
Audible DRM
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Developed and used exclusively by Audible as part of their online audio book service.
Extremely compact format.
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Compatible with Apple iPod, Microsoft Zune, Sony PSP, an large number of cellphones from many manufacturers.
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format1
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Phone quality
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2mb/1hour
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format2
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AM quality
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4mb/1hour
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format3
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FM quality
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7mb/1hour
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format4
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Near CD quality
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14mb/1hour
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Metadata
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Title, Artist, Cover Art, Lyrics, Bit Rate
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Can be encoded with Apple's
FairPlay
DRM.
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Used by Apple as part of their online music and audio book service.
Used for
Podcasts.
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Compatible with all CD players.
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Metadata
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CD text:
Title,
Artist,
Album ,
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There's currently no effective DRM scheme for audio CDs.
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The original digital audio format. This file format is not used to store audio files on the computer, only for making regular audio CDs that can be played on any CD player.
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Compatible with most software and hardware audio players.
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WMA Lossless
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No loss of quality
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5-3 mb/1min
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128 Kb/s
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CD quality
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1mb/1min
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64 Kb/s
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FM quality
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1mb/2min
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32 Kb/s
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AM quality
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1mb/4min
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16 Kb/s
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Phone quality
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1mb/8min
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Metadata
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Song Name Title
Artist,
Genre,
Album ,
Album Art,
Parental Rating,
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Developed and supported by Microsoft as part of Microsoft Windows. About same file size as MP3, WMA is said to be better quality. Without DRM encoding can be played by most software and hardware players. With DRM, needs WMP 10, and compatible hardware.
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