Video File Format - Part 2

MP4 format
Standard formats for MPEG-4 is named by MP4. This sometimes causes people to get confused and think of it as audio formats like MP3. MP3 is actually associated with MPEG-1. MP3 audio is part of the original MPEG standard.

MPEG-4 is actually a type of so-called "container format". This format means combining several different content into a single file. Usually the content is audio coupled with video, but sometimes content such as still images are also put in an MP4 file.

Video and audio content are combined in MP4 can consist of a variety of formats. For the video format used eg DivX, XviD, ffmpeg, H.264 ( MPEG-4 AVC ). AAC format and MP3 audio examples, while for still images we can use the JPEG and PNG. All the content formats including MPEG-4 standard

Video File Format - Part 1

AVI
Audio Video Interleaved is a standard format video files for Microsoft Windows, which also video format "oldest" as introduced since Windows 3.1. And video-editing tools early generation software like Fast's AV Master and Miro/Pinnacle's DC10 also uses this format. This video format is capable of producing movement of 15 frames per second, the resolution 160x120 with maximum sound quality reached 11,025Hz. Almost all video cameras, especially the analog, generate file format extension. avi when transferred to a PC. Video formats that have This player has a myriad of applications problems the file size is large. but not This format is possible to compressed.

MPEG
Moving Picture Experts Group ( .Mpg or .Mpeg ) built as a standard for compression results digital video - audio files. This format produces high image quality, but not require large file capacity. MPEG compression is high enough eliminating a number frame displacement. Therefore, sometimes uneasy transition considered.
MPEG formats have different standards, but the main one is threefold: MPEG-1, MPEG-2 and MPEG-4.