Video Files

Developed by Samsung, the SVI extension belonged to the video file category and was used by its old video players such as YP-P2, YP-T10, and others. It is a multimedia container format that is similar to AVI but can only accommodate MPEG-4 video data.

Developed by Microsoft, the ASF (Advanced Systems Format) extension is a proprietary video and audio container format. It stores audio, video, or both and can occasionally also contain metadata about the author, and other information. An ASF file format is mostly used as a medium to play files online. It contains only the structure of […]

Developed by Microsoft, the WLMP file extension stores the output from the Windows Live Movie Maker software. The program allows users to create their movies and slideshows. It was initially launched in 2000 as a part of Windows Essentials suite and renamed as Windows Movie Maker in 2012. The WLMP format can store the path […]

Developed by Adobe Systems, the Adobe Flash uses the SWF file extension. It belongs to the video files group and can store text, vector, and raster data. The SWF is an acronym for Shockwave Flash, and it was initially designed for Shockwave Player. But with time, it gained more traction and became a common standard […]

Developed by RealNetworks, the RMVB file extension falls in the video files category. It stores a video file with a variable bit rate as required by the video content. It gives a higher bandwidth to the complex scenes and lower bandwidth to those which are relatively more comfortable. To maintain the overall video quality, it […]

Developed by Matroska, the MKV (Matroska Multimedia Container) belongs to the video filegroup and comes in a binary format. It was released in December 2002 and is an open-source format similar to AVI and MOV formats. These files support numerous audio and video codecs and have support for subtitles too. Users generally come across MKV […]

Developed by Microsoft, the AVI (Audio Video Interleave) is a container format that is capable of storing multimedia. It is a successor of the RIFF (Resource Interchange File Format) and was introduced in 1992, one year after the latter’s introduction. The AVI format can host data encoded in a variety of codecs. These can be […]

Developed by Apple, the MOV file format is a standard multimedia container format which is compatible with Windows and Mac OS. The extension can store video, audio, text, and time code, which the user can synchronize with other media files. It uses the MPEG-4 codec for compressing its content. Similar to AVI, the MOV extension […]

Developed by Moving Pictures Experts Group, the MP4 file is an acronym for MPEG-4 Part 14extension. It is a container format that stores video files along with subtitles or additional images if any. It contains a separate encoding technique for its video and audio contents. The former uses the MPEG-4 whereas the later resorts to […]

Developed by Adobe, the FLV file is an output of the Flash Video Exporter plugin found in the Adobe Animate program or other software that uses it. It is a flash-compatible video file that consists of interleaved audio and video, a short header and metadata packets. The FLV extensions stores the video and audio data […]