What is the difference between .shn and .mp3?
- Extension
- .shn
- .mp3
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Audio
- Audio
- Developer
- Shorten
- Moving Picture Experts Group
- 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.
- An MP3 file is an audio file saved in a compressed audio format developed by the Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) that uses "Layer 3" audio compression. It is commonly used to store music and audiobooks with near-CD quality sound (stereo, 16-bit) and roughly 1/10 the size of a .WAV or .AIF file.
- MIME Type
- audio/x-shn
- audio/mpeg3
- Sample
- sample.shn
- sample.mp3
- Wikipedia
- .shn on Wikipedia
- .mp3 on Wikipedia