What is the difference between .aif and .ra?
- Extension
- .aif
- .ra
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Audio
- Audio
- Developer
- Apple
- RealNetworks
- Description
- This is an audio file very similar to .WAV file but is developed using the Audio Interchange File Format (AIFF). It is mainly used to store standard CD audio.
- RealPlayer created RA for audio streaming. It makes use of various audio codecs from those that deliver high-fidelity sounds to those that record low bitrate audio data. Radio stations mainly used it for online streaming, but current formats have overthrown it.
- MIME Type
- audio/aiff
- audio/vnd.rn-realaudio
- Sample
- sample.aif
- Wikipedia
- .aif on Wikipedia
- .ra on Wikipedia