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Lossy audio compression format

Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) is an audio coding standard for lossy digital audio compression. It was developed by Dolby, AT&T, Fraunhofer and Sony, originally as part of the MPEG-2 specification but later improved under MPEG-4. AAC was designed to be the successor of the MP3 format and generally achieves higher sound quality than MP3 at the same bit rate. AAC encoded audio files are typically packaged in an MP4 container most commonly using the filename extension .m4a. Wikipedia →

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  1. Read the overview: Advanced Audio CodingA 5-minute orientation
  2. Skim a recent paper: Mitochondrial uncouplers induce proton leak by activating AAC and UCP1Influential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: AAC for AllThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: Prevalence in the United States of aac(6 ′ ) - Ib - cr Encoding a Ciprofloxacin-Modifying EnzymeCited 652 times
  5. Go sideways: High-Efficiency Advanced Audio CodingA closely related topic
  6. Go sideways: MPEG-4 Part 3A closely related topic

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