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AIFF to OGG converter

Convert AIFF to OGG in your browser. No upload and no account: the file never leaves your device, so the only size limit is your device’s memory.

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Read more about the AIFF format and the OGG format, or see every audio tool and all audio conversions.

Should you convert AIFF to OGG?

A good trade for listening and sharing: OGG is a fraction of the size of AIFF, and at 192 kbps or more the difference is inaudible for most people. Keep the AIFF as your master if you’ll edit or convert again.

AIFF is uncompressed audio, Apple’s equivalent of WAV; OGG is open-source lossy audio, common in games and on Android. Use OGG for game engines, Android apps and open-source projects that prefer free formats.

AIFF and OGG compared
Property AIFF OGG
Compression Uncompressed Lossy
Typical quality 16-bit PCM roughly 96–256 kbps
Support Opens almost everywhere Has patchy support
Best for Audio production on Macs, and importing into Logic or GarageBand Game audio, open-source apps and Android sounds
Introduced 1988 2002

How to convert AIFF to OGG

  1. 01

    Add your AIFF

    Drop your AIFF file onto the box, or click to choose it. It is read from your disk and stays there.

  2. 02

    Check the settings

    The output is already set to OGG. Change the bitrate if you want to; the defaults suit most files.

  3. 03

    Save the OGG

    Press convert and save the OGG. Several files come back together as a ZIP.

What changes when AIFF becomes OGG

From lossless to lossy

AIFF holds every sample; OGG keeps what the ear notices and discards the rest. Pick the bitrate by use: 128 kbps for speech, 192 to 256 kbps for music.

A one-time engine download

AIFF is decoded by FFmpeg compiled to WebAssembly, a 31 MB download the first time. After that it is cached, and the conversion never leaves your device.

Expect a much smaller file

AIFF: About 10 MB a minute at CD quality. OGG: Similar to or slightly smaller than MP3. Shrinking the file is often the main reason to make this conversion.

This page is put together from our notes on each format, choosing only what is true of AIFF and OGG, so every pairing states the same facts the same way. How these pages are made.

Why it doesn’t upload

Recordings are often private: interviews, voice notes, unreleased music. Your browser can decode and encode audio itself, so there is no reason to send it anywhere.

How to check for yourself

Worth knowing

  • About the AIFF. AIFF stores samples in the opposite byte order to WAV; tools that assume WAV turn it into loud static.
  • About the OGG. The .ogg extension can hold Vorbis, Opus or FLAC audio, so one OGG plays in a player and the next doesn’t.
  • MP3, WAV, M4A, OGG, Opus and FLAC are converted by your browser directly. WMA, AMR, APE, AC3 and the other specialist formats use the FFmpeg engine, a one-time 31 MB download.

Questions

Does converting AIFF to OGG lose quality?

OGG is lossy, so a little is discarded, but at the default bitrate the difference is inaudible for nearly everyone.

Will an OGG play in my car or on my phone?

OGG has patchy support: Android, Chrome, Firefox and VLC, but not every Apple app, car stereo or editor.

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