Audio File Extensions

Audio file formats

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.mp3

MPEG Audio Layer III

MP3 (MPEG Audio Layer III) is a widely used audio coding format for digital audio. It's known for it...
.ogg

Ogg Vorbis

The Ogg file format is a free, open container format maintained by the Xiph.Org Foundation. It is de...
.flac

Free Lossless Audio Codec

FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) is an audio coding format for lossless compression of digital audio...
.aac

Advanced Audio Coding

Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) is a standardized, lossy audio compression and encoding scheme for digit...
.tts

Text-to-Speech Voice File

The .tts file extension is commonly associated with text-to-speech (TTS) voice files. These files ty...
.wma

Windows Media Audio

Windows Media Audio (WMA) is a proprietary audio codec developed by Microsoft. It is used for storin...
.ape

Monkey's Audio

Monkey's Audio (APE) is a lossless audio compression format. This means that, unlike lossy formats l...
.opus

Opus Audio File

Opus is a lossy audio coding format developed by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and stan...
.wma lossless

Windows Media Audio Lossless

Windows Media Audio Lossless (WMA Lossless) is an audio codec developed by Microsoft. It's designed ...
.wav

Waveform Audio File Format

The Waveform Audio File Format (WAV, or less commonly WAVE due to MS-DOS 8.3 file name limits) is a ...
.alac

Apple Lossless Audio Codec

The ALAC (Apple Lossless Audio Codec) file format is a lossless audio compression format developed b...
.aiff

Audio Interchange File Format

The Audio Interchange File Format (AIFF) is an audio file format standard used for storing sound dat...
.m4r

MPEG 4 Ringtone

The M4R file extension is used for iPhone ringtone files. It's essentially an AAC (Advanced Audio Co...
.m4a

MPEG-4 Audio

M4A (MPEG-4 Audio) is a filename extension used to represent audio files encoded with Advanced Audio...
.pls

PLS Playlist File

A PLS (Playlist) file is a plain text file format used to store a list of audio or video files for p...
.wpl

Windows Media Player Playlist

A WPL file is a playlist format used by Windows Media Player. It's essentially an XML-based file tha...
.m3u

UTF-8 M3U Playlist

An M3U (Moving Picture Experts Group Audio Layer 3 Uniform Resource Locator) file is a plain text fi...
.pkf

Adobe Audition Peak File

Adobe Audition Peak files (.pkf) are auxiliary files created by Adobe Audition, a professional audio...

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Frequently Asked Questions about Audio Files

Audio file extensions are used for files that contain sound recordings, music, voice recordings, and other audio content in compressed or uncompressed formats.

To open Audio files, you'll need appropriate software that supports the specific file extension. Here are some general recommendations:

  • VLC Media Player - Supports most audio formats
  • Windows Media Player or iTunes - For common formats
  • Audacity - For editing audio files
  • Spotify or Apple Music - For streaming formats

For detailed information about specific file extensions, click on any extension in our directory.

Converting Audio files to different formats can be done using:

  1. Dedicated software - Many applications that open these files also allow saving in different formats
  2. Online conversion services - Websites like Zamzar, CloudConvert, or Online-Convert
  3. Format-specific converters - Tools designed for specific conversion paths

Remember that conversion may result in some loss of quality or features depending on the compatibility between formats.

If you're having trouble opening a Audio file:

  1. Verify the file isn't corrupted by trying to open it on a different device
  2. Make sure you have the latest version of your software
  3. Try using alternative software that supports the file format
  4. Consider converting the file to a more common format if possible
  5. Check for file extension errors - sometimes files are incorrectly named

For specific recommendations, visit the detailed page for your particular file extension.