Wednesday, December 10, 2008

the formats of video

the common formats of video which can be which can be played on the computer are

1 . wma(windows media audio)
2 . mpeg
3 . 3gp
4 . mov ( these files have a .mov extension )
5 . avi
6 . flv ( these files are found on the interenet )

flv is a popular format in which thee files are uploadede on the internet for example youtube. the files are of low clarity compared to the other formats and they occupy very less space. these files require video players like the applian flv player which is easily available through many websites and can be found by searching on google. the other format is the 3gp format which can only be played by apple quicktime player . a few modern phones support this format and if you want to convert your video files to this format u need to use the plato 3gp converter. a free download of this software is easily available on the internet .

the other formats mentioned above can be played easily by the windows media player . the dvd video files come under the mov files and they have the .mov extension . they can be played using divx player or cyberlink power dvd . power dvd is not a free software but a 30 day trial version is available on wwww.download.com .

the nero showtime is also a very popular video player and can also be used to take snapshots of the video. it is avaialble on the nero cd rom .

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