Sound : File Formats / Codec

.aif, .aiff

Audio Interchage File Format : What you get from a CD

.au

Sun Audio / Old Unix word / Lots of it at the beginning of the web

.mov

Encapsulation Quicktime, lots of possible codec (mp3, aac ...) 2004 : Version 6.5

.mid

MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) : Music Score (and more than just that)

.ram

Real Audio Streaming from real Network (N.B. : Recent release of version 10)

.asf

Microsoft Window Media Player

.mp3

MPEG-1 audio layer 3

.mp4 .m4a .aac

Advanced Audio Coding

.wav

Early DOS windows

Some Tools

Mac : SoundEdit / SimpleSound / QTPlayerPro

PC : SoundRecorder / CoolEdit / QTPlayerPro