What is the difference between .m4b and .aifc?
- Extension
- .m4b
- .aifc
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Audio
- Audio
- Developer
- Apple
- Apple Inc.
- Description
- It is an audiobook file compressed using .AAC algorithm based on MPEG-4 container format. It is similar to .M4A file but its denoted as an audiobook and supporting audio players can bookmark it.
- It contains CD-quality audio file commonly used in gaming consoles and media players. AIFC can be compared to .WAV file that has been compressed to reduce file size. Therefore, it may incorporate ALAW, ULAW, or G722 compression.
- MIME Type
- audio/x-m4a
- audio/aiff
- Sample
- sample.m4b
- sample.aifc
- Wikipedia
- .m4b on Wikipedia
- .aifc on Wikipedia