What is the difference between .mpa and .mp4?
- Extension
- .mpa
- .mp4
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Audio
- Video
- Developer
- MPEG
- Moving Picture Experts Group
- Description
- The MPA file format, standing for MPEG-2 Audio File, is designed to store audio data compressed using the MPEG-2 Audio coding standard. This format is a successor to the MPEG-1 standard, offering enhancements like improved audio quality and support for multiple audio channels, thus enabling surround sound experiences. MPA files are commonly used for both music and video soundtracks due to their efficient compression, which preserves sound quality while reducing file size significantly.
- An MP4 file is a multimedia file commonly used to store a movie or video clip, but may also contain subtitles or images. MP4 is short for MPEG-4 Part 14, which is a container format based on the QuickTime File Format (QTFF) used by .MOV and .QT files.
- MIME Type
- audio/mpeg
- video/mp4
- Sample
- sample.mpa
- sample.mp4
- Wikipedia
- .mpa on Wikipedia
- .mp4 on Wikipedia