Difference between revisions of "Audio"

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We may also wish to consider FLAC as a preservation format for audio files. It is less well-known in the archival community but is a fully lossless, openly-specified, non-proprietary audio format.
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Library of Congress considers WAVE LPCM as the "preferred format for sound recordings." [http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/formats/fdd/fdd000002.shtml Library of Congress Sustainability of Digital Formats: WAVE Audio File Format with LPCM audio]
 
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*Florida Digital Archive normalizes audio streams contained in WAVE files to uncompressed PCM(LPCM) with a sample size of 16 bits/sample. See [http://www.fcla.edu/digitalArchive/formatInfo.htm Preservation action plans: WAVE].
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
  

Revision as of 13:06, 15 March 2010

Main Page > Documentation > Media type preservation plans > Audio


Significant properties of audio files

Preservation Format

LPCM/WAVE

Access Format

MP3

Normalization tool

FFmpeg

Comments

Library of Congress considers WAVE LPCM as the "preferred format for sound recordings." Library of Congress Sustainability of Digital Formats: WAVE Audio File Format with LPCM audio

  • Florida Digital Archive normalizes audio streams contained in WAVE files to uncompressed PCM(LPCM) with a sample size of 16 bits/sample. See Preservation action plans: WAVE.