What is the difference between .aac and .mxf?
- Extension
- .aac
- .mxf
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Audio
- Video
- Developer
- Bell Labs, Fraunhofer Institute, Dolby Labs, Sony and Nokia
- SMPTE
- 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.
- Multimedia format used by digital audio and video programs; contains captured audio and video data as well as metadata that describes the media stored in the file; designed by Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) as a standard container for audio and video data; can be converted into other formats, such as .AVI or .MOV.
- MIME Type
- audio/x-aac
- application/mxf
- Sample
- sample.aac
- sample.mxf
- Wikipedia
- .aac on Wikipedia
- .mxf on Wikipedia