What is the difference between .hevc and .ra?
- Extension
 - .hevc
 - .ra
 
- Format
 - Binary
 - Binary
 
- Category
 - Video
 - Audio
 
- Developer
 - Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG)
 - RealNetworks
 
- 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.
 - RealPlayer created RA for audio streaming. It makes use of various audio codecs from those that deliver high-fidelity sounds to those that record low bitrate audio data. Radio stations mainly used it for online streaming, but current formats have overthrown it.
 
- MIME Type
 - video/x-h265
 - audio/vnd.rn-realaudio
 
- Wikipedia
 - .hevc on Wikipedia
 - .ra on Wikipedia