Input file
AU
- Full Name: Unix Audio Sound File Format
- Developer: N/A
Output file
AIFF
- Full Name: Audio Interchange File Format
- Developer: Apple
What is AU file?
An AU file is an audio file encoded as a standard Unix audio format developed at Sun Microsystems. The AU file extension stands for the Audio Interchange File Format (AIFF), which was used in early computers to store digitized sounds and music from CD quality on hard drives. [ ⏩ ] AU file extension
What is AIFF file?
The AIFF (Audio Interchange File Format) file extension is a generally lossless audio format. Developed by Apple Inc., it was the first mainstream audio file format developed for the Macintosh personal computer system. AIFF is based on the .IFF format created by Electronic Arts for use with its Electronic Music Synthesizers. This format was adopted by Apple and modified using the IFF ‘8SVX’ format for the Macintosh. [ ⏩ ] AIFF file extension
Software, that you can use to convert
How to convert the file from AU to AIFF?
To successfully convert the AU file to AIFF, you should install one of the applications from the list. After installing the software, open the program and select the file you want to convert (file-name.AU). The next step is to select the target format from the list, in this case AIFF (usually converters allow you to convert to several different formats, so check out their features - maybe one of the available formats will suit you more than AIFF).
What is a file conversion?
A data conversion is normally an automated process to some extent. The effect of the operation of one program is automatically the input product of another application. If that does not happen we need to help the process a little bit and convert the file on our own, e.g. AU to AIFF. To obtain a matched structure of the data, it is necessary to use an appropriate converter.
Program for converting AU files to AIFF files is a kind of a "binary code translator" compensating for the differences in the code or translating it in such a way so that another application could use it. For us, as users, the visible change will be only another file extension. (After converting the file, it will be the extension AIFF, while before this step we had the AU file). For the programs, the difference is on a much higher level – either the application will be able to open a new AIFF file, or not.