After a tiring and hectic week, when you sit to binge-watch your favorite web series or a movie, or while listening to tracks of your liking which makes your day so relived, ever wondered about the tech behind the audio. Yes! Audio, not the visual aspect. If you ever gave it a thought and wanted to explore what it is, this is your place to be. Not only we are covering the basics of Audio Codecs but also its various types which have evolved over the years. Most conversations related to streaming automatically jump to the visual aspects. We all generally pay attention to the crisper photo quality and talk only on pixels. No one ever talks about the audio aspect. Even though it goes unnoticed, along with video, audio is equally important for a better experience. Audio Codec: The term codec is a portmanteau that combines the words “coder” and “decoder.” A codec is a standard or tool for encoding and decoding multimedia files. “RAW” or uncompressed audio files are r...