Difference between revisions of "File format"

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In the world of audio/video/streaming there are several categories which are of importance.
 
In the world of audio/video/streaming there are several categories which are of importance.
  
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* [[Playlist]]
 
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* [[Subtitles]]

Revision as of 15:30, 4 July 2005

A Fileformat is a specification on how to read/write a certain type of information into a file. There are many fileformats which all have their advantages. Some are easy to edit, some are easy to stream, some allow for possible future extensions, others are very simple and can't do much at all.

In the world of audio/video/streaming there are several categories which are of importance.