This page contains information on the APE file extension (Monkeys Audio), a popular music file format
| File extension | .ape |
| Category | Music 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 | Convert APE file View other music 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 |
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)
