Explore tens of thousands of sets crafted by our community.
Video Codec Essentials
20
Flashcards
0/20
FLV (Flash Video)
A file format used to deliver digital video content over the internet using Adobe Flash Player.
VC-1
A video compression format initially developed by Microsoft, standardized by the SMPTE, and used for HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc.
AVCHD (Advanced Video Coding High Definition)
Developed by Sony and Panasonic for use in consumer camcorders, supports high-definition recording.
H.263
A video codec originally designed for low-bit-rate communication, used in video conferencing and mobile video.
H.264/AVC
Widely used codec with good balance between compression and quality, supports resolutions up to 4K.
DNxHD/DNxHR
Avid's family of codecs designed for professional video editing, with resolutions ranging from SD to 4K and higher.
H.265/HEVC
High Efficiency Video Coding that offers up to 50% better compression than H.264, supports up to 8K UHD.
MKV (Matroska)
A flexible, open standard video file format that's designed for storing multiple tracks of audio, video, and subtitles.
WebM
An open, royalty-free media file format designed for the web, using VP8 or VP9 video codec and Vorbis or Opus audio codec.
Apple ProRes
A family of intermediate codecs for professional post-production with high-quality, low-compression rates.
DV/DVCPRO
A digital video format used in video cameras, with slight variations (DVCPRO, DVCPRO50, DVCPRO HD) for professional uses.
VP9
An open-source codec developed by Google with efficiency comparable to H.265, optimized for web.
MJPEG (Motion JPEG)
Sequentially encoding each frame of a video track individually using JPEG compression.
MPEG-2
A codec mainly used for DVDs, digital TV, and digital cable broadcasting, with support for interlaced video.
MOV
A multimedia container file format, developed by Apple and compatible with both Macintosh and Windows platforms.
XAVC
A recording format introduced by Sony that uses Level 5.2 of H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, designed for 4K and HD video.
VP8
A high-quality video compression format released by Google in its open WebM video format, intended as a royalty-free alternative to H.264.
WMV (Windows Media Video)
A series of video codecs and corresponding video coding formats developed by Microsoft.
ProRes RAW
Apple's codec designed for high-dynamic-range and high-resolution video, offering real-time, multistream editing performance.
AV1
A royalty-free video codec aimed at replacing VP9 and competing with H.265 for streaming video over the internet.
© Hypatia.Tech. 2024 All rights reserved.