Compressor 4 - Choosing an Audio Codec for Distribution

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Choosing an Audio Codec for Distribution

MPEG-4 Audio (AAC) is a good general-purpose audio delivery codec and is compatible
with a wide variety of playback devices. For slower computers, less-compressed formats,
such as IMA, or completely uncompressed formats, such as AIFF, may be better choices,
because they are less processor intensive, thus allowing the computer to focus on the
more challenging video stream.