Audio formats to which Audacity exports

We discussed in the first chapter how Audacity can save files in many file formats. When you save a project, it is saved as an AUP, or Audacity Project, file with a corresponding folder with the same name as the project, which contains all of the additional project files. But when you export a file, everything is converted and then saved into one file. Export file formats supported by Audacity without additional software are:

• AIFF (Apple) signed 16 bit PCM

• WAV (Windows) signed 16 bit PCM

• GSM 6.10 WAV (mobile)

• Ogg Vorbis files

• FLAC files

• MP2 files

Additional export formats are available by installing simple plug-ins or libraries that add additional functionality to Audacity. These formats, and their associated plug-ins, are:

• MP3, with the LAME MP3 encoding library

• Various FFmpeg formats, such as, M4A (AAC), and WMA, are supported through the FFmpeg import or export library

• Various other uncompressed file formats, such as: AU, AVR, HTK, IFF, and so on