How are codecs related to audio file formats? Choose all that apply.

A codec encodes audio into a particular coding format and decodes it for playback, so B applies. Codecs often compress audio when encoding and decompress it when decoding, so C also applies. Converting a file from one format to another is a separate conversion process that may use codecs; codecs themselves are not transducers that play audio.

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