Convert APE to MP3 - online and free - this page also contains information on the APE and MP3 file extensions.
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How to convert a APE to a MP3 file?
- Choose the APE file that you want to convert.
- Select MP3 as the the format you want to convert your APE file to.
- Click "Convert" to convert your APE file.
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| File extension | .ape |
| Category | Audio File |
| Description | The APE format is a popular audio format which uses lossless compression and a very effective compression algorithm. Many prefer to use Monkey Audio's main competitor FLAC which offers more features and hardware support. Most modern media players do not support the APE format and a number of users look to convert into more freely available formats such as MP3 and FLAC. |
| Actions | APE to MP3 - Convert file now View other audio file formats |
| Technical Details | Monkey's Audio does not discard data during the process of encoding the file. APE adopts file compression to reduce file transfer time, bandwidth and storage with no loss in quality with the ape file sounding exactly the same as the original digital recording (for example, CD). APE offers better compression rates than FLAC and has multithreading/multicore support in built. |
| Associated programs | APE Player VLC media Player |
| Developed by | Monkeys Audio |
| MIME type | audio/ape |
| Useful links | Further information on the APE format APE Media Player Convert APE file |
| File extension | .mp3 |
| Category | Audio File |
| Description | MP3 is a digital music format which allows CD tracks to be reduced to around a tenth of their normal size without a significant loss of quality. MP3 gets rid of a lot of the information recorded in a song that our ears are not able to hear and then uses complex algorithms to reduce the file size. This then enables you to get hundreds of songs on to a CD and it also has opened up a new market over the internet - the download market as download times have been significantly reduced. |
| Actions | Convert MP3 file View other audio file formats |
| Technical Details | The MP3 format is a lossy format. That means that an MP3 file does not contain 100% of the original audio information. Instead, MP3 files use perceptual coding. In other words, that means it removes the information that your ear doesn't notice thereby making the file smaller. The reason lossy formats are used over RAW is that RAW audio files are too large to travel over the internet at any great speed. By using lossy formats it enables even dial up users to download mp3 files at a reasonable speed. RAW file formats generally require 176,000 bytes per second compared to a lossy format which requires 17,600. The difference is massive and so are the download times. |
| Associated programs | RealOne WinAmp Windows Media Player iTunes |
| Developed by | Moving Picture Experts Group |
| MIME type | audio/mpeg |
| Useful links | Further information on MP3 files How MP3 files work Convert MP3 file |
Convert APE file
Using Zamzar it is possible to convert APE files to a variety of other formats
- ape to aac (Advanced Audio Coding File)
- ape to ac3 (AC3 Audio File)
- ape to flac (Free Lossless Audio Codec)
- ape to m4a (Compressed video file)
- ape to mp3 (Compressed audio file)
- ape to mp4 (MPEG-4 Video File)
- ape to ogg (Ogg Vorbis Compressed Audio File)
- ape to wav (Windows audio file)
- ape to wma (Windows Media Audio)