Formatting video for local playback
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MPEG \- Moving Picture Experts Group, develops standards for digital video and digital audio compression. The
MPEG standards are an evolving series, each designed for a different purpose.
MPG \- MPEG-1 file.
OGG \- Ogg Vorbis Codec Compressed WAV File. An open source patent-free audio compression format. Vorbis
files compress to a smaller size than MP3 files.
PCM \- Pulse code modulation. A digital scheme for transmitting analog data. Using PCM, it is possible to digitize all
forms of analog data, including full-motion video, voices, music, telemetry, and virtual reality (VR). QCIF \- Quarter
Common Intermediate Format. Video encoding format with 176 × 144 resolution.
QVGA \- Quarter Video Graphics Array. 320 × 240 resolution.
VBR \- Variable Bit Rate.
WAV \- Waveform Audio File.
WMA \- Windows Media Audio File.
WMV \- Windows Media Video File.
XviD \- A free and open source MPEG-4 video codec. XviD features MPEG-4 advanced simple profile features.
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{*}Components of digital multimedia video{*}
Digital multimedia video generally consists of two major elements; a video track, with an accompanying audio track.
These tracks or components of the video are termed data streams. Although typically there is one data stream for
video and another for audio, it is also possible for more than two data streams to be present. An example of this
is the commentary feature found on many DVDs, where the second of two audio data streams can be chosen to
accompany the video stream.
