An audio format from Apple that was developed to remove the limitations of AIFF and WAV formats. This is a container that can store sound encoded by various algorithms and track metadata. Its characteristic feature – the format doesn’t have limitations on file size and so this allows one to store infinitely long recordings.

This is open lossless codecs, developed under the Ogg project. Lately it’s become quite popular: many users wishing to store audio with original quality choose FLAC. This is partly in connection with the fact that codecs uses IDv1 and IDv3 tags – this allows a user to sort an audio collection according to one’s particular tastes, changing the original metadata of the tracks.