mp3 or AAC, Which is better audio format?

[Balamani]

I am having the Nokia 5300 Xpress Music mobile phone. When i transfer the music files to this mobile using the Nokia music manager from my computer. This software gives me option to choose the for mat Mp3 or AAC before the transfer. I have never heard of the AAC music files. So i want to know about this. I also want to know that which is the better audio format from the mp3 and AAC.

[Eric B]

The Nokia music manager gives the option to convert the Audio file to the Mp3 and the AAC formats because the Nokia 5300 mobile phone supports both types of the audio files. The AAC files requires less space than the Mp3 files. Also the Audio quality of this AAC files are very good. You have not heard of this audio formats because all devices not support this audio formats. And this file format is made by the Apple to run on their music players like iPOD , iphone etc.

[Glenny]

The MP3 format is well known audio formats. This audio format works with all the mobile phones , portable media players , DVD players and all the other devices which supports the audio files. The MP3 format is used for the music files and AAC is also used for the Music files. But AAC files are not supported by all the music devices and the VD players. So if you want to play the AAC music files on all the system, You need to first convert these files to the MP3 format. These files are supported by default in the APPLE products.

[JonathanD]

The MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3 also known as the MP3 is is the registered trademark of the digital audio encoding format for the music or the audio files. This is the common audio format for people to store the music files.This is also the standard which is used for the digital audio compression for the transferring and playback of the audio or the music files on the digital media players. MP3 is the pure audio files format which was developed by the Moving Picture Experts Group who were the part of the MPEG-1 standard.

[Macarenas]

The AAC is the file format which is used for the music storage or for the storage of the other audio files. The AAC refers to the Advanced Audio Coding or Advanced Audio Codec. This format is originally used by the Apple Inc.for the iPod and iTunes.The AAC format is the standard formats which comes from the MPEG organization, the same organization who invented MP3 files earlier.

There are different types of AAC. These are the most popular file types of the AAC format:

1. AAC LC–the format used by Apple software; it takes up more space and is used for music stored on an iPod, CD-ROM, or disk drive.
2. HE-AAC v1–a more efficient format; it saves space for music sent over a network, like over the Internet or to a cell phone. Brand names for this format include aacPlus, Nero Digital, and AAC+.
3. HE-AAC v2–an even more efficient format for music sent over a network. Brand names for this format include aacPlus v2, eAAC+, and AAC+ Enhanced.

[ThoMas321]

List of the some common AAC file name endings:

1. .aac–music only
2. .m4a–music and information
3. .m4p–music and information
4. .m4b-speech and information, Audio book recognized by the Apple
5. .m4r-music and information which is used used by the Apple for the ringtones
6. .mp4–music, video, or both, plus information.

The AAC file which has only music and information can have the names ending with the .m4a or .mp4.