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Comparison of Container Formats

Do you know the differences between avi and mkv, mp4 and mkv, 3gp and mkv?
The following table compares the features of most of container formats people are using will bring
you all the infomation needed.

In video terminology, container format is a type of file format that contains various types of data
compressed by standardized codecs. Container formats are essentially wrappers in that they don't
specify what codec the container format uses, but rather it defines how the video, audio and
other data is stored within the container. Examples of container formats include IFF,WAV, AVI,
Ogg and 3GP.

Comparison

Name and file extension, if different Standard owner Support for B-frames Variable bit rate audio Variable frame rate Chapters Subtitles Video formats supported Audio formats supported Metadata/Tags supported Supports Menus (like DVD)
3GP 3GPP Yes Yes Yes ? 3GPP Timed Text H.263, MPEG-4 Part 2 and H.264/MPEG-4 AVC AMR-NB/WB, AMR-WB+ and (HE)-AAC  ? No
Advanced Systems Format (.asf, .wma,
.wmv)
Microsoft Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Almost anything through VFW or DMO; H.264/AVC is problematic Almost anything through ACM or DMO; Vorbis is problematic Yes  ?
AVI Microsoft Yes Yes Yes Yes, via third party modifications Yes, via third party modifications Almost anything through VFW; H.264/AVC is problematic due to the limited B-frame support Almost anything through ACM; Vorbis is problematic not officially No
DivX Media Format (.divx) DivX, Inc. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes MPEG-4 Part 2 video encoded to meet DivX profiles MP3, PCM, AC-3  ? Yes
EVO MPEG Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes MPEG-2 Part 2, H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, VC-1 AC-3, E-AC-3, Dolby TrueHD, Linear PCM, DTS, DTS-HD, MPEG-2 Part 3  ? Yes
Flash Video (.flv) Adobe Systems Yes  ? Yes No No Sorenson, VP6, Screen Video, H.264/MPEG-4 AVC</ref> MP3, Nellymoser, ADPCM, raw PCM, AAC Yes No
Matroska (.mkv, .mka) public domain Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes virtually anything virtually anything Yes currently under development by corecodec.org
MCF BSD-style license for specs, GNU for tools ? ? ? ? ? Yes Yes  ? No
MP4 MPEG Yes Yes Yes 1) In specially formatted text track (QuickTime); 2) In userdata atom (started by Nero Digital) can't interact with the sceneDescription, or via segmentDescriptor ttxt, VobSubs with private objectTypeIndication not usable with the sceneDescription (started by Nero), BIFS MPEG-1, MPEG-2, H.263, MPEG-4 ASP, VC-1/WMV, H.264/MPEG-4 AVC MPEG-1 Layers I, II, III (MP3), MPEG-2/4 (HE)-AAC, AC-3, Vorbis (with privat objectTypeIndication), Apple Lossless Yes Yes
MPEG Video File (.mpg, .mpeg) MPEG Yes Yes Yes No No MPEG-1, MPEG-2 MPEG-1 Layers I, II, III (mp3), LPCM No No
Program Stream (.ps) MPEG Yes Yes ? Only in VOB files on DVDs Only in VOB files on DVDs MPEG-1, MPEG-2 MPEG-1 Layers I, II, III (mp3), LPCM, DTS No Only in VOB files on DVDs
MPEG-2 TS Transport Stream(.ts) MPEG Yes Yes Yes No possible via ETSI EN 300 743 MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 ASP, H.264, VC-1 MPEG-1 Layers I, II, III (mp3), AC-3, LPCM, DTS, AAC No No
NUT MPlayer team/NUT Project Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Virtually anything Virtually anything Yes  ?
Ogg/OGM Xiph.org Yes Yes Yes Yes Ogg Writ, SRT and MicroDVD with OGMtools Theora, almost anything through VFW Vorbis, almost anything through ACM Yes No
Quicktime(.mov, .qt) Apple Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Limited to what is available to the QuickTime codec manager Limited to what is available to Sound Manager or CoreAudio Yes No
>RMVB RealNetworks Yes ? Yes ? Yes RealVideo 8, 9, 10 (HE)-AAC, Cook Codec, Vorbis, RealAudio Lossless  ? No
VOB+IFO DVD Forum Yes Yes No Yes VobSub MPEG-2 Part 2 AC-3, Linear PCM, DTS, MPEG-2 Part 3,MPEG-1 Layer II No Yes
Standard owner Support for B-frames Variable bit rate audio Variable frame rate Chapters Subtitles Video formats supported Audio formats supported Metadata/Tags supported Supports Menuing



Audio formats supported

Lossy compression Lossless compression
MP3 WMA RealAudio Vorbis Musepack AAC AC3 DTS APE FLAC ALAC SHN WavPack MLP / Dolby TrueHD DTS-HD
QuickTime Yes Yes  ? Yes  ? Yes Yes  ?  ? Yes Yes  ?  ? No No
AVI Yes Yes No No No No Yes Yes No No No No No
Matroska Yes Yes Yes Yes Scheduled Yes Yes Yes  ? Yes  ?  ? Yes Yes Yes
MP4 Yes No No No  ? Yes Yes No No No Yes No No No No

 

Video formats supported

MPEG-1 MPEG-2 MPEG-4 (A)SP H.264 VC-1/WMV RealVideo Theora
QuickTime Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes  ? Yes
AVI Yes Yes Yes Problematic, limited B-frame support Yes No Yes
OGM Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes  ? Yes
Matroska Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
MP4 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
 

 









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