What is the difference between .shn and .mpeg-2?
- Extension
- .shn
- .mpeg-2
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Audio
- Video
- Developer
- Shorten
- Motion Pictures Expert 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.
- 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/x-shn
- video/mpeg
- Sample
- sample.shn
- Wikipedia
- .shn on Wikipedia
- .mpeg-2 on Wikipedia