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{{wikipedia|Comparison of container formats}}
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#REDIRECT [[:Category:container]]
Containers are Files that can contain audio and/or video. The audio and video is encoded (compressed) using [[codecs]], and then stored in a container. Codecs can normally be used in a variety of different containers.
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You can usually tell what container format is used for a file by looking at the file's extension. For example, if a file has a .mp4 extension, it is likely to contain [[MPEG-4]] video.
 
 
 
: ''See also '''[[:Category:Container]]'''.''
 
 
 
Below are listed the formats you can play with vlc (if I've missed any, feel free to add it :-)
 
 
 
{|
 
|File Extension
 
|Contains
 
|-
 
|
 
|[[A52]]
 
|-
 
|.aac
 
|[[AAC]]
 
|-
 
|.aiff
 
|[[AIFF]]
 
|-
 
|
 
|[[Annodex]]
 
|-
 
|.asf
 
|[[ASF]]
 
|-
 
|.au
 
|[[AU]]
 
|-
 
|.avi
 
|[[AVI]]
 
|-
 
|.dts
 
|[[DTS]]
 
|-
 
|.dump
 
|[[Demuxdump]]
 
|-
 
|.nsf, .nsfe, .gbs, .vgm, .vgz, .spc, .gym
 
| [[gme]]
 
|-
 
|.mkv, .mka, .mks
 
|[[Matroska]]
 
|-
 
|
 
|[[MediaBase]]
 
|-
 
|.mpc
 
|[[Musepack]]
 
|-
 
|.mpg, .mpeg
 
|[[MPEG-TS]] or [[MPEG-PS]]
 
|-
 
|.mov
 
|[[MOV]]
 
|-
 
|.flv
 
|[[flash Video]]
 
|-
 
|.m4a, .m4b, .m4p
 
|[[.m4a|MPEG-4 Audio]]
 
|-
 
|.mp4
 
|[[MP4|MPEG-4]]
 
|-
 
|.nsv
 
|[[NSV]]
 
|-
 
|.ogm
 
|[[OGM]]
 
|-
 
|.ogg
 
|[[Ogg]]
 
|-
 
|.pva
 
|[[PVA]]
 
|-
 
|.rm, .ram, .ra
 
|[[RealMedia]]
 
|-
 
|
 
|[[SDP]] (streaming only)
 
|-
 
|.wav
 
|[[WAV]]
 
|-
 
|.wmv
 
|[[Windows Media Video]]
 
|}
 
 
 
[[Category:Container]]
 

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