What is the difference between .mp2 and .mkv?
- Extension
- .mp2
- .mkv
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Audio
- Video
- Developer
- Moving Picture Experts Group
- Matroska
- 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.
- An MKV file is a video container format similar to the .AVI, .ASF, and .MOV formats. It supports several types of audio and video codecs and may include .SRT, .SSA, or .USF (Universal Subtitle Format) subtitles. MKV files also support VobSub subtitles from DVDs.
- MIME Type
- audio/mpeg
- video/x-matroska
- Sample
- sample.mp2
- sample.mkv
- Wikipedia
- .mp2 on Wikipedia
- .mkv on Wikipedia