Appendix A. File formats
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A.2.2. Lossless Codecs
Format
Extension
Notes
Audio Interchange File Format
.aif, .aiff
AIFF supports following formats:
linear pcm 8/16/24/32 bit.
IEEE float 32/64 bit
ITU-T G.711 a-low/
µ
-low
QuickTime IMA ADPCM
Monkey’s Audio
.ape, .mac
-c1000 to -c3000 files decode fast
enough to be useful.
Sun Audio
.au, .snd
Sun Audio supports following for-
mats:
linear pcm 8/16/24/32 bit.
IEEE float 32/64 bit
ITU-T G.711 a-low/
µ
-low
Free Lossless Audio
.flac
Apple Lossless
.m4a, .mp4
Shorten
.shn
Seeking not supported.
True Audio
.tta
Wave64
.w64
Wave/Wave64 supports following
formats:
Waveform audio format
.wav
linear pcm 8/16/24/32 bit.
IEEE float 32/64 bit
ITU-T G.711 a-low/
µ
-low
Microsoft ADPCM
Intel DVI ADPCM(IMA ADPCM)
2/3/4/5 bit
Dialogic OKI ADPCM
YAMAHA ADPCM
Adobe SWF ADPCM
Wavpack
.wv
The Rockbox manual
Toshiba Gigabeat F and X Series