- Extension
- .hca
- .mp2
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Audio
- Audio
- Developer
- CRI Middleware Co., Ltd.
- Moving Picture Experts Group
- Description
- CRI HCA is a proprietary compressed audio format developed by CRI Middleware for use in video games and multimedia applications. It is designed for efficient streaming and playback of audio within CRI's ADX2/CRIWARE game audio middleware. The format is widely used in Japanese console and mobile games to store music and sound effects.
- Audio format that uses MPEG-1 Layer II compression to reduce the file size; mainly replaced by the ubiquitous .MP3 format, but is still used for digital radio and digital television broadcasts.
- MIME Type
- audio/hca
- audio/mpeg
