What is the difference between .amr and .aac?
- Extension
- .amr
- .aac
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Audio
- Audio
- Developer
- Nokia
- Bell Labs, Fraunhofer Institute, Dolby Labs, Sony and Nokia
- Description
- An AMR file is an audio file saved in a compressed audio format developed by Ericsson. It is used by many 3G cell phones for voice recordings such as MMS messages. AMR files incorporate the Algebraic Code Excited Linear Prediction (ACELP) algorithm, which is designed to efficiently compress human speech audio.
- Compressed audio file similar to an .MP3 file, but offers several performance improvements; examples include a higher coding efficiency for both stationary and transient signals, a simpler filterbank, and better handling of frequencies above 16 kHz; maintains quality nearly indistinguishable from the original audio source.
- MIME Type
- audio/amr
- audio/x-aac
- Sample
- sample.amr
- sample.aac
- Wikipedia
- .amr on Wikipedia
- .aac on Wikipedia