Container

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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.

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:Containers.

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
.mkv, .mka, .mks Matroska
MediaBase
.mpg, .mpeg MPEG-TS or MPEG-PS
.mov MOV
.flv flash Video
.m4a, .m4b, .m4p MPEG-4 Audio
.mp4 MPEG-4
.nsv NSV
.ogm OGM
.ogg Ogg
.pva PVA
.rm, .ram, .ra RealMedia
SDP (streaming only)
.wav WAV