UNDERSTANDING COMPUTER FILES
FILE EXTENSIONS AND FILE TYPES
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MOV (QuickTime Movie Format)
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MPEG (Moving Picture Experts Group)
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AVI (Audio Video Interleave)
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WAV (Waveform Audio File Format)
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Detailed explanation-1: -AVI format is uncompressed, which means that AVI video requires more hard disk space. For example, one hour of AVI video data in 352x288 resolution will occupy up to 33GB (3300 MB) hard disk space. Uncompressed video has the highest quality, and DV camcorders use DV-AVI as their storage format.
Detailed explanation-2: -When it comes to file sizes, AVI files are considerably larger than MP4. But you can compress AVI files to make them smaller or convert them to other formats such as FLV or even MP4. MP4, on the other hand, is a lossy video container occupying less space than its AVI counterpart.
Detailed explanation-3: -What is a AVI file? AVI stands for Audio Video Interleave, a widely used video file format created by Microsoft in 1992. Native to all Microsoft Windows operating systems, this file format is compatible for synchronized playback of different types of video and audio streams.
Detailed explanation-4: -An AVI file is a multimedia file type primarily used to store audiovisual data. The original AVI format was created in the 1990s by the Microsoft corporation, and it quickly became one of the most popular file types for storing video and audio content.