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Name Apple Lossless Audio Codec
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Identifiers PUID:  fmt/596
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Classification Audio
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Description Apple Lossless, also known as Apple Lossless Audio Codec (ALAC), or Apple Lossless Encoder (ALE), is an audio codec developed by Apple Inc. for lossless data compression of digital music. Apple Lossless data is stored within an MP4 container with the filename extension .m4a.
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Related file formats Has priority over MPEG-4 Media File  
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Developed by Apple Computer, Inc.
Supported by Apple Computer, Inc.
Source Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Source date 12 Nov 2013
Source description http://www.applelossless.com/ http://alac.macosforge.org/trac/browser/trunk/ALACMagicCookieDescription.txt http://alac.macosforge.org/trac/browser/trunk/codec/ALACAudioTypes.h?rev=2#
Last updated 12 Nov 2013
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