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Video formats and their characteristics<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Even if you’ve never processed a video, you must have heard out of the corner of your ear that there are some video formats. That by the name (extension) of the file, you can easily identify this format. And you’ve probably heard that if necessary, you can convert one video format to another. Want to know more?<\/p>\n

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Before talking about video formats, let’s say a few words about what video standards are.<\/p>\n

NTSC. Developed in the United States in 1953. The screen resolution is 720×480 pixels, the frame rate is 30 FPS.
\nCOMRADE. This standard was developed in Germany in 1967. The screen resolution is 720×576 pixels, the frame rate is 25 FPS.
\nSECAM. A standard developed in France in 1956. It is true that it only concerns television broadcasts, so we will not focus on its characteristics.
\nVideo recording formats
\nThere are several video recording formats, which are divided into analog and digital. To begin with, let’s talk about analog formats, among which the most popular is VHS (more precisely, it was, especially in the 80s-90s). It has a whole family of varieties: VHS-C, S-VHS, Video8, etc. Since 2008 it is no longer used, because it could not withstand the competition, and it is hopelessly out of date.<\/p>\n

Video tape (VHS)<\/p>\n

But digital video formats are still alive and well:<\/p>\n

MiniDV. The recording is done on magnetic tape, 1 hour of video “weighs” 13 GB, the recording speed is ~ 25 Mbit \/ sec.
\nHDV. Again, the recording is done on magnetic tape, but the recording quality is much better compared to the previous format – the resolution is 1440 x 1080 with a 16: 9 aspect ratio (interestingly).
\nAVCHD. High Definition Video Format, whose name stands for Advanced High Definition Video Coding. It is used to record videos in high definition 720p (HD ready), 1080i and 1080p (Full HD) modes on hard drives or memory cards (SD, microSD and Memory Stick PRO). When recording to discs, these are typically 8cm rewritable AVCHD or Blu-Ray discs.
\nCompression standards and codecs
\nIf you often have to record videos and upload them to the Internet, you should familiarize yourself with the compression standards and codecs that allow you to reduce the file size and as a result, speed up the download of the video to a file hosting or hosting service. videos. So right now there are the following compression standards:<\/p>\n

MPEG is one of the main file compression standards. It stands for Moving Pictures Expert Group (the name of the organization that developed it). It has four varieties:
\nMPEG-1: a file compression format for CDs with mediocre video quality (352×240), currently practically not used;
\nMPEG-2 is used for digital television and DVD.
\nMPEG-3 (not to be confused with MP3 audio compression technology): not currently used.
\nMPEG-4 format can be obtained using codecs like XviD, DivX, etc. Even though it compresses video more strongly than MPEG-2, the image quality is quite decent, especially when using the H.264 codec.
\nH.264 is a standard that is characterized by a high compression ratio of video data while maintaining decent image quality. Excellent for videos uploaded to the web.
\nXviD and DivX are highly compressed codecs (based on the MPEG-4 standard).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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