What is the difference between .m4b and .mpeg-2?
- Extension
- .m4b
- .mpeg-2
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Audio
- Video
- Developer
- Apple
- Motion Pictures Expert Group
- 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.
- Video file encoded with the MPEG-2 codec, which is mainly used for over-the-air, satellite, and cable digital TV signals and DVD video; uses lossy compression for audio and video to significantly reduce the size of the video data; not as efficient as the H.264 format.
- MIME Type
- audio/x-m4a
- video/mpeg
- Sample
- sample.m4b
- Wikipedia
- .m4b on Wikipedia
- .mpeg-2 on Wikipedia