About
This article lists the video format (ie data structure used in video).
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mp4
MP4 is a standard developed by the Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG);
The MPEG-4 format compress
- video with the MPEG-4 video encoding.
- Audio with AAC compression.
Can store data along the video such as:
- subtitles,
- still images
mpeg
MPEG Video format is standard developed by the Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) compressed using:
- MPEG-1 used with video compact discs (VCDs)
- MPEG-2 compression (higher-quality used for DVDs)
If you'd like to back up videos in CD/DVD, you probably need MPEG format.
m3u
The m3u M3U file is a playlist file format used often to point to a stream on the Internet (ie a file splitted into multiple files)