What is the difference between .opus and .mkv?
- Extension
- .opus
- .mkv
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Audio
- Video
- Developer
- Xiph.Org
- Matroska
- 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 MKV file is a video container format similar to the .AVI, .ASF, and .MOV formats. It supports several types of audio and video codecs and may include .SRT, .SSA, or .USF (Universal Subtitle Format) subtitles. MKV files also support VobSub subtitles from DVDs.
- MIME Type
- audio/opus
- video/x-matroska
- Sample
- sample.opus
- sample.mkv
- Wikipedia
- .opus on Wikipedia
- .mkv on Wikipedia