How to play a .AIF file online
Three steps, no player to install.
Choose your file
Drop your .AIF file on the box above, or click Choose file. Big files are fine.
It opens right away
Your .AIF file plays straight from your device, with its title, artist and cover art shown when they are inside.
Play, loop, capture
Use the waveform to jump around, loop a section, change the speed or save any frame as a PNG image.
What is a .AIF file?
Everything worth knowing about Audio Interchange File Format.
An AIF file is an uncompressed audio file in Apple's AIFF format - lossless, like WAV, but big-endian. On Mac, double-click to open it in QuickTime Player or Music. On Windows, use VLC (free) or iTunes; Windows Media Player does not support it. Files are large because audio is uncompressed - convert to FLAC to keep lossless quality at about half the size, or to MP3/AAC for lossy compression.
Programs that open .AIF files
- Windows
- VLC media player, iTunes, Windows Media Player, Audacity, Adobe Audition, Foobar2000
- macOS
- QuickTime Player, iTunes, Adobe Audition, Apple Logic Pro, Cog, Apple Music (Music.app)
- Linux
- VLC media player, Audacity
- Android
- VLC for Android
| Full name | Audio Interchange File Format |
|---|---|
| Developer | Apple Computer, Inc. (1988; based on EA IFF 85 by Electronic Arts) |
| First released | 1988 (Apple Computer, with the Macintosh) |
| Category | Audio & Video |
| MIME type | audio/aiff |
| Signature | 46 4F 52 4D ("FORM" - IFF container header; bytes 8-11 = "AIFF" (standard) or "AIFC" (compressed variant)) |
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Is my .AIF file uploaded anywhere?
No. Your .AIF file is played for you. Waveforms, tags and snapshots are all computed on the fly,.
Why does a file show audio but no picture (or not play at all)?
A container like MP4, MOV or MKV can hold many codecs. If your browser lacks the codec inside (for example H.265 or AC-3 audio), the player tells you and offers the Media Converter, which can turn it into a format that plays everywhere.
Can I play AVI, WMV, FLV or MKV files?
Browsers don't play these old or exotic containers natively. Open them in the Media Converter: it inspects every track and converts the file to MP4, WEBM or MP3.
How do I loop part of a song for practice?
Press A at the start of the part, B at its end, and the section repeats. Combine it with a slower speed (0.5× or 0.75×) to learn tricky passages.
How do I save a still image from a video?
Pause on the frame you want and press the camera button (or S). The frame is saved as a full-resolution PNG image.
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