How many types of video format do you know?
If you are one of those who normally work with video files, you will have noticed that there are multiple formats of it. How many video formats do you know? Sure you are familiar names like MP4, H264, MOV, FLV, SWF … But let’s go by parts.
The first thing to note is that although they are different formats, they all have in common that they are made up of three elements or components:
The video and its corresponding codec. The latter is necessary for encoding and decoding the file, which allows tablets to compress the file. In this way, the weight of this is reduced.
The audio, that is sound. This will also have different formats: MP3, AIFF (barely without compression, which makes them very heavy), AAC (Advanced Audio Coding, usually used in Surround or surround sounds), Windows Media Audio (Windows format).
AVI is one of the first formats that was used. It was designed by Microsoft and still has a great presence.
ASF and WMV are another type of format that has the advantage of storing data on the acquisition of digital records.
MOV is a format developed by Apple for QuicTime. The MOV is usually seen in videos recorded by digital cameras or video cameras.
FLV (Flash Video) is the one developed by Flash and is more web-oriented.
MKV Surely on the Internet when you have gone to watch a series or movie you have found this format. It is a multimedia container that supports any type of content (movies, 3D animation, video games …). This is played on computers and televisions that have multimedia equipment.
MP4 or H.264 is the most widely used today, especially for its versatility. It can be seen both on mobile devices and on the computer. In addition, it allows you to encode the video in any type of resolution. And, especially if you are going to work with a video that has to work on different media, this is undoubtedly your H.264 format.
It is in this last format that we advise you to export your video projects. So you will not have any problem when viewing them.
