What is the difference between .aac and .mov?
- Extension
- .aac
- .mov
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Audio
- Video
- Developer
- Bell Labs, Fraunhofer Institute, Dolby Labs, Sony and Nokia
- Apple
- 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.
- A MOV file is a common multimedia container file format developed by Apple and compatible with both Macintosh and Windows platforms. It may contain multiple tracks that store different types of media data and is often used for saving movies and other video files. MOV files commonly use the MPEG-4 codec for compression.
- MIME Type
- audio/x-aac
- video/quicktime
- Sample
- sample.aac
- sample.mov
- Wikipedia
- .aac on Wikipedia
- .mov on Wikipedia