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An audio codec is a device or computer program capable of encoding or decoding a digital data stream (a codec) that encodes or decodes audio.
- What is audio codec mean?
- How does audio codec work?
- What is a codec used for?
- What is the standard audio codec?
What is audio codec mean?
A Codec is a combination of the words coder/decoder. It is a device or computer program which encodes or decodes a data stream or signal. In the case of audio, it compresses the file for transmission and decompresses the received files upon playback.
How does audio codec work?
An audio codec is a digital electronic device or computer-based software application that aids in the compression and decompression of a digital audio data stream. A software-based audio codec essentially consists of an implemented algorithm that codes and decodes an audio stream.
What is a codec used for?
What's a codec? A codec compresses or decompresses media files such as songs or videos. Windows Media Player and other apps use codecs to play and create media files. A codec can consist of two parts: an encoder that compresses the media file (encoding) and a decoder that decompresses the file (decoding).
What is the standard audio codec?
The most widely used audio coding formats are MP3 and Advanced Audio Coding (AAC), both of which are lossy formats based on modified discrete cosine transform (MDCT) and perceptual coding algorithms.
