AudioFileType

AudioFileType class

Defines Audio documents Includes the following types: Mp3, Aac, Aiff, Flac, M4a, Wma, Ac3, Ogg, Wav, Learn more about audio formats here.

public sealed class AudioFileType : FileType

Constructors

Name Description
AudioFileType() Serialization constructor

Properties

Name Description
Description { get; } File type description
Extension { get; } The file extension
Family { get; } The file family
FileFormat { get; } The file format

Methods

Name Description
CompareTo(object) Compares current object to other.
override Equals(Enumeration) Implements Equals
override Equals(object) Determines whether two object instances are equal.
override GetHashCode() Serves as the default hash function.
override ToString() String representation

Fields

Name Description
static readonly Aac AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) refers to digital audio coding standard that represent audio files based on lossy audio compression. Learn more about this file format here.
static readonly Ac3 A file with a .ac3 extension is an Audio Codec 3 file, introduced by Dolby Laboratories. It is an audio format that can contain up to six channels of audio output. Learn more about this file format here.
static readonly Aiff The AIFF (Audio Interchange File Format) is an uncompressed audio file format developed by Apple in 1998, but is based on EA IFF 85 Learn more about this file format here.
static readonly Flac FLAC(Free Lossless Audio Codec) is a lossless compression audio coding format developed by Xiph.Org Foundation Learn more about this file format here.
static readonly M4a The M4A file format is an audio file created by using the AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) which is known as a lossy compression. Learn more about this file format here.
static readonly Mp3 Files with .mp3 extension are digitally encoded file formats for audio files that are formally based on the MPEG-1 Audio Layer III or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III. Learn more about this file format here.
static readonly Ogg OGG is an Ogg Vorbis Compressed Audio File that is saved with the .ogg extension. OGG files are used for storing audio data and can include artist and track information and metadata as well. Learn more about this file format here.
static readonly Wav WAV, known for WAVE (Waveform Audio File Format), is a subset of Microsoft’s Resource Interchange File Format (RIFF) specification for storing digital audio files. Learn more about this file format here.
static readonly Wma A file with .wma extension represents an audio file that is saved in the Advanced Systems Format (ASF) format. Learn more about this file format here.

See Also

CadFileType