How to open Audio Interchange Format audio .aif files
Have you had trouble opening the aif file on your computer? What are aif files? We explain what they are and recommend software that we know will open them.
What is aif file?
Files with aif extension can be typically found as audio files in the Audio Interchange File Format (AIFF). Playable in most media players nowadays.
Audio Interchange Format audio description
The aif file extension is sometimes used for Audio Interchange File Format (AIFF), an audio file format developed by Apple. You can use this format to store high-quality sampled audio and musical instrument information.
Audio Interchange File Format (or AIFF) is a file format for storing digital audio (waveform) data. It supports a variety of bit resolutions, sample rates, and channels of audio. This format is very popular upon Apple platforms, and is widely used in professional programs that process digital audio waveforms.
Suggested software to open aif file

VLC media player
One of the most popular multi-platfom multimeda player

Freemake Video Converter
One of the most popular and succesfful free video conversion sofrware
Pavtube HD Video Converter for Mac
Universal video converting software for Mac

Adobe Soundbooth for Mac
Mac version of now discontinued digital audio editor

Microsoft Expression Encoder
A program for encoding digital video for web-based video

VLC media player for Mac
Mac version of the popular VLC player

VLC media player for Linux
Linux version of popular VideoLAN player

VLC media player for Android
Android version of the popular VLC Media Player

Adobe Soundbooth
A discontinued audio editor ffrom Adobe

Audacity
A free, open source software for recording and editing sounds

Microsoft Windows Media Player
The default multimedia player from Microsoft Windows

Apple Logic Pro
A digital audio workstation and MIDI sequencer program

jetAudio
A multimedia player with support for all major formats

Adobe Media Encoder
Multimedia encoding application from Adobe

Adobe Audition
Professional audio editing software from Adobe
DVR365 PC Player
A media player for .dav files
CrazyTalk
An animation tool used to animating faces

Adobe Audition for Mac
Mac version of Adobe's prime audio editing software

Audacity for Linux
Multi-track audio editor for Linux

Audacity for Mac
A multi-track audio editing tool
Translator Professional
A professional instrument conversion program

Absynth
Audio synthesizer for Windows

Melody Assistant
A music composition program

Windows Media Player for Mac OS X
Windows Media Player developed by Microsoft for Apple Mac computers

Nero WaveEditor
A free audio editor from Nero
Switch Audio File Converter Software
A dedicated audio converter

Winamp
One of the first Windows media players used by masses
WMAConvert Platinum
Audio conversion program

Nero Recode
A multimedia converting tool for Windows

WavePad
An audio editing software for Windows and Mac

Tiny Audio Converter
Audio converter for Mac
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aif - OS/2 application information data
An aif file extension is related to the OS/2 operating system. An aif file contains application information data.
aif - QuickBooks Accountant's Review copy data
An aif file extension is related to the QuickBooks and used for its Accountant's Review data.
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aif - Symbian OS EPOC application information file
The aif file extension is related to the Symbian OS and EPOC operating systems. The *.aif file stores application information.