Ever Been in Need of a Video Converter?

The article explains the main difference between the most popular video formats and highlights the situations when a video converter may be helpful.

Nashville, TN (prHWY.com) May 5, 2012 - The multimedia world is always open to innovations, it particularly relates to video file formats, the number of which is ever growing; it may seem all of them are somewhat similar at first, actually, all of them have rather different benefits and peculiarities.

Everyone is certainly familiar with WMV video format, which stands for Windows Media Video. Designed by Microsoft, it is perfectly compatible with the multimedia player that is part of your operating system, so you will never need to download any extra software to your computer for playing WMV files. Audio data is supported along with video components, multiple WMA streaming is enabled, at the same time the files are rather small in size due to compression that does not really affect the video quality.

MP4 video format is very much alike, its main advantage is also an ability to make bulky video files compact and optimal for storage and instant share. MP4 is a container format that allows storing miscellaneous data such as audio and video simultaneously within a single file, it is considered somewhat lossy when it comes to quality, but it generally depends on such parameters as frequency and bitrate and can be fixed. It is the standard format for video production on the whole that is generally taken into consideration by most software and electronics developers so that any compatibility issues hardly ever occur while the users have most possibilities for video edit and management.

Appreciators of exclusive quality have opted for a slightly less popular MKV video format. That is why MKV, also known as Matroska, is the optimal format for storing either DVD or Blu-Ray rips. MKV is perfect for those who enjoy watching videos in high resolution at home provided that they have a good MKV player with all the necessary codecs installed, but it is incompatible with most other multimedia players and portable devices, so it is not the best option for those who watch videos on the move.

Container video files can be also saved with the extension MOV, consisting of audio, text and video stored as separate tracks. It has deserved great popularity among Windows users, but Mac users find it twice as valuable since MOV videos are supported by their OS just as well, being brought to them by Apple.

Nevertheless, AVI format is the most desired for videos due to many facilities it provides the users with. It does not only support meta data and streaming but also gives users many extended possibilities for comfortable viewing and lets them view video files in the highest quality possible. Unlike other audio and video container files, it has advanced options for saving videos in HD as well as in regular quality so that you have a choice.

You may come across files of all the above mentioned formats in the web or your media folders, so you are advised to install a video converter to manage them effectively. It is not all all hard to find and download such a utility that will keep all your video clips in order.

Tip: read more how to convert mov to avi for a start.

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Categories: Multimedia

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