Learn about Video File Formats and APIs to open and create Video files

Everyone is familiar of videos that we daily watch on media devices such as Televisions, Cinema screens, and social media channels such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and many others. But have you ever wondered how these videos are saved and the formats in which these can be uploaded for viewing? What is the best file format for your video to be hosted on different storage media? Video file formats comprise of a number of different video types for storing videos and to be used for various purpose. Populate Video file formats that you may have come across include AVI, MOV, WMV, M4V, and MP4.

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List of Video File Extensions and Associated File Formats

Following is a list of popular Video file formats that find their use in almost all daily work related to videos.

M4S File - What is an M4S file?

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IDX - High Efficiency Video Codec

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IFO File - What is an IFO file?

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EXO File Format - YouTube Video Chunk File

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SEC File Format - Samsung Security Video File

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NSV File Format - NullSoft Streaming Video File

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MPV File Format - MPEG Elementary Stream Video File

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ARF - WebEx Advanced Recording File

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MPE File - MPEG Movie File Format

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VID File - Bethesda Video File

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DAV File - CCTV DVR Video

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VTT File Format - Web Video Text Tracks File

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TS File Format - Video Transport Stream File

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MTS File Format - AVCHD Video File

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MPG File Format

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VP9 - TrueMotion Video File

Learn about VP9 file format and APIs that can create and open VP9 files. Read More »

VP8 - TrueMotion Video File

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H265 - High Efficiency Video Codec

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H264 - Advanced Video Coding

H264 file format and APIs that can create and open H264 files. Read More »

ASF - Advanced Systems File Format

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MJPEG - Motion JPEG File Format

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PZ File Format - Panzoid Video Project File

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QT File Format - Quick Movie File

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VP6 - TrueMotion Video File

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3G2 File Format

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3GP File - 3GPP Multimedia File Format

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AVI File Format - An Audio Video Interleave File

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F4V File Format

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FLV File Format

Learn about FLV file format and APIs that can create and open FLV files. Read More »

M4V

Learn about M4V file format and APIs that can create and open M4V files. Read More »

MKV File Format

Learn about MKV file format and APIs that can create and open MKV files. Read More »

MOV File - Apple QuickTime Movie File Format

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MP4 File Format

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MXF - Material Exchange Format

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RM File Format

Learn about RM file format and APIs that can create and open RM files. Read More »

RMVB File Format

Learn about RMVB file format and APIs that can create and open RMVB files. Read More »

RV File Format

Learn about RV file format and APIs that can create and open RV files. Read More »

SRT File Format

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VOB File Format

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WEBM - WebM Video File Format

Learn about WEBM file format and APIs that can create and open WEBM files. Read More »

WMV File Format

Learn about WMV file format and APIs that can create and open WMV files. Read More »

Xvid File Format

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AMV File Format

Learn about AMV file format and APIs that can create and show that how to open the AMV file. Read More »

AVCHD File Format

Learn about AVCHD file format and APIs that can create and show that how to open the AVCHD files. Read More »

BIK - Bink Video File

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M2TS File Format

Learn about M2TS file format and APIs that can create and show that how to open the M2TS files. Read More »

MK3D File Format

Learn about MK3D file format for stereoscopic 3d videos created by Matroska and APIs that can create and open MK3D files. Read More »

MKS File Format

Learn about MKS file format for subtitles only created by Matroska and APIs that can create and open MKS files. Read More »