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DVD-Audio (commonly abbreviated as DVD-A) is a digital format for delivering high-fidelity audio content on a DVD. DVD-Audio uses most of the storage on the disc for high-quality audio and is not intended to be a video delivery format.
An audio file format is a file format for storing digital audio data on a computer system. The bit layout of the audio data (excluding metadata) is called the audio coding format and can be uncompressed, or compressed to reduce the file size, often using lossy compression.
Timeline of audio formats An audio format is a medium for sound recording and reproduction. The term is applied to both the physical recording media and the recording formats of the audio content —in computer science it is often limited to the audio file format, but its wider use usually refers to the physical method used to store the data. Note on the use of analog compared to digital in ...
Comparison of audio coding formats The following tables compare general and technical information for a variety of audio coding formats . For listening tests comparing the perceived audio quality of audio formats and codecs, see the article Codec listening test .
Comparison of video container formats These tables compare features of multimedia container formats, most often used for storing or streaming digital video or digital audio content. To see which multimedia players support which container format, look at comparison of media players .
List of archive formats This is a list of file formats used by archivers and compressors used to create archive files .
This is a list of file formats used by computers, organized by type. Filename extension is usually noted in parentheses if they differ from the file format 's name or abbreviation.
List of filename extensions (A–E) This alphabetical list of filename extensions contains extensions of notable file formats used by multiple notable applications or services.