What is the difference between .m4b and .flac?
- Extension
- .m4b
- .flac
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Audio
- Audio
- Developer
- Apple
- Xiph.Org Foundation
- 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.
- A FLAC file is an audio file compressed in the Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC) format, which is an open source lossless audio compression format. It is similar to an .MP3 file, but is compressed without any loss in quality or loss of any original audio data.
- MIME Type
- audio/x-m4a
- audio/flac
- Sample
- sample.m4b
- sample.flac
- Wikipedia
- .m4b on Wikipedia
- .flac on Wikipedia