What is the difference between .mp2 and .flac?
- Extension
- .mp2
- .flac
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Audio
- Audio
- Developer
- Moving Picture Experts Group
- Xiph.Org Foundation
- 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.
- 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/mpeg
- audio/flac
- Sample
- sample.mp2
- sample.flac
- Wikipedia
- .mp2 on Wikipedia
- .flac on Wikipedia