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Convert EAC3 to AIFF

EAC3 to AIFF Converter converts EAC3 files to AIFF. The converter focuses on AIFF file that supports almost all codecs in AIFF specification, for example, pcm 8-bit, pcm 16-bit, pcm 24-bit, pcm 32-bit, pcm 32-bit float, pcm 64-bit float, a-Law, mu-Law, IEEE 754 float, ima4, gsm, dwvw, and so on. The software also supports common file format such as MP3, AAC, M4B (MPEG-4 audiobook), MMF, M4R (iPhone ringtone), FLAC, WMA, AMR, etc. It could convert AU to AAC, MPEG to MKA, M4V to M4A (MPEG-4 audio), MTS to VOC, MPC to AU, VOB to AMR, and so on.

The software is very easy to use and supports batch conversion. It is full compatible with 32-bit and 64-bit Windows 10/8/7/Vista/XP/2000.

EAC3 to AIFF Converter is compatible with Windows 10/8/7/Vista/XP/2008/2003/2000

What is EAC3?
Dolby Digital Plus (DD+ or E-AC-3 (Enhanced AC-3), and sometimes incorrectly as EC-3) is a digital audio compression scheme. It is an incompatible[1] development of the technologies used in the earlier Dolby Digital system. E-AC-3 has a number of improvements aimed at increasing quality at a given bitrate compared with legacy Dolby Digital (AC-3). While legacy AC-3 supports up to 5 full-range audio channels at a coded bitrate of 0.640 Mbit/s, E-AC-3 supports up to 13 full range audio channels at a coded bitrate of 6.144 Mbit/s peak.

Dolby Digital Plus bitstreams are not backward compatible with legacy Dolby Digital decoders, and decoders that output audio over legacy S/PDIF connections must transcode the bitstreams to an older format such as PCM, AC-3, or DTS.

The codec used by Dolby Digital Plus is based on the original Dolby Digital codec, but with several enhancements to improve coding efficiency:

Transient pre-noise processing - to reduce "pre-noise" artifacts before sharp transients.
Enhanced channel coupling - which maintains phase relationships between channels, and improves performance of matrix decoders.
Adaptive hybrid transform processing - an improved bit allocation and quantization algorithm.

Dolby claims that these changes can result in bitrate improvements of up to 50% while still allowing for the signal to be efficiently converted to Dolby Digital for backwards compatibility.

What is AIFF?
Audio Interchange File Format (AIFF) is an audio file format standard used for storing sound data for personal computers and other electronic audio devices. The format was co-developed by Apple Computer in 1988 based on Electronic Arts' Interchange File Format (IFF, widely used on Amiga systems) and is most commonly used on Apple Macintosh computer systems. AIFF is also used by Silicon Graphics Incorporated. The audio data in a standard AIFF file is uncompressed big-endian pulse-code modulation (PCM). There is also a compressed variant of AIFF known as AIFF-C or AIFC, with various defined compression codecs.

Standard AIFF is a leading format (along with SDII and WAV) used by professional-level audio and video applications, and unlike the better-known lossy MP3 format, it is non-compressed (which aids rapid streaming of multiple audio files from disk to the application), and lossless. Like any non-compressed, lossless format, it uses much more disk space than MP3¡ªabout 10MB for one minute of stereo audio at a sample rate of 44.1 kHz and a sample size of 16 bits. In addition to audio data, AIFF can include loop point data and the musical note of a sample, for use by hardware samplers and musical applications.

The file extension for the standard AIFF format is .aiff or .aif. For the compressed variants it is supposed to be .aifc, but .aiff or .aif are accepted as well by audio applications supporting the format.