All too often, your media player will not recognize .aiff files and will possibly fail to open and play it back. It is uncompressed and lossless and will take up much digital storage space so it is not a very user friendly audio format for playback on both Windows and Mac. We are writing this post to explain the .aiff file format and work out solutions to let you know how to play .aiff files smoothly.

Part 1: Introduction on AIFF

Aforementioned, AIFF (Audio Interchange File Format) is both an uncompressed and lossless audio format developed by Apple Company, which means that AIFF files can take up quite the amount of digital storage space, making it best-used for archiving and editing on Mac computers. Thanks to this, many portable media players won’t support .aiff files natively. This is because they retain a higher quality sound than MP3, but they do take up significantly more disk space. On windows, .aiff is mostly known as .aif while MacOS users may see .aiff as file extension in most cases. Now since it is not a very common audio format, not many media players can support it natively. What can we do if we have to open and play .aiff files?

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Part 2: Convert AIFF to Common Format via Leawo Video Converter

If you are also struggling with how to open and play .aiff files, you may consider converting .aiff to a common audio format and then playing the converted file freely. Speaking of this, a third party video converter is a must to help convert .aiff to a common audio format, for example, mp3.

Leawo Video Converter is highly recommended here. This video converter can support more than 180 video and audio formats, like what we have summarized in below table.

File type Input File Format Supported
Audio AAC, AC3, AIF, AMR, AIFF, WAV, FLAC, MKA, MP2, MP3, M4A, OGG, RA, AU, WMA, M4R
Video H.264/H.265, 3GP, 3GPP, 3G2, AVI,M4V, M2V, MOD, TOD, DV,DPG,FLV, F4V, MTS, TS, M2TS, M2T, TP,TRP, DVR-MS, MKV, MP4, MPG, MPEG, NUT, NSV, MOV, QT,RM, RMVB, VOB, DAT, WMV, ASF, WEBM, WTV
Image (watermark)

TIFF,TIF, GIF, PNG, BMP, JPEG, JPG, ICO, EMF, WMF

Image (photo slideshow) PNG, JPEG, JPG, BMP, TIFF, TIF, GIF, JFIF, ICO, EMF, WMF

As one of the best video converters, Leawo Video Convert has native support for .aiff and better than that, it can process .aiff file and transcode the file to other common audio format for playback on other media players smoothly. With high-end GPU acceleration technology, this video converter is 6x higher than other rivals. Also, it preserves 1:1 of output quality in the converted videos, which ensures users to enjoy exactly the same quality file after conversion. Besides, Leawo Video Converter is also one of the best video editors for you and it allows you to trim video length, crop video size, add watermark, turn 2D video into 3D video, etc. Here is a brief guide to show you how to convert .aiff to a common audio format using Leawo Video Converter with ease.

As one of the best video converters, Leawo Video Convert has native support for .aiff and better than that, it can process .aiff file and transcode the file to other common audio format for playback on other media players smoothly. With high-end GPU acceleration technology, this video converter is 6x higher than other rivals. Also, it preserves 1:1 of output quality in the converted videos, which ensures users to enjoy exactly the same quality file after conversion. Besides, Leawo Video Converter is also one of the best video editors for you and it allows you to trim video length, crop video size, add watermark, turn 2D video into 3D video, etc. Here is a brief guide to show you how to convert .aiff to a common audio format using Leawo Video Converter with ease.

   

Step 1: Launch the video converter.

If you have not installed the video converter, click the button below to download and install it to your hard drive. Launch the program by hitting video converter on the main interface of Leawo Prof.Media.

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Step 2: Add the source .aiff file to the program.

Click Add Video to load the source .aiff files to the program.

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Step 3: Change the output format.

Click on the Change button from the format drop down menu in the toolbar to set the output format to a common one.

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Step 4: Convert .aiff to output format.

Click Convert from the toolbar and set a directory to save your output file in the pop-up sidebar. Then hit Convert at the bottom to start converting the file. Once it is done, you will have the output file for playback anytime and anywhere you want.

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Part 3: Play Converted AIFF on Windows and Mac via Leawo Blu-ray Player

If you want to playback your converted file, you can also pay attention to Leawo Blu-ray Player. It supports both Mac and Windows. As one of the best free video players to playback any media files hassle free, including DVDs, Blu-rays, ISO, 4K HD video and so on. You simply drop your files to the player and it will take care of the rest and give you a home-theater movie experience. Moreover, if you upgrade to the premium version, you may have better user experience to let this media player serve as a Blu-ray to MKV converter that converts Blu-ray/DVD disc, folder and ISO image to MKV with lossless quality and 6X higher speed. It also takes care of all region codes smoothly, meaning it will directly decrypt any region code simultaneously during playback and provide region free playback.

To play the converted file using Leawo Blu-ray Player, you will be impressed by its powerful features and support. Check the following steps.

Step 1: Download and install the player.

Click the button below to download and install the player. Both Mac and Windows versions are given so you just need to install the one fitting to your OS.

Step 2: Load the converted file to the player.

Click Open File to load the converted file here.

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Step 3: Sit back and enjoy your movie playback.

Hit on the playback button to start playing the audio file, before that, you can click the editing button to set your playback options in advance. When all settings are done, you can sit back and enjoy the playback.

Part 4: Directly Play AIFF File

Leawo Blu-ray Player works totally fine with .aiff file or converted file but if you consider other options, MediaPlayerLite is a good choice as well. This is a windows-based app that is a free open source audio and video player on Windows. It supports a wide range of media files and provides features for users to modify their files as well. To some extent, it is similar to windows media player, resembling the user interface and functions. If you want to play video or audio files on this player, follow the steps here to do achieve that easily.

Step 1: Download the free app to your hard drive.

Step 2: Launch the player and load the file to the player by clicking File > Open File to browse your file and load it to the player.

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Step 3: Start to play the file.

Part 5: Comparison between Leawo Blu-ray Player and MediaPlayerLite

Both Leawo Blu-ray Player and MediaPlayerLite are sufficient for playing AIFF file smoothly. However, they have a big difference in terms of operating systems, which shows that Leawo Blu-ray Player supports both Windows and Mac OS while MediaPlayerLite supports only Windows. In this case, if you are running Mac OS, MediaPlayerLite will not be your choice at all. Besides, MediaPlayerLite is focusing more one playback and provides fewer choices for users to custom their playback. Leawo Blu-ray Player keeps a better balance between playback and custom features, allowing users to enjoy the best output quality while offering tons of editing features for users to enjoy the movie playback on their own preference.

Honestly, Leawo Blu-ray Player turns out to be superior to MediaPlayerLite and it can also serve as a MKV converter if users choose to upgrade it to the premium version. DVDs, Blu-rays, ISO, and 4K HD videos will all be handled well with Leawo Blu-ray Player.

Part 6: Conclusion

This concludes that thanks to the steps and solutions in the above section, you will be free from troubles when you encounter .aiff playback issues. Though it is true .aiff files are not so common, it is uncompressed and lossless audio format that will take up much digital storage space, shutting down other devices or media players. We can consider converting the .aiff file to another common audio format for smooth playback on other devices.

In this case, we have come up with Leawo Video Converter to help you with file conversion. It is able to convert files at 6x faster speed and preserve 100% of original file quality. After you convert the .aiff file, you can directly stream the converted file within the built-in media player of Leawo Video Converter, otherwise, you may turn to other professional media players for playback, such as Leawo Blu-ray Player and MediaPlayerLite.

In terms of playback user experience and quality, I will favor Leawo Blu-ray Player more. It is so powerful that many users fall in love with this leading player immediately when they open it on their computer. It has both Windows and Mac support versions.