Sound and movie formats

Sound Files

• AIF - Audio Interchange Format; sound file common on Apple Macs
• AU - Audio file; one of the pioneer sound formats
• MID - abbreviated MIDI Musical Instrument Digital Interface sound format
• MP3 - MPEG audio stream, layer III; high compressed audio files generally used to record audio tracks and store them in a decent sized file available for playback. See our MP3 page for additional information
• WAV - Waveform; a digital sound file for Windows; works with Media Player and Sound Recorder
• RA, RAM - Real Audio format
• RM - Real Media.

Movie Files

• AVI - Microsoft's Audio Video Interleaved; movie/video format with sound track; accessible through Window's Media Player
• MOV - QuickTime movie file; video format that originated on Apple's Macintosh computers; now in Windows too
• MPG/MPEG - Motion Picture Experts Group; movie format that is highly compressed
• QT - QuickTime movie files
• QTW - QuickTime for Windows format movie files.

A Movie Alternative

• GIF - Animated Gif (Graphics Interchange Format) graphics and pictures in a compressed format often used on the World Wide Web; developed by CompuServe using compression technologies from Unisys; displays up to 256 colours.