What is the difference between .vqf and .ac3?
- Extension
- .vqf
- .ac3
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Audio
- Audio
- Developer
- Yamaha
- Dolby Laboratories
- Description
- A VQF file, standing for TwinVQ (Vector Quantized) Audio File, is a compressed audio format developed by NTT (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation) in the late 1990s. It was designed to offer higher compression rates compared to the more commonly used MP3 format, aiming to produce smaller file sizes while retaining a similar audio 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-twinvq
- audio/ac3
- Sample
- sample.vqf
- sample.ac3
- Wikipedia
- .vqf on Wikipedia
- .ac3 on Wikipedia