cheese_greater@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 7 个月前What happens if I open an audio file MP4 in a text (word processing) app?message-squaremessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up161arrow-down17
arrow-up154arrow-down1message-squareWhat happens if I open an audio file MP4 in a text (word processing) app?cheese_greater@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 7 个月前message-square49fedilink
minus-squareBZ 🇨🇦@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 个月前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
minus-squarecheese_greater@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-27 个月前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)
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)