What is the difference between .opus and .mpeg-2?
- Extension
- .opus
- .mpeg-2
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Audio
- Video
- Developer
- Xiph.Org
- Motion Pictures Expert Group
- 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.
- 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.
- MIME Type
- audio/opus
- video/mpeg
- Sample
- sample.opus
- Wikipedia
- .opus on Wikipedia
- .mpeg-2 on Wikipedia