What Is the Data Format on a Music CD?
Pick any popular music title to purchase, and you will most likely be asked to choose between a physical audio CD or MP3 data file. CD stands for a physical plastic compact disc, and MP3 stands for an MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3, which is a computer data format file.FeaturesWhen audio engineers work on music files, they use the format know as .wav (Waveform Audio File Format). This is also the file that gets recorded onto the compact disc. Waveform Audio File Format are uncompressed data files and contain the most information.FunctionThe data format on a music CD may be converted to other data formats depending on what software you use to read it.TypesIf you open up a music CD on a Mac computer, the files will be opened up as an .aiff (Audio Interchange File Format). If you open up the music CD on a PC/Windows computer, the file will be .cda (CD Audio Track).IdentificationWhen data tracks on a CD are extracted to a computer program, they may be automatically converted to other data tracks, su
