What is the difference between .aifc and .ra?
- Extension
- .aifc
- .ra
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Audio
- Audio
- Developer
- Apple Inc.
- RealNetworks
- 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.
- 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.aifc
- Wikipedia
- .aifc on Wikipedia
- .ra on Wikipedia