What is the difference between .opus and .m4a?
- Extension
- .opus
- .m4a
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Audio
- Audio
- Developer
- Xiph.Org
- Apple
- Description
- An OPUS file is an audio file created in the Opus format (also called "Ogg Opus"), a lossy audio format developed for Internet streaming. It uses both SILK (used by Skype) and CELT (from Xiph.Org) codecs and supports variable bit rates from 6 kb/s to 510 kb/s.
- 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
- audio/opus
- audio/mp4
- Sample
- sample.opus
- sample.m4a
- Wikipedia
- .opus on Wikipedia
- .m4a on Wikipedia