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.
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 |
