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.