Audio Decoder
Audio Decoder
US $51.99
How to Choose Audio Converter for Your PC
The function of audio converter is to convert audio file, and through the conversion to realize different people's needs. The most popular Microsoft format WAV, is uncompressed nondestructive format. Because of it is uncompressed, WAV files are usually very large. For a normal music song it can reach maybe dozens of Mega Bytes. When you want to store more music files, your disk memory will be full. In this way to convert WAV to the compressed formats such as MP3 or WMA etc. becomes very necessary. The compressed music files have no impacts on the normal music quality, what's more important, it can save so much space of your disk memory.
Apart from compress file to make it smaller, the other important function of audio converter is to transfer audio files to multimedia devices such as cellphone, MP4 player, iPod, iPhone etc. Since these devices have their own standard for video and audio formats, for example, iPod only support AAC formats, the meaning of audio converter is to convert and transfer these file into your devices, so that you can enjoy the music anywhere at any time.
To choose an audio converter, you need to focus on the following functions:
Supported audio decoding or encoding formats: what formats does it support for audio decoding and encoding? The most popular audio formats include MP3, WMA, WAV, AAC, OGG, APE etc.
Audio extracting functions: Besides audio decoding, it should allow decoding popular HD/SD video formats such as AVI, MPEG, WMV, MP4, H.264/MPEG-4, and converting them to audio formats.
Does it have CD burning and ripping function? If will be great if it can rip CDs to music files which are compatible with popular music players. Also you can use it to create music CD from your most liked songs, so that you can play it on CD Players.
Audio transfer function: You can use it to transfer CDs, videos and audio to your multimedia devices, such as iPod, iPhone or PSP etc.
Can you add special effect into it? This is quite interesting and useful. You can actually use it to add audio effects such as fade-in, fade-out, chorus, flange, echo or band pass etc. into the music.
Apart from all of above, a great Audio Converter should also allow users to clip audio segments, split audio files, and multi-formats output which enables you to get the same file with different formats in just one click.
What's more multilingual interface is very important in case you can't speak English. So it should have English, German, Spanish, French, Japanese and Chinese etc.
After learning how to choose a good audio converter, you will be able pick your favorite one from many options.
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For me to get a specific audio format, do my A/V receiver and DVD player both need the decoder?
No only one or the other.
If the receiver has the Dolby Digital and DTS decoders then all you need is to hook up the player with a optical or coax digital cable to the receiver
If on the other hand you have an older receiver that has no digital inputs but has a multi-channel input and a dvd-audio player with 6 analog outs for surround sound then you can use that type of connection and the player will decode the Dolby and DTS surround.
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