Pioneer VSX-1016V-K USB playback, Other compatibility information, About MPEG-4 AAC, About WMA

06USB playback

Other compatibility information

•VBR (variable bit rate) MP3/WMA/MPEG-4 AAC playback: Yes1

•DRM (Digital Rights Management) protection compatible: Yes (DRM-protected audio files will not play in this receiver).

About MPEG-4 AAC

Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) is at the core of the MPEG-4 AAC standard, which incorporates MPEG-2 AAC, forming the basis of the MPEG-4 audio compression technology. The file format and extension used depend on the application used to encode the AAC

file. This unit plays back AAC files encoded by iTunes® bearing the extension '.m4a'. DRM-protected files will not

play, and files encoded with some versions of iTunes® may not play.

Apple and iTunes are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.

About WMA

The Windows Media® logo printed on the box indicates that this receiver can playback Windows Media Audio content.

WMA is an acronym for Windows Media Audio and refers to an audio compression technology developed by Microsoft Corporation. This unit plays back WMA files

encoded using Windows Media® Player bearing the extension '.wma'. Note that DRM-protected files will not play, and files encoded with some versions of Windows

Media® Player may not play.

Microsoft, Windows Media, and the Windows logo are trademarks, or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.

About DRM

DRM (digital rights management) copy protection is a technology designed to prevent unauthorized copying by restricting playback, etc. of compressed audio files on devices other than the PC (or other recording equipment) used to record it. For detailed information, please see the instruction manuals or help files that came with your PC and/or software.

Note

1 Note that in some cases playback time will not be displayed correctly.

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