For
most of the music you store on your computer and enjoy via iTunes or
an iPod or iPhone, you’ll want to use AAC, MP3, or whichever
combination of the two you find most convenient. Both iTunes and the
iPod and iPhone can also use WAV files and AIFF files.
For
you as a digital audio enthusiast, other formats that may be of
interest include the following:
•
WMA
is an audio format developed by Microsoft. It’s the preferred
format of Windows Media Player, the Microsoft audio and video player
included with all desktop versions of Windows. WMA supports DRM, but
its DRM is incompatible with iTunes and the iPod and iPhone.