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Although the article doesn't explicitly say so, the page is very much titled towards containers that can contain video/audio data. All of the other containers are video/audio, and all of the headings of the table relate to audio/video. JFIF doesn't belong in this comparison. Any objections to removing it? Qutezuce 20:38, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
Maybe the title could be "Comparison of media container formats" or "Comparison of multimedia container formats" to distinguish it from tar (file format), etc. — Fleminra 20:37, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
I made a few changes to AVI:
1. Chapters are possible through the 'Vidomi' hack.
2. A quick Google search told me about variable framerates (
[1]).
MrTroy
22:45, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
Can anyone tell me which format gives you the smallest possible file size? -- 207.237.119.236 22:20, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
I disagree with the use of the word 'hack' as in "Yes, but only through hacks".
This doesn't give the reader enough information other than a general bad feeling about AVI's support for the feature. 'Hack' is an emotive word which implies a hastily implemented quick-fix.
It would help to answer the following questions:
- does the 'hack' work? - does the 'hack' work well? - does the 'hack' result in a valid AVI file?
- is the 'hack' specified / described somewhere? (the fact it is not described in original MS AVI documentation doesn't mean it's a hack)
If the answer to most of these questions is yes, then 'hack' is an inappropriate word. A footnote would be helpful.
Also, the word "problematic" is vague and unhelpful. Do these containers support these formats or not? If I understood why these formats are problematic, I'd add a footnote explaining why.
When mov only half supports something or requires apple's direct support and implementation of a format, MOV gets a YES, but when another format say OGM has the same restrictions it gets a partial rating. -- 206.191.28.13 15:54, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
How about another column describing whether each is patent-free and open? -- Oldak Quill 15:56, 21 October 2005 (UTC)
Where does xvid fit into all this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.127.72.90 ( talk • contribs)
The page contains "Note: The following table may be biased by the encoders preference."
What is that supposed to mean? Suoerh2 18:35, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
Would anyone object to a new column for transparent container level compression? -- Tene 12:52, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
I'm not sure about the last column in video formats supported. Isn't VP6 that is used as video codec in flash format? If it is, Matroska and Avi suport it. Manabu 02:43, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
Can axs (MS) be considered as a container formats ? 2006.11.21
MXF is described in [ [2]] as a container format but it is missing from this page. My understanding is that this is a widely used professional format. Is there a reason for its exclusion here? 62.49.253.115 14:28, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
Please add it; it's appropriate.
AVI is really more of a descriptor than a container format, it is a RIFF chunk identifier. This table should be updated to describe it properly or remove it, but this will take much work, I suggest we work on it in a userspace or an unlinked 'subpage' to make it more technically correct. -- tonsofpcs ( Talk) 19:55, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
I corrected the table for the FLV container. It does support metadata. See:
In fact, I see the metadata, and can edit it (title, subject, author, category, keywords, comments), in the properties sheet | summary tab on my system in Explorer, just like an ASF container file, or a JPEG file. — Becksguy ( talk) 13:42, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
What is "Edit in-place"?-- Hhielscher 10:06, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
I read somewhere that .mov can contain multi-channel (>2 channels) audio, while mp4 cannot? Sounds weird since mp4 is so modern. Would be interesting to know anyway, and maybe add as a column.-- 62.84.192.238 07:38, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
False or not, two years later I still don't see a column for multi-channel audio support. I need to know which containers support this and compare them. Any reasoning behind this column missing ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.113.51.102 ( talk) 20:48, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
This is misleading. Stereo is multi-channel audio (there are 2 channels and multi actually means >1 not >2 ) but I suspect the poster means multiple audio streams in the same container (e.g. an English track, a Spanish track and a director's commentary). MP4 can do this. 86.0.254.239 ( talk) 19:00, 16 July 2009 (UTC)
It's been important for me whether a container is streaming capable, mostly for playing partially downloaded videos to check their quality so I could decide whether to download them completely. It has been my experience that avi does not support streaming, while mp(e)g does. Darsie from german wiki pedia ( talk) 12:56, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
The .TS container does support VC-1 video. KSM-2501ZX, IP address:= 200.155.188.4 ( talk) 11:42, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
Please consider to change the title to "Comparison of media container formats". The current tile is too inaccurate and makes the page hardly to find trough the web. - Revision as of 19:20, 28 May 2010 - by 217.83.200.36 (I removed this text from the article. -- 89.173.66.229 ( talk) 16:45, 29 May 2010 (UTC))
This article should contain information on what codecs ogg can handle without DirectShow filters (i.e. ogg with DirectShow filters is ogm). I know it can at least handle vorbis, speex and Theora (probably flac, too). Shoreu ( talk) 23:57, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
This comment doesn't makes sense. OGG (OGM) is a container. Yes, it is possible to have vorbis, speex, theora, flac and even more in it, but this has nothing to do with directshow filters. -- 178.95.76.235 ( talk) 13:12, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
