<\/span><\/h2>\nThe most popular video codecs currently are Theora, VP8, MPEG-2, h.264, Xvid and Divx. Regarding audio codecs: AAC, FLAC, MP3, Vorbis (ogg) and WMA are the most abundant.<\/p>\n
The most commonly used containers are AVI, Divx, Matroska, Flash video, MP4, MPEG, Ogg, Quicktime, MXF and WebM. Since the containers are intrinsically linked to the files, each of them also specifies one or several possible file extensions:<\/p>\n
AVI -> .avi
\nDivx -> .divx
\nMatroska -> .mkv, .mk3d, .mka, .mks
\nFlash video -> .flv, .f4v
\nMP4 -> .mp4
\nMPEG -> .mpg, .mpeg
\nOgg -> .ogg
\nQuicktime -> .mov, .qt
\nMXF -> .mxf
\nWebM -> .webm<\/p>\n
And to open a container and see its contents?<\/p>\n
The containers are interpreted through a media player application, such as Windows Media Player, Quicktime (application with the same name as a container), VLC, Plex, RealPlayer or Winamp, to name a few .<\/p>\n
A good option is the VLC player, as it offers compatibility with all formats under almost any platform and even allows you to play incomplete files (useful feature if you want to start playing an audiovisual content that has not yet finished downloading, provided that this be progressive). In addition, it is freely distributed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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