What is the difference between .asf and .m4a?
- Extension
- .asf
- .m4a
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Video
- Audio
- Developer
- Microsoft
- Apple
- 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.
- 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
- video/x-ms-asf
- audio/mp4
- Sample
- sample.asf
- sample.m4a
- Wikipedia
- .asf on Wikipedia
- .m4a on Wikipedia