Video file formats

MULTIMEDIA PRODUCTION 4(1+3)
Lesson 14: Video

Video file formats


File format

Extension

More information

Windows Media file

.asf

Advanced Streaming Format This file format stores synchronized multimedia data and can be used to stream audio and video content, images, and script commands over a network.

Windows Video file

.avi

Audio Video Interleave This is a multimedia file format for storing sound and moving pictures in Microsoft Resource Interchange File Format (RIFF) format. It is one of the most common formats because audio or video content that is compressed with a wide variety of codecs< can be stored in an .avi file.

Movie file

.mpg or .mpeg

Moving Picture Experts Group This is an evolving set of standards for video and audio compression developed by the Moving Picture Experts Group. This file format was designed specifically for use with Video-CD and CD-i media.

Windows Media Video file

.wmv

Windows Media Video This file format compresses audio and video by using the Windows Media Video codec, a tightly compressed format that requires a minimal amount of storage space on your computer's hard disk.


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