What is multimedia?: Difference between revisions

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*.MOV ('''MPEG-4 or Moving Picture Experts Group''') – it uses one type of compression for video tracks and a different compression for audio tracks. MPEG-4 video encoding is used to compress video tracks while the ACC compression is used to compress audio tracks. <ref>[http://www.fileinfo.com/extension/mp4. .MP4 File Extension.] FileInfo.com. Retrieved November 4, 2014.</ref>
*.MOV ('''MPEG-4 or Moving Picture Experts Group''') – it uses one type of compression for video tracks and a different compression for audio tracks. MPEG-4 video encoding is used to compress video tracks while the ACC compression is used to compress audio tracks. <ref>[http://www.fileinfo.com/extension/mp4. .MP4 File Extension.] FileInfo.com. Retrieved November 4, 2014.</ref>
*.MP4 ('''Apple QuickTime Movie''') – it can have many tracks like video, audio, timecode, and text that can have different types of media information in them. A media track can have one or more different types of codecs used on it. <ref>[http://www.fileinfo.com/extension/mov. .MOV File Extension.] FileInfo.com. Retrieved November 4, 2014.</ref>
*.MP4 ('''Apple QuickTime Movie''') – it can have many tracks like video, audio, timecode, and text that can have different types of media information in them. A media track can have one or more different types of codecs used on it. <ref>[http://www.fileinfo.com/extension/mov. .MOV File Extension.] FileInfo.com. Retrieved November 4, 2014.</ref>
*.MPG ('''Moving Picture Experts Group''') - it is a video format made by the Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG). <ref>[http://www.fileinfo.com/extension/mpg. .MPG File Extension.] FileInfo.com. Retrieved November 7, 2014.</ref> It uses two other formats which MPEG-1 and MPEG-2. MPEG-1 is used for Video-CD and CD media. MPEG-2 is used to broadcast digital TV and DVD. An MPEG-2 player can also hold or play MPEG-1 data. <ref>[http://whatis.techtarget.com/fileformat/MPG-MPEG-animation. MPG File Format.] WhatIs.com. Retrieved November 7, 2014.</ref>
*.MPG ('''Moving Picture Experts Group''') - it is a video format made by the Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG). <ref>[http://www.fileinfo.com/extension/mpg. .MPG File Extension.] FileInfo.com. Retrieved November 7, 2014.</ref> It uses two other formats which MPEG-1 and MPEG-2. MPEG-1 is used for Video-CD and CD-i media. MPEG-2 is mainly used for codding interlaced or connected images. MPEG-2 is used to broadcast digital TV and DVD. An MPEG-2 player can also hold or play MPEG-1 data. <ref>[http://whatis.techtarget.com/fileformat/MPG-MPEG-animation. MPG File Format.] WhatIs.com. Retrieved November 7, 2014.</ref>
*.WMV ('''Windows Media Video''') - a file extension developed by Microsoft. It is based on Advanced Systems Format that wraps a video bitstream. Material exchange format is the ideal wrapper for loseless and uncompressed WMV files. <ref>[http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/formats/fdd/fdd000091.shtml WMV (Windows Media Video) File Format] Received November 7, 2014.</ref>
*.WMV ('''Windows Media Video''') - a file extension developed by Microsoft. It is based on Advanced Systems Format that wraps a video bitstream. Material exchange format is the ideal wrapper for loseless and uncompressed WMV files. <ref>[http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/formats/fdd/fdd000091.shtml WMV (Windows Media Video) File Format] Received November 7, 2014.</ref>


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