AAC (Advanced Audio Coding)

AAC ist ein verlustbehafteter Audio-Codec mit besserer Klangqualität als MP3 bei gleicher Bitrate. Standard für iTunes, YouTube und die meisten Streaming-Dienste.

MIME-Typ

audio/aac

Typ

Binaer

Komprimierung

Verlustbehaftet

Vorteile

+ Better audio quality than MP3 at equivalent bitrates
+ Native support in Apple, Android, YouTube, and streaming platforms
+ Supports multichannel surround sound (up to 48 channels)
+ HE-AAC profiles enable high-quality low-bitrate streaming

Nachteile

− Lossy compression still discards audio data permanently
− Licensing fees apply for AAC encoder distribution
− Some open-source tools have limited AAC encoding support

Wann Sie .AAC verwenden sollten

Verwenden Sie AAC für Musik-Streaming, Podcasts und Mobilgeräte-Audio. Standard im Apple-Ökosystem.

Technische Details

AAC verwendet MDCT mit fortschrittlicheren psychoakustischen Modellen als MP3. Profile: AAC-LC, HE-AAC, HE-AAC v2.

Geschichte

AAC wurde 1997 als Teil des MPEG-2-Standards von Dolby, Sony, Nokia, AT&T und Fraunhofer entwickelt.

Von .AAC konvertieren

.aac → .ac3 .aac → .aiff .aac → .alac .aac → .amr .aac → .ape .aac → .avi .aac → .flac .aac → .flv .aac → .m4a .aac → .mid .aac → .midi .aac → .mkv .aac → .mov .aac → .mp3 .aac → .mp4 .aac → .ogg .aac → .opus .aac → .wav .aac → .webm .aac → .wma

In .AAC konvertieren

.ac3 → .aac .aiff → .aac .alac → .aac .amr → .aac .ape → .aac .avi → .aac .flac → .aac .flv → .aac .m4a → .aac .mid → .aac .midi → .aac .mkv → .aac .mov → .aac .mp3 → .aac .mp4 → .aac .ogg → .aac .opus → .aac .wav → .aac .webm → .aac .wma → .aac

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