What is the difference between .ac3 and .wma?
- Extension
- .ac3
- .wma
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Audio
- Audio
- Developer
- Dolby Laboratories
- Microsoft
- 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 WMA file is an audio file saved in the Advanced Systems Format (ASF) proprietary format developed by Microsoft. It contains Windows Media Audio and metadata objects such as the title, artist, album, and genre of the track. WMA files are similar to .MP3 files and primarily used for streaming music from the web.
- MIME Type
- audio/ac3
- audio/x-ms-wma
- Sample
- sample.ac3
- sample.wma
- Wikipedia
- .ac3 on Wikipedia
- .wma on Wikipedia