Simpler video formats can contain different types of video streams, while more advanced video formats can support multiple audio and video streams, subtitles, chapter-information, and meta-data (tags) — along with the synchronization information needed to play back the various streams together.
In most cases, the file header, most of the metadata and the synchro chunks are specified by the video format. For example, video formats exist for optimized, low-quality, internet video streaming which differs from high-quality DVD streaming requirements.
The following is a comparison of video formats that our software supports. Click on a video format to see the format introduction and related software downloads.
Video Formats:
mp4, avi, flv, mpg, wmv, mkv, m2ts, webm, asf, dvr-ms, 3gp, m4v, rm, rmvb, avs, vob, dv, amv, m1v, m2v, dat
| Format | Chapters | Subtitles | Metadata | Menu Support | Streaming support | 3D support |
| 3GP | Yes | |||||
| ASF | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| AVI | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| FLV | Yes | Yes | ||||
| MKV | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| MP4 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| MPG | Yes | |||||
| M2TS | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| RM | Yes | Yes | ||||
| RMVB | Yes | Yes | ||||
| VOB | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| WEBM | Yes | Yes | ||||
| WMV | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Related Downloads:
Free Video Converter is a free video converter software to convert video files between many formats or extract audio from video files.
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