- Extension
- .ape
- .ra
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Audio
- Audio
- Developer
- Matthew T. Ashland
- RealNetworks
- 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.
- 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/x-monkeys-audio
- audio/vnd.rn-realaudio
