A : With the explosion of portable video devices and new technologies mp4 has become a new standard, we can compress files to smaller sizes without comprimising quality and reducing our bandwidth usage. About the other formats , we post what the labels provide us with.

Quicktime is just a system layer (container format) which can contain various different audio and video formats. The system layer itself is fully supported in xine. However, some quicktime audio/video codecs are not natively supported yet. Luckily, if you are using a x86 compatible machine (any recent PC hardware should do) you can install and use the original Quicktime DLLs and watch most streams (trailers) that can be downloaded from the net.

Apex Video Converter supports to convert your favorite movies from, AVI, MOV, QuickTime, MPEG, WMV, ASF, RM, RMVB, 3GP, MP4 to AVI, MPEG, VCD,DVD, MOV, RM, RMVB, WMV, ASF, iPod, PSP, 3GP, Xbox, PPC, PMP Zune, Apple TV, iPhone formats.

The .wmv links to a video in the Windows Media format, which should work on all machines running some form of Microsoft Windows. For the latest free player, please click here (Windows users only). The .mov links to a video in the Apple QuickTime format, which should work on all machines running Mac OS, and can easily be installed on a Windows machine. For the latest free player, please click here (Mac or Windows). For Mac users who want to see the .

No - you need third party software to play most video types. SmartMovie is one example for XviD AVI files and it offers full screen landscape viewing too. For the rest, I have not heard of any players as the bitrate for the other videos can be quite high. The only ones that you can play without additional software are 3GP and RealMedia(RM) files, both of which separate encoders are required.

If you use file-sharing programs to download media files that do not deliver a license, your computer may download a virus. You should not have this problem when you obtain protected files from legitimate online sources. To guard against such attacks, we suggest that you use Microsoft Windows Update to keep your computer current with all security patches for Windows operating systems. You should also install antivirus and anti-spyware programs.

Yes, just paste the following code into your web page and replace the end of the src= link with your own id: Also, you can convert from the very large AVI format to ASF format. ASF (Microsoft Windows Advanced Streaming Format. Use Windows Media On-Demand Producer to obtain the ASF format.

If your video files are in any of the formats listed above, you will need to use one of the many DVD-image creation applications to create a video disc image which you can upload to Lulu. If you have a DVD burner in your home computer, it probably came with an application which will do this for you. Usually it involves selecting the files you want to be on your video disc and selecting the "Save as video image..." option or something similar.

You should see a white icon in your system tray (right-bottom of your screen). That is Haali Media Splitter. Right-click on that icon to switch between the audio tracks that are in the file.

If you want to play all QuickTime files: install Apple QuickTime, install IrfanView PlugIns. Activate the Quicktime PlugIn for IrfanView in Properties->Video/Sound.

Unfortunately ViPlay (DirectShow) only support versions of QuickTime equal and prior to 2.0. Try to search for a filter in the internet. Good luck!

Sure you can. The best way to do this is probably using MPlayer which runs well in both Linux and Windows. Its a much faster player than any Windows Media Player or Divx Player...

All files on ilovevideo are DRM free so you should choose the file which best suits your portable device WMV Files. these are playable on portable video devices iRiver, Creative, Samsung, Rio, Archos etc and mobile phones. they are viewable through windows media player. M4Vs are playable on iPod, iPod Mini, iPod Nano or other Apple hardware and drop straight into iTunes .

No - you need third party software to play most video types. SmartMovie is one example for XviD AVI files and it offers full screen landscape viewing too. For MPG/WMV and many other video files, there's CorePlayer. The only ones that you can play without additional software are MP4, 3GP and RealMedia(RM) files, all of which separate encoders are required. Nokia Video Manager is able to convert to MP4 at no charge. You can also try MediaCoder, another free utility.

LiveMedia uses the .flv format allowing your video to be viewable out-of-the-box to 89.2% of internet users without the need for additional plug-ins. Just about any file format can be converted to .flv with third party applications. Macromedia Flash Professional 8 and Sorenson Squeeze for Flash can both perform the necessary conversion.

A:The most common one is PSPVideo9 at [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] info on conversions:2 pass is where the thing your converting is done twice to enhance quality/reduce size. The fps is the amount of frames per second, like how fast the video will play when done.Bitrate(somthing k, EX:512k) is the quality, lower has a lower size, but a worse picture. The higher the bitrate the better the quality and higher the size.

You can use Nokia Video Manager. You can also try MediaCoder, another free utility. You can also try the free Handbrake to convert DVDs to MP4. Mobiola Studio is a paid alternative.

In 99% of all cases, this is caused by Nero's MP4 splitter (NDparser.ax) interfering. Most users have a working version of it, and then you usually never notice it since it just works (you won't get Haali's tray icon though). However, for some, seemingly random, users it's broken and doesn't provide either video or audio output. The solution to this problem is to unregister it, after verifying that it is indeed the culprit. This is most easily done using the CCCP Insurgent.

Certain WMV HD comes with WMA Pro audio, which can only be playback from RCA stereo audio and setting Audio to "PCM" in the setup page.

A program called Convert To AAC is included with Call Recorder. This conversion tool allows you to easily convert your QuickTime files into AAC files. To use, drag a recorded QuickTime file to the "Convert to AAC" icon and it quickly creates an M4A file from your recording.

To import WMV files into PowerPoint, open the WMV video in QuickTime Pro. Select File/Save and save as a reference movie. Because no actual conversion is necessary with reference movies, this is a very quick process. Then insert the .mov file into your PowerPoint presentation and proceed as usual. Although it is an extra step, it can be done very quickly and will make it possible to use WMV files in your PowerPoint presentation.

Yes. When adding files in NSVate, change the filetype box to say "All Files" and add your WMV files just like any other video.

MP4 is another name for MPEG-4. It is a video format meant for digital streaming over the internet. The file extension is .ASF . Most probably you have already downloaded some ASF files over on the internet or in IRC. You can use Windows Media Player to play this type of files. Do not confuse MP4 with MP3. They have no relations at all. Many servers are known to serve ASF files in #Mp3Cable.

Some computers come with software pre-installed that can convert video to the correct format, such as Windows Movie Maker or Mac's iMovie. There are also many programs available online that can convert various video formats into MPG, MOV, or AVI format. Try searching online for a program that can help you do this.

MP4 is short for MPEG-4 and is a video file format that contains MPEG-4 encoded video and Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) encoded audio content. The files can only be played on video players that support this format. The latest version of Apple's Quicktime, available for both Windows and Macintosh, supports this file format without modification. Window Media Player requires some modification; details can be found on Microsoft's support site.

Answer: Ipod video uses 1.8" hard disc whereas our mp4 player uses 2.5" hard disk which is about 2x the size. Hence, it needs to be physically bigger to accommodate the larger hard disc. In addition, the power consumption of 2.5" hard disc is higher, hence, a larger battery is also needed to allow reasonable battery life.