1. Different developers:

1.APE:

APE is suppressed by the software Monkey's audio. The developer is Matthew T. Ashland, and the source code is open , famous for its "monkey" logo on its interface.

2.FLAC:

The FLAC project was launched in 2000 by Josh Coalson. After entering the beta phase and with the release of the reference implementation of version 0.5 on January 15, 2001, the FLAC bitstream format was frozen. FLAC released version 1.0 in June 2001.

3.WAV:

WAV is a sound file format developed by Microsoft, which conforms to the RIFF (Resource Interchange File Format) file specification.

2. Compression rate:

1. APE:

The compression rate is higher than FLAC and WAV.

2.FLAC:

FLAC compression rate is not as good as APE.

3.WAV:

WAV has the lowest compression rate. Since both flac and ape encode WAV with higher technology, they exchange for a smaller size. This is why The fundamental reason why the two formats emerged.

Extended information

WAV waveform files are waveform files that can be directly read by audio equipment and many software, and there is basically no encoding and decoding problem. Both flac and ape encode WAV, so they can achieve a smaller size, but at the same time, when decoding and playing, because the resolution of the playback equipment is very sensitive, there will be a certain amount of jitter, resulting in a playback effect that is not full and smooth enough. You can solve this problem by uniformly converting to WAV format for listening.

The more complex the encoding, the more troublesome it is to decode, and the higher the memory usage and power consumption. Those players who cannot afford to damage the player feel the deepest feeling. With the same power, the playback time of the three formats is from long to short: WAV, FLAC, and APE. Therefore, if your portable player is relatively fragile, you can naturally choose WAV to enjoy more Long hours of music.

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