VOB+IFO absolutely can be with variable fraberate. If we talking about just VOB, then no, bot VOB+IFO - absolutely yes. For example we can have different framerates for opening, main part abd ending of some series. There is also much more complicated situations. -- 178.95.76.235 ( talk) 13:13, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
Article says that support for musepack in matroska is partial|Scheduled. This is can't be valid. Maybe mkvmerge (most popular muxer out there) doesn't have support at this moment, but this doesn't means that container itself can'tcontain this format! -- 178.95.76.235 ( talk) 13:11, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
I would like to know the maximum number of video and audio streams each container can support. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.89.138.183 ( talk) 22:24, 30 October 2010 (UTC)
Should anamorphism be added? I think it's a pretty important feature for a container to support even though workarounds like storing the AR in the video bitstream are used for non-supporting containers like AVI. However, I would be be putting {{dunno}} next to all but three. -- Kamasutra 23:24, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
Can one confirm that the entry "MPEG program stream PS (.ps)" has a white background at "Video formats supported" although "partial" is selected? The source looks OK to me, but the result does not. It should be some kind of yellow like all other "partial" fields, but it (only this entry) appears white to me. 84.61.3.44 ( talk) 16:42, 1 April 2011 (UTC)
It would be nice, if somebody adds the information about how VP3, VP6, VP7 and VP8 encoded video streams fit into existing containers. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dkatsubo ( talk • contribs) 14:39, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
It is possible to store PCM audio in an MP4 container, although it is not supported by software very well. I have seen MP4 with PCM, so it is possible. The only problem might be the playback. It's like AVI and vorbis, it is possible but the file might not be played with some players. Shouldn't it be "yes2" or "partial" as the container can "hold" this format? The container itself can't be "responsible" for the support by players. 84.61.3.44 ( talk) 08:34, 2 April 2011 (UTC)
Can we split the bit rate article and move the multimedia part into a separate article? At least the list of bit rates. Now the article has too wide scope. We may for example create Bit rate in multimedia or Multimedia encoding bit rate, or list of multimedia format bit rates? The bit rate article still can sumarize the multimedia aspects but skip the technical details. Please answer at talk:Bit rate. Mange01 ( talk) 17:55, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
It would be an improvement, I believe, if they got some information about the Dirac compression method added to the tables where it applies. Thank you. 190.226.220.102 ( talk) 08:55, 12 February 2012 (UTC)
There are only three colors but it is still unclear... it was rather simple, but to establish the pattern I did have to look closely. And I'm not even sure if I have figured it out completely correctly. I obviously wasn't involved in the creation of this page and I don't want to use guess work to establish the meanings of the colors. Therefore, it would be great if someone who does know their meaning and purpose could take a minute to include those details. I'm sure I'm not the only one who would appreciate it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rjcripe ( talk • contribs) 19:05, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
I think date of introduction would be a really valuable column to add. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.18.231.145 ( talk) 19:02, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
Purpose of introducing the each format and whether that purpose was realized by the "inventor" of the format. This would give people a sense of where the format is coming from and whether it's use would suit ones purpose. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.2.29.40 ( talk) 21:27, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
I think it is worth it to note that as far as support for any given audio, video, subtitle and other format as far as quicktime is is concerned is that it can support anything as long as there is a codec there to read/write the info. So I think it would be more useful to note for for containers like quicktime and matroska if any given data-type is supported natively out of the box as opposed to supported with a third party codec. For example, Perian provides support for many of the subtitle formats for quicktime that don't ship with Mac OS X. Dread Lord CyberSkull ✎☠ 06:10, 6 June 2012 (UTC)
M4V is not included and should be, definitely. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.2.29.40 ( talk) 21:24, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
I vote for *deletion*. Now it's clear to me that its existence is centered upon the *outdated* controversy about the "packed bitstream" thing. The ACTUAL problem never was the AVI container itself, but the obsolete Video-for-Windows API, and any software/firmware that totally or partially shares its limitations. Besides, and more importantly, most people still ignore other containers which (according to the usual and flawed explanations) "should not" support B-frames either, because of the way that they use the *timestamps* (namely, ASF, MPEG Program Stream and MPEG Transport Stream). 186.204.29.47 ( talk) 10:57, 28 January 2013 (UTC)
http://guru.multimedia.cx/avi-and-b-frames/
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=120407
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=930964#post930964
http://blog.monogram.sk/janos/2008/06/08/b-frames-in-directshow/
signed: 177.140.166.36 ( talk) 03:44, 29 January 2013 (UTC)
Older types of RealAudio (including ATRAC3) use constant bitrate compression, and therefore are fully-compatible with the ancient ACM interface. Newest type of RealAudio is actually AAC, which never has been a problem to the DirectShow-based decoders. 186.204.105.49 ( talk) 21:41, 12 February 2013 (UTC)
Can DRM information be added to the table? Kxra ( talk) 16:56, 17 October 2013 (UTC)
WTV_(Windows_Recorded_TV_Show) 189.120.185.55 ( talk) 18:00, 3 November 2013 (UTC)
One of the features of VOB+IFO (And I think Blu ray as well) format is the possibility of multi-angle video. That is, have several alternative video tracks for specific fragments of hte video Example: Star wars has some titles at beginning. With multi-angle you may have the part of the titles in several languages, but the rest of the film is encoded only once.
