What is the difference between .mpeg-2 and .asf?
- Extension
- .mpeg-2
- .asf
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Video
- Video
- Developer
- Motion Pictures Expert Group
- Microsoft
- Description
- Video file encoded with the MPEG-2 codec, which is mainly used for over-the-air, satellite, and cable digital TV signals and DVD video; uses lossy compression for audio and video to significantly reduce the size of the video data; not as efficient as the H.264 format.
- An ASF file is a media file stored in the Advanced Systems Format (ASF), a proprietary video and audio container format. It contains audio and video data and optional metadata, such as title, author, and copyright bibliographic data. ASF files are developed by Microsoft primarily for streaming media.
- MIME Type
- video/mpeg
- video/x-ms-asf
- Sample
- sample.asf
- Wikipedia
- .mpeg-2 on Wikipedia
- .asf on Wikipedia