What video file format can be

used for the web, what advantages & disadvantages do there

present?

Natalie Schabowicz & Matthew Marchildon

What Is A Video File Format?

“A container or wrapper format is a met-file format whose specification describes how data & meta-data are

stored (not coded). A program able to identify & open a container file might not be able to descode the contained

data.”

-Wikipedia

MPEG 4-Based on Apple’s older Quicktime container (.mov)

- Aims to provide single codec from low bandwidth, high CPU devices & everything in between

- H.264 video codec and AAC audio codec- Unsupported by Internet Explorer, Firefox 3.5, Konqueror,

Opera 10.5 & Ephiphany- 3D rendering

- User Interactive-Contains Metatags

OGG- Free, open container format

-Open standard – source friendly & unencumbered by any know patent

- Supported by Firefox 3.5, Chrome 4 & opera 10.5- Supported out of the box by all major Linux distributions

- Unsupported by Internet explorer and Safari- Can be used on Mac & Pc if Quicktme is uploaded

- Manipulation of high quality multimedia- High quality streaming

- Ogg video – Theora- Ogg audio – Vorbis

VP8- Another video codec from On2 technologies by Google, same

company that developed VP3 (later theora) - Open video compression- Open source friendly

- Modern codec- Encumbered by any know patent

- Apple devices & browser (ipads, iphone & Safari) do not support VP8