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Jaddis on "What are the differences in the various audio and video modes"

Jaddis — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:01:25 +0000

Bigun,

Here are some links I found after doing a quick Google search. Hope they help answer your questions.

http://people.csail.mit.edu/tbuehler/video/extensions.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_file_format

http://www.filezed.com/file-types/1/movie-video-multimedia-files.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_file_formats

goodgotd on "What are the differences in the various audio and video modes"

goodgotd — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:51:26 +0000

Uhhh.. Y'know, I'm not sure. about a list. though Afterdawn's Glossary might be a good start.

MP3 is a lossy (as opposed to FLAC, which does not lose quality when compressing) audio compression format- I think it's MPEG-1 audio layer III technically. MPEG-4 is a lossy video compression format. so is MPEG-2, which compresses less and loses less.

AVI, MKV, VOB, etc. are container files which usually have at least one video and one audio stream twined together in different 'standard' ways.

Flash, Quicktime, and the flavors of RealMedia are proprietary formats. DivX too, after version 4- XviD is it's free twin.

Bigun on "What are the differences in the various audio and video modes"

Bigun — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:49:20 +0000

I have downloaded a number of media files such as MP3 and MP4, avi, flash, etc. I also have numerous programs that convert between modes.

Where can I find a simple primer to educate me in the how and why for the various multimedia modes?