![]() ![]() If you see a video file on your computer labeled MSWMM, be aware that this is a windows movie maker project file and not a video or movie file designed for sharing. The vast majority of the videos we personally upload to the web are QuickTime format, followed by MPEG4. Due to the fact that QuickTime hasn’t been a Mac-only program for quite some time, QuickTime versions and players exist on almost all PCs. While MOV files do look great, the files sizes are extremely big. It is considered one of the best looking file formats. MOV is the file extension used to identify an Apple Quick Time Movie.MOV is an extremely common sharing format, especially among Mac users. If you self-host your own videos, you should convert them to flash for greatest compatibility with the highest percentage of Internet viewers.Īlthough FLV’s are the most common format found on the web today, the standard is moving towards the use of using MP4 H.264 files within flash players as it is compatible with both online and mobile (iPhone), not to mention some HTML5 browser support (Safari, Chrome). This means that the videos load quickly on the internet, and won’t spend a lot of time using up your bandwidth. In addition to the nearly universal flash video player, FLV is popular because it gives one of the smallest file sizes after compression yet it retains fairly good quality. Most of those sites accept uploads in a handful of formats like QuickTime, mpeg4, or wmv, and then they convert it to flash or MP4 before actually putting it out on the net for viewing. Many television news operations are also now using Flash Video on their websites as a way to keep viewers up to date at all times. ![]() Notable users of the Flash Video format include YouTube, Yahoo! Video, MySpace, and many others. You can upload formats other than flash, and those sites will convert it into flash for streaming to the end user. Almost all the video sharing sites stream video in flash. Virtually everyone (99%) has the adobe player installed in their browser and so this has fast become the most common online video viewing platform. FLV file extension on videos encoded by Adobe Flash software to play within the Adobe Flash Player. FLV (Flash Video Format) Flash video (FLV) is the single most common sharing format on the web today. ![]() This is because AVI is what’s known as a “container format”, which basically means it contains multiple streams of different type data, including a control track and separate video and audio streams. The important thing to know is that whatever streams inside the container (AVI) is not necessarily the same from one AVI video to the next because the codecs used for compression can vary from file to file. The problem is, not all AVIs are created equally and you can still run into compatibility issues due to different codecs on the videos. They’ll slide into just about any video editing program and the quality is still high enough to be a master clip.ĪVI is windows-based and is virtually universal. In that sense, it is not really a sharing format. AVI is more for the beginning of a video project using it as something to edit off of, not the end. AVI files (particularly when uncompressed) tend to be HUGE, way too big for the internet or uploading to someone. AVI (Audio Video Interlaced) AVI format is a long-time standard developed by Microsoft and has been around as long as digital video has. As time goes by, it will no doubt become easier to use and be more integrated with editing applications. That alone makes this format more difficult to work with but, on the other hand, it maintains high quality. Additionally, playback of AVCHD files requires speedy CPUs and a sufficient amount of RAM. Some video editing software applications have begun to support this format but many of can not fully handle it quite yet. Video in this format would be best suited as the master copy of your video project and serves as a great piece to edit with.ĪVCHD is still in its early life as a video format and since it’s still fairly new, compatibility with certain video editing programs may be an issue. It’s not really suitable for sharing due to the excessive file sizes, but the format is becoming more and more popular due to HD camcorders using this format. AVCHD (Advanced Video Codec High Definition) AVCHD (.mts) is a high end, high-definition (HD) format which was originally developed by Sony and Panasonic for high definition home theaters. ![]()
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