AIFF and MP3 File Formats

AIFF files are uncompressed, making the files quite large compared to the ubiquitous MP3 format. AIFF files are comparable to Microsoft's wave files, because they are high quality they are excellent for burning to CD. A hybrid variety of AIFF, termed AIFF-C, supports compression algorithms to the tune of 6:1. Compressed audio files do not have the same full quality of uncompressed files, though the difference will be less noticeable on small portable audio devices such as MP3 players.

The structure of an AIFF file contains distinct blocks of data called "chunks." Each chunk contains specific information about the file's contents. For example, a file will have a common chunk, a sound data chunk and a chunk ID. Other chunks include a name, author and copyright chunk. Perhaps owing in part to this structure, AIFF files have been commonly used in professional recording industries for many years.

AIFF is a lossless format, like wave. You can't "make" an AIFF file by starting with a compressed format that has already removed some of the data from the sound file. Or to be clearer, if you convert a lossy format like MP3 to AIFF, it won't sound any better than the MP3 file did.

MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a digital audio encoding format using a form of lossy data compression. It is a common audio format for consumer audio storage, as well as a de facto standard encoding for the transfer and playback of music on digital audio players. MP3's use of a lossy compression algorithm is designed to greatly reduce the amount of data required to represent the audio recording and still sound like a faithful reproduction of the original uncompressed audio for most listeners, but is not considered high fidelity audio by most audiophiles.

Converting AIFF to MP3 with NoteBurner Converter

NoteBurner AIFF to MP3 Converter has the excellent capability of converting AIFF to MP3, WMA and WAV. This versatile AIFF to MP3 Converter can also convert AAC, M4P, WMA, AA, WAV, AIFF and many other audio files to MP3, WMA and WAV.

NoteBurner AIFF to MP3 Converter has been used and praised by numerous users around the world as an ideal solution for converting various audio or music files format to MP3,WMA or WAV format.

NoteBurner AIFF to MP3 Converter installs a virtual CD-RW, it helps you burn any unprotected or DRM protected audio files , such as AIFF, M4P, M4A, WMA music files onto the virtual CD, rips tracks on the virtual CD, encodes tracks onto MP3, WAV or WMA music files. It can repeat this audio converting procedure until your whole music collection is done.

Main features of NoteBurner AIFF to MP3 Converter:

* Supports DRM protected audio files such as iTunes M4P, AAC, M4B, WMA, AA, OMA, etc.
* Supports DRM-free audio files such as WAV, WMA, AAC, AC3, APE, AIFF, etc.
* Magic fast converting speed
* Encodes output files with high-fidelity sound quality
* Works with iTunes, Windows Media Player, RealPlayer, Winamp, SonicStage
* Supports iPod, PSP, Zune, Creative Zen, Archos, SanDisk Sansa media players, and all cell phones
* Transfers ID3 tags such as title, artist, genre, album, and cover art from source audio files to MP3 files
* Batch mode for converting large collection of music