Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Name
File
extension(s)
Container
Video coding
format(s)
Audio coding
Notes
format(s)
AMR-NB, AMRWB, AMR-WB+,
AAC-LC, HE-AAC
Common video format for cell phones
v1 or Enhanced
aacPlus (HE-AAC
v2)
AMR-NB, AMRWB, AMR-WB+,
AAC-LC, HE-AAC
v1 or Enhanced
Common video format for cell phones
aacPlus (HE-AAC
v2), EVRC, SMV or
VMR-WB
3GPP
.3gp
MPEG-4 Part
12
MPEG-4 Part 2,
H.263, H.264
3GPP2
.3g2
MPEG-4 Part
12
MPEG-4 Part 2,
H.263, H.264
Advanced
Systems Format
(ASF)
.asf
ASF
any
AMV video
format
.amv
Modified
Variant of Motion
version of AVI[4] JPEG
Variant of IMA,
ADPCM
AVI
Dirac
.avi
.drc
any
Dirac
any
?
F4V
.flv
H.264
MP3, AAC
Flash Video
(FLV)
.flv
AVI
?
MPEG-4 Part
12
FLV
any
VP6, Sorenson
MP3, ADPCM,
Spark, Screen video, Nellymoser, Speex,
Screen video 2,
AAC
H.264
Name
File
extension(s)
Video coding
format(s)
Container
Audio coding
format(s)
Notes
the new standard F4V file format.[2] De
facto standard for web-based streaming
video (over RTMP).
Flash Video
(FLV)
.flv .f4v
Audio, video,
.f4p .f4a .f4b text, data
Adobe Flash
Platform
GIF
.gif
N/A
M4V (file
format for videos
for iPods and
PlayStation
.m4v
Portables
developed by
Apple)
Material
Exchange Format .mxf
(MXF)
Matroska
.mkv
MPEG-1
.mpg,
.mp2,
.mpeg,
.mpe, .mpv
N/A
MPEG-4 Part
12
H.264
MXF
Matroska
Any
Any
MPEG-1 Audio
Layer I, MPEG-1
Old, but very widely used due to
Audio Layer I,
installed base.
MPEG-1 Audio
Layer III (MP3)
AAC, MP3, MPEG-2
Part 3, others
.mpg,
?
.mpeg, .m2v
.mp4, .m4p
MPEG-4 Part 14
MPEG-4 Part
(with
(MP4)
12
DRM), .m4v
Multiple-image .mng
N/A
MPEG-2 Video
H.262
H.264, MPEG-4
Part 2, MPEG-2,
MPEG-1
N/A
Advanced Audio
Coding, MP3, others
none
Name
File
extension(s)
Network Graphics
Nullsoft
Streaming Video .nsv
(NSV)
Ogg Video
.ogv, .ogg
QuickTime File
.mov, .qt
Format
Raw video format .yuv
RealMedia (RM) .rm
RealMedia
Variable Bitrate .rmvb
(RMVB)
ROQ
.roq
SVI
.svi
Video coding
format(s)
Container
Audio coding
format(s)
NSV
Ogg
Theora, Dirac
Vorbis, FLAC
Quicktime
Many[3]
Further
documentation Doesn't apply
needed
RealMedia
RealVideo
Notes
Doesn't apply
RealAudio
RealMedia
RealVideo
Variable Bitrate
RealAudio
HTML
Any
none
Name
File
extension(s)
Container
Vob
.vob
VOB
WebM
.webm
Matroska
Windows Media
.wmv
Video
See also
ASF
Video coding
format(s)
Audio coding
format(s)
Notes