Digital Audio Codecs

MP3 / MPEG-2 Layer 3

• Support: Apple (iTunes, Quicktime), Microsoft (WMP)
• Compression: verlustbehaftet
• Links: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP3

AAC / MPEG-4 Part 3

• Support: Apple (iTunes)
• Compression: verlustbehaftet
• Link: http://www.apple.com/mpeg4/aac/ , http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Audio_Coding

ATRAC

• Support: Sony (Sonic Stage)
• Compression:
• Link: http://www.sony.net/Products/ATRAC3/ , http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATRAC