.AIFF File Extension

Are you having difficulty opening a file that ends with .AIFF? Such files can be executed only by certain programs. If you cannot open the .AIFF file, it can be due to the following reasons: either you do not have an appropriate program to open it, or your file association is corrupted. For more information about this extension, please read the article below.

What is a .AIFF file?

.AIFF file belongs to the category of Audio Files used in operating systems such as Windows 11, 10, Windows 7, Windows 8 / 8.1, Windows Vista, Windows XP.

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Developer: Apple

File Type: Audio Interchange File Format

Category: Audio Files

Format: Binary

.AIFF file is associated with Audio Interchange File Format developed by Apple, has a Binary Format and belongs to Audio Files category.

The AIFF file is an uncompressed audio file format developed by Apple in 1998. This file contains high-quality audio that is stored in an uncompressed lossless format. Considering AIFF files are uncompressed, they have a bigger size than other lossy formats, for example, MP3; at the same time, AIFF files contain higher-quality audio. Also, AIFF files are very similar to the WAV file format.

Additional information

These files can be opened and played with various media players, like Microsoft Windows Media Player, Apple Music, Apple QuickTime Player, and VideoLAN VLC media player. Also, it contains 2 channels of uncompressed stereo audio with 16 bits sample size recorded at 44.1KHz.

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