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==List of video file formats== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Name ! File extension(s) ! Container format ! Video coding format(s) ! Audio coding format(s) ! Notes |-- | [[WebM]] | .webm | [[Matroska]] | [[VP8]], [[VP9]], [[AV1]] | [[Vorbis]], [[Opus (audio format)|Opus]] | [[Royalty-free]] format created for [[HTML video]]. |-- | [[Matroska]] | .mkv | [[Matroska]] | {{any}} | {{any}} | |-- | [[Flash Video]] (FLV) | .flv | FLV | [[VP6]], [[Sorenson Spark]], Screen video, Screen video 2, [[H.264]] | [[MP3]], [[ADPCM]], [[Nellymoser Asao Codec|Nellymoser]], [[Speex]], [[Advanced Audio Coding|AAC]] | Use of the H.264 and AAC compression formats in the FLV file format has some limitations and authors of Flash Player strongly encourage everyone to embrace the new standard F4V file format<ref name="kaourantin">Kaourantin.net (31 October 2007) Tinic Uro [http://www.kaourantin.net/2007/10/new-file-extensions-and-mime-types.html New File Extensions and MIME Types] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100706004744/http://www.kaourantin.net/2007/10/new-file-extensions-and-mime-types.html |date=2010-07-06 }}, Retrieved on 2009-08-03</ref> de facto standard for web-based streaming video (over [[Real Time Messaging Protocol|RTMP]]). |-- | [[Flash Video|F4V]] | .flv | [[MPEG-4 Part 12]] | [[H.264]] | [[MP3]], [[Advanced Audio Coding|AAC]] | Replacement for FLV. |-- | [[Vob]] | .vob | VOB | [[H.262/MPEG-2 Part 2]] or [[MPEG-1 Part 2]] | [[PCM]], [[DTS (sound system)|DTS]], [[MPEG-1]], Audio Layer II (MP2), or [[Dolby Digital]] (AC-3) | Files in [[VOB]] format have .vob filename extension and are typically stored in the VIDEO_TS folder at the root of a [[DVD formats|DVD]]. The VOB format is based on the [[MPEG]] program stream format. |-- | [[Ogg]] Video | .ogv, .ogg | [[Ogg]] | [[Theora]], [[Dirac (video compression format)|Dirac]] | [[Vorbis]], [[FLAC]] | |-- | [[Dirac (video compression format)|Dirac]] | .drc | {{dunno}} | [[Dirac (video compression format)|Dirac]] | {{dunno}} | |-- | [[Video alternative to GIF]] | .gifv | HTML | {{any}} | {{CNone|none}} | Not standardized, and not a real video file in the classical meaning since it merely references the real video file (e.g. a .webm file), which has to exist separately elsewhere. A .gifv "file" is simply a HTML webpage which includes a [[HTML video]] tag, where the video has no sound. As there were large communities online which create art using the medium of short soundless videos in GIF format, GIFV was created as a functionally similar replacement with vastly smaller filesizes than the inefficient GIF format. |-- | [[Multiple-image Network Graphics]] | .mng | {{N/A}} | {{N/A}} | {{CNone|none}} | Inefficient, not widely used. |-- | [[Audio Video Interleave|AVI]] | .avi | AVI | {{any}} | {{any}} | Uses [[Resource Interchange File Format|RIFF]] |- |[[.m2ts|MPEG Transport Stream]] |.MTS, .M2TS, .TS |[[AVCHD]] |AVCHD (MPEG-4 / H.264 ) |Dolby AC-3 or uncompressed linear PCM |The standard video format used by many Sony and Panasonic HD camcorders. It is also used for storing high definition video on Blu-ray discs. |-- | [[QuickTime File Format]] | .mov, .qt | QuickTime | many<ref name="qt">{{Cite web|url=http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/formats/fdd/fdd000052.shtml|title=QuickTime File Format|date=2013-02-14|website=www.digitalpreservation.gov}}</ref> | [[Advanced Audio