Audio
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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.