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Definition Pros Cons
1.To store DVD’s and
Disk’s you can easily
create them into AVI
If you want to
file format.
retrieve and play the
2. The AVI file format file you will have to
Audio Video Interleave. has a very good quality utilize the same
AVI is a multimedia file of audio fidelity codec you used then
format that was developed you will need the
3. Advertisements,
by Microsoft and released same codec to be
promos, short movies
in 1992. AVI files contain installed on the
usually resort to AVI
both video and audio system.
file formats because of
information that can be its higher compression Compressing AVI
AVI (Audio Video
played back capacity. files beyond a
Interleave)
simultaneously. AVI files certain degree can
can be encoded through 4. It does not require a
result in bad quality
many different encoders. specific hardware
or loss of quality of
Some Samsung TVs have device or software
the video
the ability to playback AVI application for the file
files that are encoded with to run. AVI files can be
supported codecs. very large file
5. Since the availability
formats if you do not
of a lot of codecs, it is
compress them.
very easy to attain the
required compression
ratio of AVI format.
MPEG-4 Part 14 or MP4 is a
digital multimedia container
format most commonly used Intensive ability
to store video and audio, but Advantages: Standard needed for encoding
it can also be used to store on the web, high and decoding.
MP4 (MPEG-4)
other data such as subtitles compression, high
and still images. Like most quality, flexible use.
modern container formats, it
allows streaming over the
Internet
FLV (Flash Video Flash Video is a container file Browser Penetration: Less Maturity: Flash
Format) format used to deliver digital The Flash player is video does not have
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video content (e.g., TV installed on a higher the same depth of
shows, movies, etc.) over the percentage of end user history as the other
Internet using Adobe Flash computers than any major formats and it
Player version 6 and newer. other video format. has experienced
Flash Video content may also Although not all end some "growing
be embedded within SWF users have the latest pains" in the last few
version installed (so years. Between
files. ... FLV was originally
they may not support versions 5 and 8,
developed by Macromedia.
the latest Flash video Flash video went
codec), Flash still through two major
enjoys the best overall changes which
support. required a lot of
upgrade work for
If you want this level of producers.
compatibility without
Flash, you will need to We do feel that Flash
make at least two has now settled
versions of your video down and there
available (Windows should not be any
Media, Quicktime more big changes on
and/or Real Media). the horizon, but
Adobe/Macromedia
Consistency & has yet to prove that
Compatibility: Flash the format can go for
files look the same and years at a time
work equally well on without requiring
PCs, Macs, Linux, etc. producers to play
Flash files are catch-up.
completely consistent,
so once you test and Initial Difficulty:
implement your Flash Although it's
video, you can be possible to publish
confident that it will your first Flash
function the same way video in less than an
for all end users (apart hour with no
from obvious variables previous experience,
such as connection you can do the same
speed). It's hard to with other formats
overstate the even faster. For
importance of this for example, you can
web designers. embed a Windows
Media file in a few
Advanced Features: minutes by copying
Flash provides and pasting some
unparalleled options HTML. Even the
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when it comes to simplest Flash
interactive content and installation is a little
other advanced features. more complex.
Even Quicktime pales
in comparison. If your only concern
is to get video up
and running
immediately, and
you already have
your clips ready in
another common
format, then you
might want to stick
with your existing
format.
Working with FLV
Files: FLV is the
Flash video file
format. There's
nothing wrong with
the format itself but
because it's not a
common distribution
format like Windows
Media or Quicktime,
you may find that
you often have to
convert files from
other formats to
FLV. This takes time
and any extra
conversions between
compressed formats
will reduce quality.
Another minor
annoyance is that
FLV files aren't as
easy to preview. If
you double-click a
Flash FLV file on
your local hard
drive, there's a good
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chance that your
operating system
won't know what to
do with it until you
assign a player
application.
