What is the difference between .shn and .ac3?
- Extension
- .shn
- .ac3
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Audio
- Audio
- Developer
- Shorten
- Dolby Laboratories
- Description
- The SHN file format, short for Shorten Compressed Audio File, is a type of compressed audio file developed for efficiently archiving high-quality digital audio. Shorten was one of the early lossless compression methods for audio, meaning it allows the exact original audio data to be reconstructed from the compressed data, without any loss in quality.
- Audio file saved in the AC-3 (Dolby Digital) audio format; can include up to six channels of audio (DD 5.1 surround sound with subwoofer output); uses lossy compression and often used as the format for DVDs, cinema theaters, and game consoles.
- MIME Type
- audio/x-shn
- audio/ac3
- Sample
- sample.shn
- sample.ac3
- Wikipedia
- .shn on Wikipedia
- .ac3 on Wikipedia