AIFF viewer
To open an AIFF file, drop it in the box below. It opens straight away, even with no extension or the wrong one. Your browser opens it on your device: nothing is uploaded.
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Opened on this device, never uploadedDrop or paste another file at any time
What you see
| AIFF in the viewer | |
|---|---|
| Plays | In every current browser |
| Bit depths | 8, 16, 24 and 32 bits, and floating point (AIFF-C) |
| Not yet | Compressed AIFF-C (IMA4, µ-law) |
| Next | Convert to WAV, M4A or OGG |
| Extensions | .aiff, .aif, .aifc |
| Upload | None: opened on your device |
What is an AIFF file?
In short
AIFF is Apple’s uncompressed audio format, the Mac’s counterpart to WAV, used by Logic, GarageBand and sample libraries.
A player for the sound. Only Safari plays AIFF by itself; elsewhere our own reader turns it into a WAV on your device first. Details lists its length.
How to open an AIFF file
- Add your AIFF. Drop the file in the box, choose it or paste it.
- Look at it. A player for the sound. Only Safari plays AIFF by itself; elsewhere our own reader turns it into a WAV on your device first. Details lists its length.
- Take it further. Open in hands it, in a new tab, to File converter or Batch.
Questions
Drop it here and press play: it works in Chrome, Edge and Firefox, which have no AIFF player of their own.
No. The viewer runs in your browser and opens the file on your device. Nothing is sent anywhere.