If you're new to video marketing, no doubt you've asked... "How many video formats are there, anyway?" The short answer is... "Probably more than most of us realize!"
However, that's not exactly helpful to those new to video marketing and video creation. So here are 6 YouTube video formats explained - with some answers to the differences between them...
WMV - or "Windows Media Format", and is Microsoft's standard video file format. .WMV is highly versatile, its main advantage being its ability to compress video allowing it to function at varying bandwidths. Windows Movie Maker outputs your files as .WMV files.
MOV works best with QuickTime. If you're going to download and play. You'll find many .MOV files on YouTube.
The advantages of the MPEG4 (MP4) file format is the way it gets rid of any non-essential information, reducing the video file size to a minimum.
MP4 format is often used with PSP's and iPods.
3GP is a popular mobile phone format but be aware that quality will be lost when uploading .3GP files to YouTube.
FLV - Adobe Flash format. Flash movies work well on YouTube and whatever format you upload to YouTube, they will automatically convert it to .FLV anyway. To play .FLV files, you'll need a Adobe Flash Player installed on your computer. The latest is version 10.1 and you can download it for free here.
Written in open-format Extensible Binary Meta Language (I know - that's a mouthful), Matroska is quick to point out that .MKV is XML-based, and not a video compression codec. Free to use, it has plans to be "the open source alternative to existing containers such as AVI, ASF, MOV, RM, MP4, MPG".
Now you're have 6 YouTube video formats explained, the next question I'm hearing is "Will you need to how to use them all?"
No (thankfully). Just knowing what they are can make a difference to how you choose your hardware and software.
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