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Video Clip File Formats
Video Format Typical Filename Extension Description
MPEG .mpg, .mpeg, .mpe The MPEG video format is the work of the Motion
Picture Experts Group. Windows computers usually
play MPEG video clips with Windows Media Player
or another, older Microsoft player. Macintosh
systems play MPEG clips with QuickTime.
QuickTime .mov QuickTime movies can contain a multitude of
media types and usually require QuickTime for
playback.
QuickTime Video .mov A QuickTime movie that contains plain video only
and can be played by almost any video player on a
machine that doesn??™t have QuickTime installed, as
long as the right codec is available.
Video for Windows (AVI) .avi The popular (but now officially unsupported) format
used by Microsoft??™s Video for Windows (also known
as ActiveMovie or NetShow). As with QuickTime
Video, clips can be played in almost any player, as
long as the right codec is installed.
One codec to watch for if you??™re making cross-platform movies is the Intel Indeo Video codec,
sometimes used for Video for Windows (AVI) files. The Indeo codec for Macintosh is not
included with QuickTime and must be installed manually by Macintosh users.
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MPEG, QuickTime Video, or AVI clips are good candidates for linking or embedding because a wide variety
of players on multiple platforms can play them.
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