5 video formats you should definitely know
If you are just starting out in the world of videos and you are looking to learn what are the different formats that exist to record, you need to know that exporting a video to YouTube, Instagram, a mobile device or a movie film is not the same, it all depends of the characteristics of each production.
Container format is the file that stores video, audio, images, or subtitle tracks within a single file.
Here we tell you the 5 most used video formats today.
Video in MP4
Currently this format is the preferred and most used in digital devices such as cell phones, tablets and computers. It is a very docile format, it encodes the video in almost any resolution (iPod, HD, 2K, 4K).
So the next time you render a video, remember to set the proper size so that you get a high quality video.
MOV
This video and audio format was developed by Apple, you can use it to encode the video in digital cameras. We recommend using the QuickTime player, you can download the application for free on the internet.
It is also useful for streaming and is ideal for uploading videos online, it makes your videos quality and easy to compress.
WMV
A format developed by Microsoft and is found in all computers of this operating system. It uses an MPEG-4 codec to compress them, which allows for high resolutions and multi-channel audio.
It is an exclusive form of Windows Media Video, the files can have the extensions .wmv, .avi or .asf.
With this format we recommend you be careful, because it is not compatible with Apple equipment and to open or play a video, you will need an external converter or player.
MPEG
It is a standard format for digital video compression, you can play it with Windows Media Player and QuickTime. The maximum resolution supports 720 x 480 pixels.
FLV
FLV or flash video is a proprietary adobe format What is the Adobe Flash Player plugin that was previously known as The macromedia Flash Player.
It should be noted that Steve Jobs, already deceased founder of Apple, did not want the iPhone, iPad and Ipad to have the Flash player. This was one of the reasons that the Flash Player has been rapidly losing ground in the main video playback sites.
The other reason why Suso’s FLV song was due to the appearance of html5 that included the option of incorporating video natively and how html5 was adopted by the most popular browsers, for example Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and mozilla firefox. mp4 came to take the place of FLV
