MP3 file format (short for MPEG Audio layer 3) is a lossy audio data compression format, developed by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). This format is used to compress normal audio formats (WAV or CD audio) at a rate of 1:12.

If you're getting into film photography and have been doing some research, you might have encountered 120 medium format film. This larger roll of film is designed for medium format cameras, hence the name medium format film. This type of film is ...

When it comes to discussions of digital audio, you’ll quickly run into an alphabet soup of acronyms: MP3, AAC, ALAC, FLAC, WAV, DSD, and so on. It’s practically endless. You’d think that with this many digital audio file types, we wouldn’t need yet ...

CNET explains what FLAC is, where to buy music in the format, and how to play it on your phone, computer or hi-fi. TV and home video editor Ty Pendlebury joined CNET Australia in 2006, and moved to New York City to be a part of CNET in 2011. He tests ...

Dolby Atmos is a 3D surround sound format designed to enhance movies, TV shows, music, and video games. The technology uses spatial audio mixing to spread sound effects in all directions, including above your head. The format is supported on many modern ...

You may have noticed an online image format appearing in your browser lately, especially if you have a blog or like to save images you find online. It’s called WebP ...

JSON is the leading data interchange format for web applications and more. Here’s what you need to know about JavaScript Object Notation. JSON, or JavaScript Object Notation, is a format used to represent data. It was introduced in the early 2000s as ...

A Quick Format will rebuild the file system, volume label, and cluster size. A Full Format will delete the files, rebuild the file system, volume label, cluster size & scan the partition for bad sectors. Since Windows Vista, a full format writes zeroes to ...

Getting a better-quality CD experience without having to upgrade your CD player sounds delightful, doesn't it? Sony's new Blu-spec CD format promises just that, employing the same technology used to author Blu-ray discs to master standard CDs. Blu-spec CDs ...