The Different Types of Video File Formats

. AVI (Audio Video Interlaced)
.AVI files comply to a standard developed by Microsoft and are a very popular video file 
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AVI Logoformat. An uncompressed .AVI file is too huge and will be difficult to be transferred over the Internet. .AVI files are mainly used for editing, as they are compatible with almost any application; however, they are not much of a video sharing format. Most popular video players can open .AVI files without any issue, and a .AVI file can be coded using a variety of codecs. Due to this, one .AVI file will differ completely from another.

.FLV (Flash Video Format)
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FLV LogoA Flash video file format is the most common and popular video sharing file format used over the Internet. Almost all browsers are compatible with Flash and can the play the video with ease. Most online video games are also done in a Flash video format. Many video-sharing sites will let you upload a video in a different format, after which they will convert the files to .FLV on the fly. An example of such a site is YouTube. Videos in the .FLV format are high quality even after compression, and that is one of the major reasons for the popularity of .FLV.

.WMV (Windows Media Video)
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WMV LogoThe tiniest video files over the Internet are mostly .WMV files. Their file size after compression is very small, which results in poor quality. As a result of this, .WMV files are used for streaming as well as downloading content over the Internet. Windows Media Player is the main application that is used to play .WMV files

.MOV (Apple Quick Time Movie)
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.MOV is a popular type of video format amongst MAC users. .MOV files are of high quality and usually big in size. However, being a popular MAC format, .MOV files can still be opened with a variety of players available on PC.
.MPEG (Motions Picture Experts Group)
The Motion Picture Experts Group is an international group that was created to develop standards for audio and video file formats.
MPEG-4 (.MP4)
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mpeg-4 logoMP4 is a video format mainly used by camcorders and cameras that is gaining popularity. The quality of a video coded using .MP4 is very high and the file size relatively small. .MP4 standard is becoming more popular than .FLV for online video sharing, as it compatible with both online and mobile browsers and also supported by the new HTML5.


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