One program that supports audio conversions from APE and vice versa is the River past Audio Converter. This award winning extractor and converter is able to recognize and read APE formats straight from the source without the need of add-ons and convert it into either the common formats like MP3, WAV,AIFF and WMA for Windows. It is also possible to convert the format into the not-so-standard formats like OGG and Unix Audio. It is even possible to convert extracted audio from AVI, WMV, RealMedia, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 and QuickTime MOV files into APE audio.

Cannot open ape files in Windows?

Not being able to open ape files in Windows may be a result of registry errors or not having the appropriate application installed. It is strongly recommended that you scan your computer for registry errors (free).

Other features of APE allow for error detection and high efficiency. The recognition of tags allows for easy audio collection due to easy cataloging and management. The format however has limitations. When used on some players running on other platforms apart from Windows, the audio is erratic. In addition, it tends to get slow on portable devices. This has resulted in its being less popular compared to its rival FLAC. Unlike FLC, which comes preinstalled with Linux, APE remains unstable when run on Linux platforms. Thus, its limitations have confined it to Windows platforms.