The extensions of video files - where do you start?

Using the video is the latest trend on the internet, but where do you start when deciding what file extension? There is nothing better that fits all, depends on what you want to do with the video. For Internet you want the lowest possible size without compromising quality too.

There are a lot of extensions of video files of difference, too many to list in this article. However here is a group of the most common ones.

. or AVI - Audio Video Interleaved This is called is based on Windows and have audio and data files in the file.
. or WMV - The abbreviations here are for Windows Media Video and can be played on Windows Media Player.
. or MOV - This file is the creation of Apple, which can be viewed on the QuickTime movie player.
. or FLV - Adobe Flash Video file here, designed specifically for streaming over the Internet.
. or MPEG2 - Moving Pictures Expert Group, this is fairly universal and very popular.

Where to start?

Size or - as I said before that you want to use one that is small enough for people to be able to see on the internet. This poses. AVI out of the equation even if it is of good quality, file size is huge.

or Universal - Some files require some kind of software installation in order to view videos.

In the complex. FLV would be to go at this time. It 's very popular due to compression with very good audio and video quality remains intact. The best part is that it is due to the universal fact, all computers are installed with flash .......