How do programs convert a file from one format to another?
The answer probably extremely varied so I’m sorry if im asking too broad a question.
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Converting an file from OGG, which i honestly didnt really know existed, into MP3 takes seconds, but somehow in that time it changes the data around, and now it’s in MP3 format my editing program can use it.
There’s got to be more going on than just changing the suffix!
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How does this work?
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None of these answers are ELI5 enough for me.
#**ELI5**
You see a lovely actress in a news article. And you write her a love letter.
You speak English. You wrote it in English.
But little did you know, that actress only speaks Spanish!
So when she gets the love letter, she can’t understand it.
So she asks her friend who speaks both languages, and he translates the letter into Spanish.
So now there are two love letters, one in English, one in Spanish, but both say the same thing.
**Some people only speak Spanish.**
That’s all they were taught.
**Some people only speak English.**
That’s all they were taught.
**Some audio players/editors only understand OGG.**
That’s all it was programmed to do.
**Some audio players/editors only understand MP3.**
That’s all it was programmed to do.
The actress’s friend knows both English and Spanish, and can convert between the two.
A File Conversion Program knows both MP3 and OGG, and can convert between the two.
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