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Charting the PC Formats
WAV files are great for ripping and storing full-quality CD audio for playback on
your PC, if you have enough hard drive space.
MP3 is a very versatile format that plays on the PC and on many peripheral devices
that lets you “tag” your songs to locate them quickly.
WMA is the Windows Media format that has high fidelity with maximum compres-
sion.
AAC is the Apple format that works in iTunes and iPod.
INTRODUCTION
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TIP
OGG is a web-based compres-
sion file format popularized at
the beginning of the MP3 craze
and is now supported by Easy
Media Creator, other PC-based
programs, and many periph-
eral devices. The quality is com- ...