What is the difference between .au and .mp3?
- Extension
- .au
- .mp3
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Audio
- Audio
- Developer
- Audacity
- Moving Picture Experts Group
- Description
- Audio file created by Audacity, a free, cross platform audio editor; uses a proprietary format that can only be opened by Audacity; saved as one of multiple audio data files for an Audacity project (.AUD).
- An MP3 file is an audio file saved in a compressed audio format developed by the Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) that uses "Layer 3" audio compression. It is commonly used to store music and audiobooks with near-CD quality sound (stereo, 16-bit) and roughly 1/10 the size of a .WAV or .AIF file.
- MIME Type
- audio/basic
- audio/mpeg3
- Sample
- sample.au
- sample.mp3
- Wikipedia
- .au on Wikipedia
- .mp3 on Wikipedia