What is the difference between .aac and .av1?
- Extension
- .aac
- .av1
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Audio
- Video
- Developer
- Bell Labs, Fraunhofer Institute, Dolby Labs, Sony and Nokia
- Alliance for Open Media
- Description
- Compressed audio file similar to an .MP3 file, but offers several performance improvements; examples include a higher coding efficiency for both stationary and transient signals, a simpler filterbank, and better handling of frequencies above 16 kHz; maintains quality nearly indistinguishable from the original audio source.
- An open, royalty-free video coding format designed for video transmissions over the Internet.
- MIME Type
- audio/x-aac
- video/av01
- Sample
- sample.aac
- sample.av1
- Wikipedia
- .aac on Wikipedia
- .av1 on Wikipedia