iTunes and ACC question

[juhani]

Why is ACC (iTunes' music files) file extension *.m4a instead of *.acc???

 

[Bear]

Why is ACC (iTunes' music files) file extension *.m4a instead of *.acc???

'cause ACC is Mpeg-4 Audio.

 

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

I guess it's because aac can either be MPEG2 audio layer or MPEG4 audio layer... and this way you know which...

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[wrldwzrd89]

I guess it's because aac can either be MPEG2 audio layer or MPEG4 audio layer... and this way you know which...

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.AAC was already taken for the MPEG-2 version of AAC, so .M4A was created for AAC's MPEG-4 incarnation.

 

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

.AAC was already taken for the MPEG-2 version of AAC, so .M4A was created for AAC's MPEG-4 incarnation.

I think I was close enough...

 

[ftaok]

Why is ACC (iTunes' music files) file extension *.m4a instead of *.acc???

I thought this was a thread about Duke University and their iPods.

 

[wrldwzrd89]

I thought this was a thread about Duke University and their iPods.

I'm not surprised. "ACC" is a common misspelling of "AAC", especially on these forums.

EDIT: Of all words I could have spelled incorrectly, "misspelling" was the one I got wrong