Audio format
What is a .ape file?
Monkey's Audio, a lossless codec whose compression sits close to FLAC. It’s one of the better supported lossless formats outside the FLAC world, especially among long-time PC users, and it plays in most modern players.
fileclay opens Monkey’s Audio but doesn’t write it
When to use Monkey’s Audio
- Best for
- Personal music archives.
- Advantages
- Preserves original sound.
- Disadvantages
- Encoding can be CPU-heavy and compatibility is limited.
Convert Monkey’s Audio files
From Monkey’s Audio
Monkey’s Audio to MP3Monkey’s Audio to WAVMonkey’s Audio to OpusMonkey’s Audio to FLACMonkey’s Audio to OGGMonkey’s Audio to AAC
fileclay opens Monkey’s Audio but doesn’t write it.
All 19 output formats: .mp3, .wav, .m4a, .ogg, .aac, .flac, .opus, .oga, .m4b, .aiff, .aif, .wma, .ac3, .mka, .caf, .au, .tta, .wv, .mp2
Conversions run in your browser. Files aren’t uploaded.
Questions about Monkey’s Audio
Which formats can I convert APE files into?
fileclay can write 19 formats from a APE file, including MP3, WAV, M4A, OGG, AAC and FLAC. Pick any of them as the output format when you drop the file in.