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====Open Source====
====Open Source====
=====OGV=====
=====OGV=====
This is the Ogg-Vorbis format maintained by the XIPH.ORG group.  It features a high-quality playback with a small file size. It is open source.
This is the open-source Ogg-Vorbis format maintained by the XIPH.ORG group.  It features a high-quality playback with a small file size.
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=====Theora=====
=====Theora=====
An open-source video compression format created by the Xiph.Org Foundation.  It can handle nearly any size video, from very small to High Definition.
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====Theora====
 
An open-source video compression format created by the Xiph.Org Foundation.  It can handle nearly any size video, from very small to High Definition.
=====WebM / MKV / MKV3D=====
=====WebM / MKV / MKV3D=====
Matroska
Matroska forms the basis for the High Definition open-source formats of MKV, MKV3D, and the HTML5 standard format WebM.
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====Proprietary====
====Proprietary====
=====3GP / 3G2=====
=====3GP / 3G2=====
The primary format of cellphone videos. They often are low quality, low resolution, and low frame-rate.
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=====AVI=====
=====AVI=====
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=====FLV / SWF=====
=====FLV / SWF=====
The well-known Flash video formats. The FLV is the actual video file, while the SWF is a player 'wrapped' around, or 'containing' a FLV video.  Adobe, the current owner of the Flash platform, has acknowledged that Flash is deprecated and will be superseded by HTML5.<ref>http://blogs.adobe.com/conversations/2011/11/flash-focus.html</ref><ref>http://www.mikechambers.com/blog/2011/11/11/clarifications-on-flash-player-for-mobile-browsers-the-flash-platform-and-the-future-of-flash/</ref>
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====Flash Video====
Used by Adobe Flash Player.
=====H.264=====
=====H.264=====
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