container formats, it allows streaming over the Internet. The only filename extension for MPEG-4 Part 14 files as defined by the specification is .mp4. MPEG-4...
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first version of MP4 format was revised and replaced by MPEG-4 Part 14: MP4 file format (ISO/IEC 14496-14:2003). The MP4 file format was generalized into...
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widely used for media file storage and as the basis for various other media file formats (e.g. the MP4 and 3GP container formats), and its widespread use...
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3GP and 3G2 (redirect from 3GPP file format)
versions of the 3GP file format did not use some of its features. 3GP and 3G2 are container formats similar to MPEG-4 Part 14 (MP4), which is also based...
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examples of container formats include archive files (such as the ZIP format) and formats used for multimedia playback (such as Matroska, MP4, and AVI). Among...
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payload format. Some technologies, such as WebRTC, do not use any container formats for streaming. Some use fragmented MP4 (fMP4) or MPEG-TS segment files, such...
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This is a list of computer file formats, categorized by domain. Some formats are listed under multiple categories. Each format is identified by a capitalized...
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caf container, the QuickTime .mov container, and the ISOBMFF or MP4 file format .mp4 container. As the AudioToolbox framework is shared with macOS, similar...
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A video file format is a type of file format for storing digital video data on a computer system. Video is almost always stored using lossy compression...
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Image File Format (HEIF) is a digital container format for storing individual digital images and image sequences. The standard covers multimedia files that...
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Matroska (redirect from Multimedia Container Format)
concept to other containers like AVI, MP4, or Advanced Systems Format (ASF), but is an open standard. Matroska file extensions are .mkv for video (which...
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Look up MP4 in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. MP4 is MPEG-4 Part 14, a file format. MP4 may also refer to: Møller–Plesset perturbation theory of the...
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An audio file format is a file format for storing digital audio data on a computer system. The bit layout of the audio data (excluding metadata) is called...
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used in Ogg and Matroska container formats and is also registered for use in the ISO base media (MP4) file format and MPEG transport streams. The BBC...
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MPEG transport stream (redirect from TS file format)
compared to program streams and other common containers such as AVI, MOV/MP4, and MKV, which generally wrap each frame into one packet. This is particularly...
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Flash Video (redirect from Flash format)
file formats in 2007, based on the ISO base media file format (MPEG-4 Part 12). In this way, the F4V format shares a common base with the MP4 format,...
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Apple Lossless Audio Codec (redirect from ALAC (audio file format))
within an MP4 container with the filename extension .m4a. This extension is also used by Apple for AAC (which is a lossy format) in an MP4 container (same...
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provides specific guidance and formats for use with two types of containers: ISO base media file format (e.g. MP4 file format) or MPEG-2 Transport Stream...
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M4V (category Digital container formats)
The M4V file format is a video container format developed by Apple and is very similar to the MP4 format. The primary difference is that M4V files may optionally...
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container formats can contain one of several different video coding formats; for example, the MP4 container format can contain video coding formats such as...
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Audio Video Interleave (redirect from Avi file)
formats (such as Matroska, Ogg and MP4) solve all these problems, although software is freely available to both create and correctly replay AVI files...
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Motion JPEG 2000 (category Graphics file formats)
(MJ2 or MJP2) is a file format for motion sequences of JPEG 2000 images and associated audio, based on the MP4 and QuickTime format. Filename extensions...
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SWF (redirect from Adobe Flash file format)
SWF (/ˈswɪf/) is a defunct Adobe Flash file format that was used for multimedia, vector graphics and ActionScript. Originating with FutureWave Software...
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GIF (redirect from Graphic interchange format)
video tag playing a looped MP4 or WebM compressed video. HEIF ("High Efficiency Image File Format") is an image file format, finalized in 2015, which uses...
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Information technology — Coding of audio-visual objects — Part 14: MP4 file format". Archived from the original on 2017-08-31. Retrieved 2017-08-30. "ISO/IEC...
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JPEG 2000 (category Graphics file formats)
media file format. For example, Motion JPEG 2000 file format, MP4 file format or 3GP file format are also based on this ISO base media file format. The...
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ExifTool (section Supported file formats)
Format (TIFF-based) MIE - Meta Information Encapsulation (MIE specification) MOS - Creo Leaf Mosaic (TIFF-based) MOV, QT - Apple QuickTime Movie MP4 -...
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(Actions Media Video) is a proprietary video file format designed for portable media players (often marketed as "MP4 players"), as well as S1 MP3 players with...
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suitable for further editing. In contrast, the more common MPEG-4 Part 14 (MP4) format is less flexible and used for distributing finished content. It was developed...
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(part of the FFmpeg project) - demultiplexes many formats e.g. 3GP, ASF, AVI, FLV, SWF, M2TS, MKV, MOV, MP4, MPG, NSV, NUT, Ogg, RM, AIFF, AU, WAV, etc. e...
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