What is the difference between .mpeg-2 and .au?
- Extension
- .mpeg-2
- .au
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Video
- Audio
- Developer
- Motion Pictures Expert Group
- Audacity
- 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.
- Audio file created by Audacity, a free, cross platform audio editor; uses a proprietary format that can only be opened by Audacity; saved as one of multiple audio data files for an Audacity project (.AUD).
- MIME Type
- video/mpeg
- audio/basic
- Sample
- sample.au
- Wikipedia
- .mpeg-2 on Wikipedia
- .au on Wikipedia