What is the difference between .aifc and .wma?
- Extension
- .aifc
- .wma
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Audio
- Audio
- Developer
- Apple Inc.
- Microsoft
- 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.
- 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/aiff
- audio/x-ms-wma
- Sample
- sample.aifc
- sample.wma
- Wikipedia
- .aifc on Wikipedia
- .wma on Wikipedia