3GA files mainly belong to Apple's QuickTime.
3GA is the file name extension for audio recordings captured by voice recording programs on various platforms.
The 3GA format uses the AMR, AMR-WB, Extended AMR-WB, EVS, Enhanced aacPlus, and AAC audio codec, which is optimized for voice coding.
More about AMR
The AMR codec used by the 3GA format uses Discontinuous Transmission (DTX), Voice Activity Detection (VAD) and Comfort Noise Generation (CNG) technology to reduce bandwidth usage during silent periods when writes a file to disk or is transmitted over the network.
The result of this compression is a smaller file size that takes up fewer network and system resources.
This is the reason why some mobile phones made by Nokia, Samsung and others use 3GA as the default audio format for sending MMS messages.
In some cases, 3GA files are used to store the audio stream of a 3GP (video container) file. VLC, QuickTime and RealPlayer support the 3GA format.
Open a 3GA file
You need proper software like QuickTime to open a 3GA file.
Without proper software, you'll get a message from Windows saying, "How do you want to open this file?" or "Windows cannot open this file" or a similar alert from Mac/iPhone/Android.
If you can't open the 3GA file correctly, try right-clicking or long-pressing on the file. Then click "Open With" and choose an app.
You can also display a 3GA file directly in the browser by simply dragging the file to this browser window and dropping it.
About QuickTime
QuickTime is a complete, standard multimedia work center, developed by Apple, consisting of a set of libraries and a multimedia player (QuickTime Player).
QuickTime is compatible with the MPEG-4 standard, however, there is a Pro version that adds various features such as video editing and encoding to various formats such as AVI, MOV, MP4.
With the Pro version, it is also possible to record audio with a microphone connected to the computer.
On Macs, apart from recording audio, it is possible to record video. (using cameras iSight)
QuickTime is not just a player, but a complete multimedia system capable of playing, and in some cases transmitting, through streaming, high-quality content on the Internet and other devices.
Apple announced the development of a new codec that implements the H.264 standard, also known as AVC (Advanced Video Coding) or Advanced Video Coding that allows very clear content that is superior to the standard of DVD, DivX and other high-quality formats.
QuickTime is available for Windows and Mac OS X operating systems.
GNU/Linux systems can use QuickTime through programs like MPlayer.
There is also a free version called QuickTime Alternative and iTunes.
Link to the software package compatible with 3GA files
If you downloaded a 3GA file on Android device you can open it by following steps below:
To open 3GA File on iOS device follow steps below:
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