What is the difference between .ac3 and .flac?
- Extension
- .ac3
- .flac
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Audio
- Audio
- Developer
- Dolby Laboratories
- Xiph.Org Foundation
- Description
- Audio file saved in the AC-3 (Dolby Digital) audio format; can include up to six channels of audio (DD 5.1 surround sound with subwoofer output); uses lossy compression and often used as the format for DVDs, cinema theaters, and game consoles.
- A FLAC file is an audio file compressed in the Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC) format, which is an open source lossless audio compression format. It is similar to an .MP3 file, but is compressed without any loss in quality or loss of any original audio data.
- MIME Type
- audio/ac3
- audio/flac
- Sample
- sample.ac3
- sample.flac
- Wikipedia
- .ac3 on Wikipedia
- .flac on Wikipedia