Posted: 3/16/2009 11:19 AM
Post subject: An Overview of Video Formats
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arflech
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This guy who works at Google created an excellent introduction to the wonder and variety of possibilities for video encoding, along with a presentation. Among the common combinations...
Intended Usage|Container|Video     |Audio  |Caption
DVD           |VOB      |MPEG-2    |AC3    |Line 21/DVD
DVD Piracy    |AVI      |MPEG-4 ASP|MP3    |SRT/SSA
Blu-Ray       |EVOB     |H.264/VC-1|AC3/DTS|SUP
Blu-Ray Piracy|MKV      |H.264     |AC3/DTS|SRT/SSA
Flash 8-      |FLV      |H.263     |MP3    |custom
Flash 9+      |MP4      |H.264     |AAC    |FTT
Windows Media |ASF      |WMV/VC-1  |WMA    |SAMI/SMIL
Linux         |OGG      |Theora    |Vorbis |Kate
Mac/QuickTime |MOV      |H.264     |AAC    |QTTT
iPod/iPhone   |MP4      |H.264     |AAC    |MP4TT
AppleTV       |MP4      |H.264     |AAC/AC3|MP4TT
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Posted: 3/16/2009 11:42 AM
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moozooh
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I like how this site's content falls under DVD piracy, judging by the table. :) Well, it's still rather useful for beginners willing to stop being ones.
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