Quicktime Player Windows Media Player Real Networks RealPlayer Adobe Flash Player

Terms related to use:

Codec is a device or program capable of performing MPEG Video File (.mpg)
encoding and decoding on a digital data stream or • Common video format standardized by the
signal. The word codec may be a combination of any of Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG); typically
the following: 'Co
Compressor-Dec
Co Decompressor',
Dec 'Co
Coder-
Co incorporates MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 audio and video
Decoder',
Dec or 'Co
Compression/Dec
Co Decompression
Dec algorithm'. compression; often used for creating
Most are lossy downloadable movies.

Apple QuickTime Movie (.qt)

3GPP Multimedia File (.3pg) • QuickTime multimedia format developed by
Apple Computer; cross-platform, meaning it is
• Audio and video container format developed by the
supported on both Macintosh and Windows
3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP);
systems; may contain a compressed audio and
designed as a multimedia format for transmitting
video track. Commonly saved as (.mov).
audio and video files between 3G cell phones and
over the Internet; commonly used by mobile phones
that support video capture Real Media File (.rm)
• Media file format used by RealPlayer; contains
Advanced Systems Format File (.asf) audio or video data or both; may be a
downloaded file or may be a streaming media
• Media file format developed by Microsoft, file, which is played back as it is downloaded.
primarily for streaming media; can be compressed
using a variety of video codecs. May contain (.wma)
or (.wmv) data. Adobe Flash Movie (.swf)
• Animation created by Adobe Flash (formerly
Microsoft ASF Redirector File (.asx) Macromedia Flash); can include text as well as
both vector and raster graphics; plays in Web
• Shortcut to an audio/video file (.asf); references a browsers that have the Flash plug-in installed;
URL for the location of the actual media most Web browsers come with a recent version
of the Flash plug-in. SWF files are often
pronounced "Swiff" files.
Audio video Interleave File (.avi)
• Video container or wrapper format created by Adobe Flash Video (.flv)
Microsoft; stores video data that may be encoded in • A proprietary file format used to deliver video
a variety of codecs; typically uses less compression over the Internet using Adobe Flash Player .
than similar formats such as (.mpeg) and (.mov). Notable users of the Flash Video format include
YouTube, Google Video, Reuters.com, Yahoo!
Apple QuickTime Movie (.mov) Video and MySpace.
• Common multimedia format most often used for
saving video or movie files; uses a proprietary Windows Media Video File (.wmv)
compression algorithm developed by Apple
• Video or audio file based on the Microsoft
Computer; compatible with both Macintosh and
Advanced Systems Format (ASF) container
Windows platforms.
format and compressed with Windows Media
compression; basically an .ASF file that uses a
MPEG-4 Video File (.mp4) Windows Media Video codec.
• Movie or video clip that uses MPEG-4 compression, a
standard developed by the Moving Picture Experts Additional resources regarding file types and
Group (MPEG); commonly used for sharing video
files on the Internet. The MPEG-4 video format uses their compatible software.
separate compression for audio and video tracks; http://www.fileinfo.net/filetypes/video
video is compressed with MPEG-4 coding; audio is
compressed using AAC files.

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Windows Movie Maker Camtasia
in Windows XP
Supported formats for importing files:
A .MSWMM file is a Windows Movie Maker • Video files — ..avi, .wmv, .mpeg-1, .camrec
Project file. By saving the project, it allows
you to return to the movie and make modifications at a • Audio files — .wav, .mp3,
later time. • Still images — .bmp, .jpg, .jpeg, .jpe, .jfif, .gif.png

Supported formats for importing files: Supported formats for saving movies:
• Video files — .asf, .avi, .wmv, MPEG-1, .mpeg, .mpg, .m1v, • Video — .avi, .wmv, .flv, .swf, .rm, .mov, .camv
.mp2, .asf, .wm, .wma, .wmv • Audio — .wav, .pcm
• Audio files — .wav, .snd, .au, .aif, .aifc, .aiff, .mp3 • Still Images — ..gif, .bmp, .jpeg, .png
• Still images — .bmp, .jpg, .jpeg, .jpe, .jfif, .gif

Supported formats for saving movies:

• Windows media video files — .wmv Quicktime Pro
• Windows media audio files — .wma Quicktime Pro can convert a multitude of file formats. For a
• DV/AVI format for video —.avi complete listing visit:

• http://www.apple.com/quicktime/pro/specs.html

ULead Video Studio 10

Supported formats for importing files: Podcasting
Podcasting on iTunes
• Video files — .3gpp, .avi, .mpeg-1, .mpeg-2, .wmv, .mov,
DVR –MS, JVC MOD, SVCD
• Audio files — .wav, .mp3, .mpa, .qt, .wmv, dolby digital Episodes can be an audio recording, video, or even a text
stereo document. Supported file formats include:
• Still images — .bmp, .jpg, .jpeg, .jpe, .jfif, .gif.png
• .m4a, .mp3, .mov, .mp4, .m4v, and .pdf
Supported formats for saving movies:
• Video — .avi, mpeg-1, .mpeg-2, .hdv, .mpeg-4, .qt, .rm, Podcasting on CMS
.wmv, .3gpp, .3gpp2, DVD, HD DVD, SVCD, VCD
• Audio — .wma, .wav, .mp3, .mpa, dolby digital stereo Episodes can be an audio recording, or video. Supported file
• Still Images — .jpg, .bmp formats include:

• .mp3, .mov, .wma

TeacherTube

TeacherTube accepts the following formats: PowerPoint

• .wmv, .avi, .mov, .mpg, ,mp4, .flv PowerPoint 2000 supports the following video
formats:
Recommended settings for video for TeacherTube:
• MPEG4 • .mov, .mpg, avi (some issues with .avi), .ram
• 320 x 240 resolution (also requires Real Player)
• MP3 audio
• 30 frames per second
Online File Converting Application

Converts most file types for free:

http://www.zamzar.com

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 Advantages Disadvantages Notes
High Quality
DV-AVI
• Superb video quality • Large file size • Need to consider computer
• Can record back to DV tape • 25 GB for 60 min video processing power due to file
size constraints
MPEG—2
• Good quality • Large file size • Can easily produce high qual-
• Can burn into DVD format • 4.7 GB for 2 hours of video ity videos on DVD, using a
DVD burner
Medium Quality
MPEG—1
• Standard video format for • Video quality is not as crisp • Best choice for making Video
making Video CDs as MPEG –1, CDs
• Some DVD players do not
support VCD playback
Streamable Format
Realvideo (.rm)
• Small file size • Compressed format • Was a commonly used
• Good video quality • Requires Real Player to view streaming format but is not
• Ideal for web transmission • Cannot edit used much today.

Windows Media Video (.wmv)

• Small file size • Compressed format • Microsoft supported video
• Good video quality • Cannot edit format.
• Ideal for web transmission • Need Windows Media Player
to view
Quicktime (.mov)
• Good video quality • Larger file size compared to • Has the better video quality
• Ideal for web transmission other streamable formats than the previous two stream-
• Cannot edit ing formats. Widely used on
the web.
Flash Video (.flv)
• Good video quality • Requires Flash plugin • The latest and greatest
• Small file size streaming format.
• Starts playing instantly when • Can jump to any part of the
page is loaded video

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