[ARSCLIST] New Core Audio Format in Mac OS X Tiger

[Aaron Coe <aaron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I thought this might be of interest to some folks.

Upon reading some specs for the new 10.4 Tiger update for Mac OS X, I
discovered that Apple is introducing a new 64 bit audio file format.  Here¹s
what it says about this new Core Audio Format:

Core Audio Format is the latest addition to the dozens of audio formats
supported natively in Mac OS X. Developed by Apple, Core Audio Format (CAF)
combines virtually infinite capacity with rich support for metadata in an
optimized-for-audio package. As a 64-bit file format, you can record a
thousand channels of audio for a thousand years in a single file. And it can
store any audio data, whether uncompressed PCM or compressed such as AAC.
Application support for these files is available today in QuickTime 7.

You can check out the rest of the specs about Apple¹s Core Audio Engine in
OS X here: http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/coreaudio/

-Aaron