What is the difference between .mp2 and .au?
- Extension
- .mp2
- .au
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Audio
- Audio
- Developer
- Moving Picture Experts Group
- Audacity
- Description
- Audio format that uses MPEG-1 Layer II compression to reduce the file size; mainly replaced by the ubiquitous .MP3 format, but is still used for digital radio and digital television broadcasts.
- Audio file created by Audacity, a free, cross platform audio editor; uses a proprietary format that can only be opened by Audacity; saved as one of multiple audio data files for an Audacity project (.AUD).
- MIME Type
- audio/mpeg
- audio/basic
- Sample
- sample.mp2
- sample.au
- Wikipedia
- .mp2 on Wikipedia
- .au on Wikipedia