What is the difference between .ape and .m4a?
- Extension
- .ape
- .m4a
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Audio
- Audio
- Developer
- Matthew T. Ashland
- Apple
- Description
- Created by Matthew T. Ashland for Windows OS, APE format is an audio file that stores sound without any data loss. It is less popular due to the paid license restrictions.
- An M4A file is an audio file created in the MPEG-4 format, a multimedia container format used to store compressed audio and video data. It contains audio encoded with either the Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) codec or the Apple Lossless Audio Codec (ALAC).
- MIME Type
- audio/x-monkeys-audio
- audio/mp4
- Sample
- sample.m4a
- Wikipedia
- .ape on Wikipedia
- .m4a on Wikipedia