What is the difference between .mpa and .ra?
- Extension
- .mpa
- .ra
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Audio
- Audio
- Developer
- MPEG
- RealNetworks
- 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.
- RealPlayer created RA for audio streaming. It makes use of various audio codecs from those that deliver high-fidelity sounds to those that record low bitrate audio data. Radio stations mainly used it for online streaming, but current formats have overthrown it.
- MIME Type
- audio/mpeg
- audio/vnd.rn-realaudio
- Sample
- sample.mpa
- Wikipedia
- .mpa on Wikipedia
- .ra on Wikipedia