What is the difference between .ima and .wv?
- Extension
- .ima
- .wv
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Audio
- Audio
- Developer
- IBM
- WavPack
- 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.
- Audio file compressed using WavPack Hybrid Lossless Compression; supports both lossy and lossless compression, which produces high-quality compressed files; the compression ratio is typically between 30% and 70%.
- MIME Type
- audio/x-adpcm
- audio/x-wavpack
- Sample
- sample.ima
- sample.wv
- Wikipedia
- .ima on Wikipedia
- .wv on Wikipedia