- Extension
- .shn
- .rmvb
- Format
- Binary
- Category
- Audio
- Video
- Developer
- Shorten
- RealNetworks
- 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 RMVB file is a Real Media video file compressed using a variable bit rate, which is optimized for the content of the video. It is a newer variation of the standard Real Media (.RM) file format that allows for more efficient compression.
- MIME Type
- audio/x-shn
- application/vnd.rn-realmedia-vbr
