What is the difference between .asf and .aifc?
- Extension
- .asf
- .aifc
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Video
- Audio
- Developer
- Microsoft
- Apple Inc.
- Description
- An ASF file is a media file stored in the Advanced Systems Format (ASF), a proprietary video and audio container format. It contains audio and video data and optional metadata, such as title, author, and copyright bibliographic data. ASF files are developed by Microsoft primarily for streaming media.
- 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.
- MIME Type
- video/x-ms-asf
- audio/aiff
- Sample
- sample.asf
- sample.aifc
- Wikipedia
- .asf on Wikipedia
- .aifc on Wikipedia