What is the difference between .mp2 and .wmv?
- Extension
- .mp2
- .wmv
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Audio
- Video
- 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 WMV file is a video file based on the Microsoft Advanced Systems Format (ASF) container format and compressed with Windows Media compression. It contains video encoded with one of Microsoft's Windows Media Video (WMV) proprietary codecs and is similar to an .ASF file.
- MIME Type
- audio/mpeg
- video/x-ms-wmv
- Sample
- sample.mp2
- sample.wmv
- Wikipedia
- .mp2 on Wikipedia
- .wmv on Wikipedia