Input file
WAVE
- Full Name: WAVe PCM Sound Format
- Developer: N/A
Output file
ALAC
- Full Name: Apple Lossless Audio Codec Audio Format
- Developer: Apple
What is WAVE file?
[ ⏩ ] WAVE file extension
What is ALAC file?
The ALAC .ALAC file extension is an audio file format known as Apple Lossless Audio Codec, designed by Apple Inc. to improve the storage efficiency of audio files while not sacrificing audio quality. It uses linear prediction and entropy coding techniques from the academic world and combines them with dedicated music-listening transform filters. [ ⏩ ] ALAC file extension
How to convert the file from WAVE to ALAC?
To successfully convert the WAVE file to ALAC, 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.WAVE). The next step is to select the target format from the list, in this case ALAC (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 ALAC).
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. WAVE to ALAC. To obtain a matched structure of the data, it is necessary to use an appropriate converter.
Program for converting WAVE files to ALAC 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 ALAC, while before this step we had the WAVE file). For the programs, the difference is on a much higher level – either the application will be able to open a new ALAC file, or not.