@cheese_greater to Ask Lemmy • 4 months agoWhat happens if I open an audio file MP4 in a text (word processing) app?message-square49arrow-up161arrow-down17
arrow-up154arrow-down1message-squareWhat happens if I open an audio file MP4 in a text (word processing) app?@cheese_greater to Ask Lemmy • 4 months agomessage-square49
minus-squareBZ 🇨🇦linkfedilink2•4 months agoYou’ve hit on half the magic! You’re talking about how the information is encoded, and the other side is how it can be decoded and turned back into analog sounds. There’s quite a bit at play here, but it’s pretty well documented out in the world. You might want to read about audio encoding, or codecs
minus-square@cheese_greaterOPlink3•edit-24 months agoIts just so incredible to me that plaintext can actually represent a real piece of sound to be rendered and that can be rendered exactly the same by any device (speaker quality/processing power aside)
You’ve hit on half the magic!
You’re talking about how the information is encoded, and the other side is how it can be decoded and turned back into analog sounds.
There’s quite a bit at play here, but it’s pretty well documented out in the world. You might want to read about audio encoding, or codecs
Its just so incredible to me that plaintext can actually represent a real piece of sound to be rendered and that can be rendered exactly the same by any device (speaker quality/processing power aside)