Coding|AAC]], [[MP3]], others<ref name="qt"/> | |-- | [[Windows Media Video]] | .wmv | [[Advanced Systems Format|ASF]] | Windows Media Video, Windows Media Video Screen, Windows Media Video Image | Windows Media Audio, Sipro ACELP.net | |-- | Raw video format | .yuv | Further documentation needed | Doesn't apply | Doesn't apply | Supports all resolutions, sampling structures, and frame rates |-- | [[RealMedia]] (RM) | .rm | [[RealMedia]] | [[RealVideo]] | [[RealAudio]] | Made for [[RealPlayer]] |-- | [[RealMedia Variable Bitrate]] (RMVB) | .rmvb | [[RealMedia Variable Bitrate]] | [[RealVideo]] | [[RealAudio]] | Made for [[RealPlayer]] |-- | [[VivoActive]] (VIV) | .viv | VIV | based upon H.263 video | G.723 ADPCM audio (not the G.723.1 speech codec) | Made for [[VivoActive Player]] |-- | [[Advanced Systems Format]] (ASF) | .asf | [[Advanced Systems Format|ASF]] | {{any}} | {{any}} | |-- | [[AMV video format]] | .amv | Modified version of AVI<ref>[https://code.google.com/archive/p/amv-codec-tools/wikis/AmvDocumentation.wiki "AMV codec tools"] code.google.com</ref> | Variant of [[Motion JPEG]] | Variant of [[Interactive Multimedia Association|IMA]], ADPCM | Proprietary video file format produced for [[MP4 player]]s and [[S1 MP3 player]]s with video playback |-- | [[MPEG-4 Part 14]] (MP4) | .mp4, .m4p (with DRM), .m4v | [[MPEG-4 Part 12]] | [[H.264]], [[H.265]], [[MPEG-4 Part 2]], [[MPEG-2]], [[MPEG-1]] | [[Advanced Audio Coding]], [[MP3]], others | |-- | [[MPEG-1]] | .mpg, .mp2, .mpeg, .mpe, .mpv | MPEG-1 part 1 | MPEG-1 part 2 | MPEG-1 Audio Layer I, MPEG-1 Audio Layer III ([[MP3]]) | Old, but very widely used due to installed base. |-- | [[MPEG-2]] β Video | .mpg, .mpeg, .m2v | {{dunno}} | [[H.262]] | [[Advanced Audio Coding|AAC]], [[MP3]], [[MPEG-2 Part 3]], others | |-- | [[M4V]] | .m4v | [[MPEG-4 Part 12]] | [[H.264]] | [[Advanced Audio Coding|AAC]], [[Dolby Digital]] | Developed by Apple, used in iTunes. Very similar to MP4 format, but may optionally have DRM. |-- | SVI | .svi | MPEG-4 utilising a special header | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | Samsung video format for portable players |-- | [[3GPP]] | .3gp | [[MPEG-4 Part 12]] | [[MPEG-4 Part 2]], [[H.263]], [[H.264]] | [[Adaptive Multi-Rate|AMR-NB]], [[AMR-WB]], [[AMR-WB+]], [[Advanced Audio Coding|AAC-LC]], [[HE-AAC]] v1 or Enhanced aacPlus (HE-AAC v2) | Common video format for [[cell phones]] |-- | [[3GPP2]] | .3g2 | [[MPEG-4 Part 12]] | [[MPEG-4 Part 2]], [[H.263]], [[H.264]] | [[Adaptive Multi-Rate|AMR-NB]], [[AMR-WB]], [[AMR-WB+]], [[Advanced Audio Coding|AAC-LC]], [[HE-AAC]] v1 or Enhanced aacPlus (HE-AAC v2), [[EVRC]], [[Vocoder|SMV]] or [[VMR-WB]] | Common video format for [[cell phones]] |-- | [[Material Exchange Format]] (MXF) | .mxf | MXF | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | |-- | ROQ | .roq | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | used by [[Quake 3]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://wiki.multimedia.cx/index.php?title=RoQ|title=RoQ - MultimediaWiki|website=wiki.multimedia.cx}}</ref> |-- | [[Nullsoft Streaming Video]] (NSV) | .nsv | NSV | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | For streaming video content over the Internet |- |[[Flash Video]] (FLV) |.flv .f4v .f4p .f4a .f4b |Audio, video, text, data |Adobe Flash Platform |[[SWF]], F4V, ISO base media file format |Developed by the Adobe Flash Platform |}
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