What is the difference between .aifc and .opus?
- Extension
- .aifc
- .opus
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Audio
- Audio
- Developer
- Apple Inc.
- Xiph.Org
- Description
- It contains CD-quality audio file commonly used in gaming consoles and media players. AIFC can be compared to .WAV file that has been compressed to reduce file size. Therefore, it may incorporate ALAW, ULAW, or G722 compression.
- 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/aiff
- audio/opus
- Sample
- sample.aifc
- sample.opus
- Wikipedia
- .aifc on Wikipedia
- .opus on Wikipedia