What is the difference between .mp2 and .wma?
- Extension
- .mp2
- .wma
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Audio
- Audio
- Developer
- Moving Picture Experts Group
- Microsoft
- 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 WMA file is an audio file saved in the Advanced Systems Format (ASF) proprietary format developed by Microsoft. It contains Windows Media Audio and metadata objects such as the title, artist, album, and genre of the track. WMA files are similar to .MP3 files and primarily used for streaming music from the web.
- MIME Type
- audio/mpeg
- audio/x-ms-wma
- Sample
- sample.mp2
- sample.wma
- Wikipedia
- .mp2 on Wikipedia
- .wma on Wikipedia