What is the difference between .ima and .aac?
- Extension
- .ima
- .aac
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Audio
- Audio
- Developer
- IBM
- Bell Labs, Fraunhofer Institute, Dolby Labs, Sony and Nokia
- Description
- A headerless file of IMA ADPCM audio data. IMA ADPCM claims 16-bit precision packed into only 4 bits, but in fact sounds no better than .vox.
- 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
- audio/x-adpcm
- audio/x-aac
- Sample
- sample.ima
- sample.aac
- Wikipedia
- .ima on Wikipedia
- .aac on Wikipedia