Digital Video Format
par Syed Faris
1. MOV
1.1. A format that been develop by Apply and because of that this format always been used in Mac and also be supported in Windows Platform.
1.2. The main used of this format is for professional video editing and less suitable to be use for the others use.
1.2.1. Examples
1.3. The cons is that it have a low acceptannce on actual devices.
2. MKV
2.1. This format is usually famous for containing high quality multimedia in it such as aduio and video codecs.
2.2. A single files of this format can have unlimited source of multimdedia format.
2.2.1. Comparison
2.3. Support FLAC which is useful for lossless digital audio when the files is compress. (FLAC is a type of audio coding format).
3. MP4
3.1. Usually been used in storing video files on the computer and also used in streaming videos online.
3.2. Mostly people used it because it contains a good file size that are compatible with the quality that are shown.
3.2.1. Examples
3.3. Also known as multimedia container format because it can store other things than video which is audio and images which is very useful for content creators.
4. AVI
4.1. Develop by a famous company which is Microsoft that make this format compatible with all Microsoft Windows operating systems.
4.2. Have the features to played back audio and video simultaniously.
4.2.1. Pros and Cons
4.3. The cons of this format is it usually have a large size of file contrasted to the other format.
5. WebM
5.1. A format that usually been used in web designing.
5.2. Have greater quality than most of the other digital video format in form of sound and video.
5.2.1. Examples
5.3. To reduce the time of website loading times, it provides a much smaller files size.
6. WMV
6.1. This format is the other format that been develop from Microsoft that are suitable to be use in Windows Media Player software.
6.2. More suitable to be use if the storage space is limited because it provide more smaller file size than MP4.
6.2.1. Examples
6.3. The disadvantages of this format is it not suitable to be use in other systems such as Mac and Linux.
7. FLV
7.1. Be created to be use with Adobe Flash Player software and currently have the decreased of usage same with the use of Adobe Flash Player.
7.2. Have lower quality in term of compression, size and the others compared to MP4.
7.2.1. Examples
7.3. Can be open in third-party media player on Windows and Mac.
8. 3GP/3G2
8.1. Usually been used in mobile phone because it much more suitable for small size sizes.
8.2. Also have a good efficiency for streaming using the mobile network.
8.2.1. Examples