What is the difference between .hevc and .aac?
- Extension
 - .hevc
 - .aac
 
- Format
 - Binary
 - Binary
 
- Category
 - Video
 - Audio
 
- Developer
 - Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG)
 - Bell Labs, Fraunhofer Institute, Dolby Labs, Sony and Nokia
 
- Description
 - The High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) file, commonly known by its file extension .hevc, represents a video compression format designed to substantially improve coding efficiency compared to its predecessor, H.264/AVC. Aimed at enabling higher resolution video content such as 4K and 8K, HEVC is adept at maintaining high-quality video at roughly half the bitrate, significantly reducing file sizes without compromising on visual fidelity. This efficiency makes HEVC particularly valuable in streaming media applications.
 - Compressed audio file similar to an .MP3 file, but offers several performance improvements; examples include a higher coding efficiency for both stationary and transient signals, a simpler filterbank, and better handling of frequencies above 16 kHz; maintains quality nearly indistinguishable from the original audio source.
 
- MIME Type
 - video/x-h265
 - audio/x-aac
 
- Sample
 - sample.aac
 
- Wikipedia
 - .hevc on Wikipedia
 - .aac on Wikipedia