What is the difference between .ac3 and .opus?
- Extension
- .ac3
- .opus
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Audio
- Audio
- Developer
- Dolby Laboratories
- Xiph.Org
- 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.
- An OPUS file is an audio file created in the Opus format (also called "Ogg Opus"), a lossy audio format developed for Internet streaming. It uses both SILK (used by Skype) and CELT (from Xiph.Org) codecs and supports variable bit rates from 6 kb/s to 510 kb/s.
- MIME Type
- audio/ac3
- audio/opus
- Sample
- sample.ac3
- sample.opus
- Wikipedia
- .ac3 on Wikipedia
- .opus on Wikipedia