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- Popular audio file
formats include .au (Unix workstations), .aiff (MAC, SGI), .wav (PC, DEC
workstations)
- A simple and widely used audio compression method is Adaptive
Delta Pulse Code Modulation (ADPCM). Based on past samples, it
predicts the next sample and encodes the difference between the actual
value and the predicted value.
Dave Marshall
10/4/2001