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Defines audio documents.
Includes the following types:
AudioFileType.mp3AudioFileType.aacAudioFileType.aiffAudioFileType.flacAudioFileType.m4aAudioFileType.wmaAudioFileType.ac3AudioFileType.oggAudioFileType.wav
Learn more about audio formats https://docs.fileformat.com/audio/.
The AudioFileType type exposes the following members:
| Constructor | Description |
|---|---|
| init | Initializes a new AudioFileType for serialization. |
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| compare_to | Compares current object to other. (inherited from Enumeration) |
| compare_to_object | (inherited from Enumeration) |
| equals | Implements the equality comparison defined by Enumeration.equals. (inherited from FileType) |
| equals_enumeration | (inherited from FileType) |
| equals_object | (inherited from Enumeration) |
| from_display_name | (inherited from Enumeration) |
| from_extension | Gets the FileType for the provided file extension. (inherited from FileType) |
| from_filename | Returns FileType for specified file_name. (inherited from FileType) |
| from_stream | Returns FileType for provided document stream. (inherited from FileType) |
| from_value | (inherited from Enumeration) |
| get_all | (inherited from FileType) |
| get_hash_code | Provides the default hash function. (inherited from Enumeration) |
| to_string | String representation of file type. (inherited from FileType) |
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| description | The file type description. (inherited from FileType) |
| extension | The file extension. (inherited from FileType) |
| family | The file family. (inherited from FileType) |
| file_format | The file format. (inherited from FileType) |
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| UNKNOWN | Unknown file type (inherited from FileType) |
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