Digital sound is nothing more than numbers. What separates one container from another is how those numbers are packed, how much data (if any) is thrown away, and which devices understand the result.

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If you've ever tried to search for software that can convert audio and video files on Windows, you might know how hard it can be to find dedicated solutions that are actually free and function as ...

I've done some digging, but no previous thread addresses this directly. How can I take an mpa file produced by dvd2avi to a wav file? Most seem to deal with ac3 audio, and I'm not converting from a ...