i want to download a movie file but i dont know wether to download the avi file or the mpg file , any computer whizzes out there wanna help out ?
2006-12-24 23:29:20 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
which one should i download if all i want is to watch the movie ?
2006-12-24 23:36:54 · update #1
AVI = container, Audio Video Interleave
MPEG4 = compression type, typically associated with DivX, XviD which are both MPEG4 codecs
The "difference" is that AVI is a container. It's not a coder/decoder. AVI contains only information that describes how the data is included in file and how to decompress video and audio (which codec to use). MPEG4 - is a compressor. Video data can be compressed with MPEG-4. AVI can be created using any type of codec (or no codec even) for compression, CinePak, Indeo, Huffyuv, etc.
For ex.:
AVI may have MPEG-4 as Video, and MP3 as Audio.
AVI may have Cinepak as Video, and WAV PCM as Audio.
Many codecs for only one universal AVI container.
Hope that helps.
Hasnain Mir Mohammed
2006-12-24 23:32:46 · answer #1 · answered by Hasnain Mir Mohammed 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well mohammad pretty much covered all the bases there.
but I will add that mpeg is usually better video quality than avi
2006-12-25 07:50:36 · answer #2 · answered by rsist34 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The above answer in plain english......two different movie formats
2006-12-25 07:37:34 · answer #3 · answered by Gordon S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