What is the difference between .mpeg-2 and .m4a?
- Extension
- .mpeg-2
- .m4a
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Video
- Audio
- Developer
- Motion Pictures Expert Group
- Apple
- 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 M4A file is an audio file created in the MPEG-4 format, a multimedia container format used to store compressed audio and video data. It contains audio encoded with either the Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) codec or the Apple Lossless Audio Codec (ALAC).
- MIME Type
- video/mpeg
- audio/mp4
- Sample
- sample.m4a
- Wikipedia
- .mpeg-2 on Wikipedia
- .m4a on Wikipedia