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Experts have been saying that MP3 is on its last legs for years. And yet, MP3 remains the de-facto standard when it comes to music files format. Even with the advent of higher-quality encodings such as AAC and FLAC, people still run to MP3 when they want to download their favorite songs.
Very likely, yes. People who enjoy listening to music are mostly not die-hard audiophiles.… Read the rest
Vinyl records, cassette tapes, CDs, … All those were (and still are) used to store music. However, in modern times, more and more people maintain their music library digitally.
Audio files take up way less physical space than shelves and boxes full of CDs. Furthermore, you don’t need to keep a whole album if you only prefer one or two songs from it. Many artists stopped producing costly records even, sharing their music online via Spotify, iTunes or other vendors.… Read the rest
Many people enjoy listening to music while driving. When most of car head units are equipped with CD player, listening to high-quality music was a breeze. That era is behind us now. Most people these days store their favorite music on their phones or USB flash drive and that leaves them wanting more. The question they often ask is …
A stereo sound is a sound that surrounds you and comes from more than one point. This is the natural way for humans to hear and it allows us to pinpoint where the sound is coming from. Therefore, when you listen to a symphony, you can tell where a certain instrument is situated.
If you ask a sound engineer about stereo recording, he or she will probably bombard you with many different ways of making one.… Read the rest
In games and on movie players you will find the option to change the audio channel between stereo and mono. With Online-Convert.com, you can change this for your video files as well, either on the website or using our API (check out the tutorial). But what does that even mean, stereo and mono? What’s the difference between the two. Can you even hear it?
Read more to find out what distinguishes stereo from mono.… Read the rest
There is more to audio files than just an icon to click on and an audio stream to listen to. When going a bit more in depth when it comes to audio files and audio file conversion, you have surely heard about different audio codecs. It is, among other things, responsible for the compression of audio data and determines which players and other hardware devices can play the file. For example, many media players have a huge list of supported codecs, but offer additional codec patches to be installed if one of your files does not play.… Read the rest
One of the many advantages of Online-Convert.com is conversion across different file categories. There is more than just converting images or document from one format to the other!
That way, you have so many more possibilities. You can easily turn a video into an animated GIF or a presentation into a video. You can even extract text from a picture. For a more complete list, you can check this article about what’s possible with cross-conversion.… Read the rest
Billions upon billions of files are shared throughout the world via the web everyday. Not too long ago though, many of the files shared with others were problematic. They were either troublesome for the recipient or the sender. In most cases, for both. The reason for some of these problems were due to the types of files that were being sent or shared. Some files were either too big, or in the wrong format.… Read the rest
When talking about video and audio conversion, we have oftentimes stumbled across the mention of bitrate. It plays a big role in the quality of audio or video files and the compression of both respectively.
Does Bit Rate Matter? Test Yourself With These Audio Samples!
However, when you try to read up on different rates, you may have also stumbled upon a similar term: baud rate.
In order for you not to confuse these two, lets have a look at the differences between baud rate and bitrate.… Read the rest
When people wonder about audio formats, the majority of them think of MP3. However, there are many other types of audio formats out there, not just MP3. Audio file formats such as FLAC, WMA, AAC, OGG, OPUS and WMA are just some of the many others available. Still, with such a long list, which one is right for you? Which one should you choose or ignore altogether? This article goes over the top audio formats and which one may be your best choice.… Read the rest
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