One minor drawback is that the file sizes can be huge which can make them a little impractical.Ī file with the WAV file extension is a Waveform audio file format and is a container that stores data in segments.

As they are stored in an uncompressed format they are enormously versatile and allow for easy editing and manipulation. It was originally developed back in 1991 for use within Windows 3.1 but today it is the gold standard in studio recording and one of the most popular digital audio formats. The WAV file is one of the simplest digital audio file formats. An added benefit of M4A files are that they do not carry any Digital Rights Management protection. It was developed by Apple and it only contains audio data, rather than MP4 which contains both audio and video. This effectively means that they can be decoded back to their original quality they were at the point of compression. M4A is a file encoded with advanced audio coding (AAC) and is implemented with AAC compression standards or ALAC (Apple Lossless Audio Codec) specifications. It's the default audio format for Apple products, Nintendo products, Android, Blackberry, PlayStation, and many in-dash music systems in cars. M4A files sound better than MP3 files when encoded at the same bit rate due to some of the enhancements.

It was generally intended as the successor to MP3 and the file quality is better and file sizes smaller compared to MP3 files. M4A audio files were developed to enable easy sharing of digital music, audiobook content, podcasts.

Converting a m4a file to wav