Question
Download Solution PDFWhich of the following file formats are suitable for distributing video files across the internet?
(A) .WMV
(B) .WAV
(C) .MIDI
(D) .MP3
(E) .MP4
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFFile formats suitable for distributing video files across the internet Are:
.WMV:
- A file with the WMV file extension is a Windows Media Video file, compressed with one or more of Microsoft's video compression formats.
- The WMV or “
Windows Media Video” was developed by Microsoft as a compressedvideo container for the Windows Media framework. - Having three different types of video codec, this container can be used for online video streaming as well as sharing video content via HD DVD and Blu-ray Discs.
- WMV files are widely compatible, create relatively small video files, and preserve quality better than many other highly compressed video formats.
- Digital video can be compressed into a variety of formats, including WMV.
MPEG-4 Part 14 or MP4
- It is a digital multimedia container format most commonly used to store video and audio, but it can also be used to store other data such as subtitles and still images.
- Like most modern container formats, it allows streaming over the Internet.
- MP4 is a popular video format used to share, download, and stream video content.
- It can package multiple media types including video, audio, images, and 3D imagery, together with complex metadata.
Additional Information
- Waveform Audio File Format
- It is an audio file format standard, developed by IBM and Microsoft, for storing an audio bitstream on PCs.
- It is the main format used on Microsoft Windows systems for uncompressed audio.
- MIDI
- It is a technical standard that describes a communications protocol, digital interface, and electrical connectors that connect a wide variety of electronic musical instruments, computers, and related audio devices for playing, editing, and recording music.
- MP3, in full MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3,
- It is a data compression format for encoding digital audio, most commonly music. MP3 files offered substantial fidelity to compact disc (CD) sources at vastly reduced file sizes
Therefore the correct answer is (A) and (E) only.
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