What is the difference between .au and .wav?
- Extension
- .au
- .wav
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Audio
- Audio
- Developer
- Audacity
- Microsoft
- 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).
- A WAV file is an audio file that uses a standard digital audio file format utilized for storing waveform data. It allows audio recordings to be saved with different sampling rates and bitrates and is often saved in a 44.1 KHz, 16-bit, stereo format, which is the standard format used for CD audio.
- MIME Type
- audio/basic
- audio/wav
- Sample
- sample.au
- sample.wav
- Wikipedia
- .au on Wikipedia
- .wav on Wikipedia