Movie file types by file extension.

If you have setup Windows to hide the file extension of known types you will need to right click on the file and select properties to see the file extension.

• AVI - Audio/Video Interleave

• MPG,MPEG,M1V,MP2,MP3,MPA,MPE,MPV2 - Moving Pictures Experts Group

• ASF, WMA, WMV - Microsoft Windows Media

• IVF - Intel Video Technology now Ligos

• RM, RA, RAM - Real player Networks

• MOV, QT - Apple QuickTime
   

Moving Pictures Experts Group

• MPEG-1 is a video standard that delivers quality similar to but perhaps not as good as VHS. This is primary standard used for Video-CD.
• MPEG Audio Layer-3 also known as MP3 is an audio compression technology that can compress CD-Quality audio to 1/12 the original size with minimal quality loss. MPEG Audio Layer-1 and MPEG Audio Layer-2 are the prior versions of this standard.
• MPEG-2 is a high quality video standard is used for DVD discs and Digital TV broadcasts.
• MPEG-4 is designed to stream multimedia using a wide range of bit rates from a web or network server but can also be used for local playback.

Audio/Video Interleave
 

The AVI file created by Microsoft is the primary audio/video format for Windows platforms and may be compressed with a variety of codecs.
 

Windows Media

• ASF,  Advanced Streaming Format, may contain Video, Audio, Slide Shows and/or synchronized events.
• WMV seems to be the new replacement for the ASF format.
• WMA, Windows Media Audio, theoretically contains only audio.

Intel Video Technology
 

These files are encoded using the Indeo codec originally developed by Intel which has been sold to Ligos..
 

MOV - Apple QuickTime

Version 1 and 2 are supported by Fx Sound and Magic. Later version are significantly different and are only supported by Apple although the file extension may be the same.

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