Softwares / Video File Formats
|
Name |
File Format extension(s) (Container
format) |
Video format(s) |
Audio format(s) |
|
WebM |
.webm(Matroska) |
VP8, VP9, AV1 |
Vorbis, Opus |
|
Dirac |
.drc(?) |
Dirac |
N/A |
|
SVI |
.svi(MPEG-4) |
N/A |
N/A |
|
Material Exchange Format (MXF) |
.mxf(MXF) |
N/A |
N/A |
|
ROQ |
.roq(?) |
N/A |
N/A |
|
Nullsoft Streaming Video (NSV) |
.nsv(NSV) |
N/A |
N/A |
|
M4V |
.m4v(MPEG-4 -Part 12) |
H.264 |
AAC, Dolby Digital |
|
QuickTime File Format |
.mov, .qt (QuickTime) |
many |
AAC, MP3 |
|
MPEG-2 – Video |
.mpg, .mpeg, .m2v(?) |
H.262 |
AAC, MP3, MPEG-2 Part 3, others |
|
MPEG-4 Part 14 (MP4) |
.mp4, .m4p (with DRM), .m4v (MPEG-4 Part
12) |
H.264, MPEG-4 Part 2, MPEG-2, MPEG-1 |
Advanced Audio Coding, MP3, others |
|
3GPP |
.3gp(MPEG-4 -Part 12) |
MPEG-4 Part 2, H.263, H.264 |
AMR-NB, AMR-WB, AMR-WB+, AAC-LC, HE-AAC v1 or Enhanced aacPlus (HE-AAC v2) |
|
3GPP2 |
.3g2(MPEG-4 -Part 12) |
MPEG-4 Part 2, H.263, H.264 |
AMR-NB, AMR-WB, AMR-WB+, AAC-LC, HE-AAC v1 or Enhanced aacPlus (HE-AAC
v2), EVRC, SMV or VMR-WB |
|
Matroska |
.mkv(Matroska) |
any |
any |
|
AVI |
.avi(AVI) |
any |
any |
|
Advanced Systems Format (ASF) |
.asf(ASF) |
any |
any |
|
Raw video format |
.yuv(?) |
Doesn't apply |
Doesn't apply |
|
MPEG Transport Stream |
.MTS, .M2TS, .TS (AVCHD) |
AVCHD (MPEG-4 / H.264 ) |
Dolby AC-3 or uncompressed linear PCM |
|
VivoActive (VIV) |
.viv(VIV) |
based upon H.263 video |
G.723 ADPCM audio (not the G.723.1 speech
codec) |
|
F4V |
.flv(MPEG-4 Part 12) |
H.264 |
MP3, AAC |
|
Flash Video (FLV) |
.flv(FLV) |
VP6, Sorenson Spark, Screen video, Screen
video 2, H.264 |
MP3, ADPCM, Nellymoser, Speex, AAC |
|
MPEG-1 |
.mpg, .mp2, .mpeg, .mpe, .mpv(MPEG-1-Part
1) |
MPEG-1 part 2 |
MPEG-1 Audio Layer I, MPEG-1 Audio Layer
I, MPEG-1 Audio Layer III (MP3) |
|
GIF |
.gif(N/A) |
N/A |
none |
|
Video alternative to GIF |
.gifv (HTML) |
any |
none |
|
Multiple-image Network Graphics |
.mng(N/A) |
N/A |
none |
|
Vob |
.vob(VOB) |
H.262/MPEG-2 Part 2 or MPEG-1 Part 2 |
PCM, DTS, MPEG-1, Audio Layer II (MP2),
or Dolby Digital (AC-3) |
|
RealMedia (RM) |
.rm (RealMedia) |
RealVideo |
RealAudio |
|
RealMedia Variable Bitrate (RMVB) |
.rmvb (RealMedia Variable Bitrate) |
RealVideo |
RealAudio |
|
Flash Video (FLV) |
.flv .f4v .f4p .f4a .f4b(Audio, video,
text, data) |
Adobe Flash Platform |
SWF, F4V, ISO base media file format |
|
AMV video format |
.amv (AVI) |
Variant of Motion JPEG |
Variant of IMA, ADPCM |
|
Ogg Video |
.ogv, .ogg(Ogg) |
Theora, Dirac |
Vorbis, FLAC |
|
Windows Media Video |
.wmv (ASF) |
Windows Media Video, Windows Media Video
Screen, Windows Media Video Image |
Windows Media Audio, Sipro ACELP.net |
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