Open ape file

Did your computer fail to open ape file? We explain what ape files are and recommend software that we know can open your ape files.

What is ape file?

Files with ape suffix can be usually found as audio files in Monkey's Audio lossless audio compression format.

ape file description

File extension ape is mostly related to Monkey's Audio lossless format a fast and easy way to compress digital music. Unlike traditional methods such as mp3, ogg, or lqt that permanently discard quality to save space, Monkey’s Audio only makes perfect, bit-for-bit copies. Monkey's Audio is developed by Matthew T. Ashland.

The ape file is the default audio song with Monkey lossless compression method.

Software that will open ape file

Monkey’s Audio

An audio compression software

Other ape file extensions

ape - Winamp audio visualization studio AVS plugin effect

An ape file extension is associated with the Winamp Audio Visualization Studio (AVS) plug-in. An ape file contains saved AVS visualization effect.

What file extension actually is?

Simply put, file extensions are the characters after the dot in the file name, so for example filename.mp3 has file extension „mp3“. This helps Windows to identify which program should be used to open the file.

We can help you to open your file

Our database contains a huge list of different file extensions, usually with detailed description and programs that can be used to open or otherwise work with that particular file type.

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Every software listed in our database is verified and ve provide link to the developer or to the software own website, which should hopefuly be enough for you to download the most recent version of the program.