What is the difference between .mp2 and .wv?
- Extension
- .mp2
- .wv
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Audio
- Audio
- Developer
- Moving Picture Experts Group
- WavPack
- 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 compressed using WavPack Hybrid Lossless Compression; supports both lossy and lossless compression, which produces high-quality compressed files; the compression ratio is typically between 30% and 70%.
- MIME Type
- audio/mpeg
- audio/x-wavpack
- Sample
- sample.mp2
- sample.wv
- Wikipedia
- .mp2 on Wikipedia
- .wv on Wikipedia