Don't know if any other formats support multi-angle
Rober2D2 ( talk) 19:55, 21 October 2014 (UTC)
The article says that matroska supports DVD-like menus, but it is not true. If you read the linked specifications: [1] you may read that the menu specifications are just a draft. That is, matroska is expected to have a menu system in future versions.
Rober2D2 ( talk) 19:55, 21 October 2014 (UTC)
I changed the size of video and audio tables, because the column label was not readable. I do not know the markup language, the result was not satisfactory to me, but it is better than it was.
Adjusting font size of labels may help to make the tables 100% of screen size again.
Can the header be fixed and the data rows scrollable when watching the screen, and expand all when printing?
I gave up, to make cosmetic changes to the first table, but it should be made more readable, maybe by splitting in two tables, or by introducing intuitive abbreviations. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.178.76.94 ( talk) 15:38, 1 November 2014 (UTC)
I suggest renaming the article to Comparison of digital media container formats. SharkD ( talk) 01:59, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
This article fails to mention which containers can hold 10 bit uncompressed video. I know quicktime can but what about others like AVI and Matroska? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.27.131.165 ( talk) 13:38, 31 December 2014 (UTC)
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This table is far too wide, please split it into two tables. – Be..anyone 💩 20:39, 17 April 2016 (UTC)
Maybe it's time to include references to HEVC...
So far, it's been successfully wrapped in the following containers:
FLV, AVI, MKV, MP4, ASF and TS.
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01:43, 8 August 2013 (UTC)
The article says that WebM supports b-frames. However this is a misleading. WebM container is a subset of MKV container MKV supports many things but again because WebM is a subset, for WebM we should say "supported" only if feature is really used. b-frames are not used in WebM because this container restricted to use only VP8 codec and VP8 doesn't supports b-frames (and never will, because bitstream is frozen). -- 178.95.76.235 ( talk) 13:13, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
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Each container type listed in the rows of the main (1st) table should have a column in the content type tables.
There's no column for the container type "MPEG Video File" in the content (video, audio, subtitle) tables.
Could that be because the MPEG-1,2 container formats are MPEG-PS and MPEG-TS, and the "MPEG Video File" container, not mentioned in the linked Type entry, actually means some version of MPEG-PS? In which case there should be some reconciliation between the rows for "MPEG Video File" and MPEG-PS so that "MPEG Video File" can be merged into MPEG-PS.
Also, even though "formats" is in the article title, it would be good to change the Legend "Format" in the main table to "Container" so as to reduce the use of "Format" in different contexts.
46.208.6.24 ( talk) 13:52, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
Ensonic ( talk) 12:48, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
Stream #0:1[0x63]: Data: timed_id3 (ID3 / 0x20334449) LightTangent ( talk) 13:39, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
Years ago I added some notes regarding the AVI container and the audio formats it supports; today I find that a not-so-smart person skrewed everything. 177.25.83.48 ( talk) 23:43, 24 July 2019 (UTC)
Enhanced AC‐3) Standard” LightTangent ( talk) 13:50, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
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Although the article doesn't explicitly say so, the page is very much titled towards containers that can contain video/audio data. All of the other containers are video/audio, and all of the headings of the table relate to audio/video. JFIF doesn't belong in this comparison. Any objections to removing it? Qutezuce 20:38, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
Maybe the title could be "Comparison of media container formats" or "Comparison of multimedia container formats" to distinguish it from tar (file format), etc. — Fleminra 20:37, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
I made a few changes to AVI:
1. Chapters are possible through the 'Vidomi' hack.
2. A quick Google search told me about variable framerates (
[1]).
MrTroy
22:45, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
Can anyone tell me which format gives you the smallest possible file size? -- 207.237.119.236 22:20, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
I disagree with the use of the word 'hack' as in "Yes, but only through hacks".
This doesn't give the reader enough information other than a general bad feeling about AVI's support for the feature. 'Hack' is an emotive word which implies a hastily implemented quick-fix.
It would help to answer the following questions:
- does the 'hack' work? - does the 'hack' work well? - does the 'hack' result in a valid AVI file?
- is the 'hack' specified / described somewhere? (the fact it is not described in original MS AVI documentation doesn't mean it's a hack)
If the answer to most of these questions is yes, then 'hack' is an inappropriate word. A footnote would be helpful.
Also, the word "problematic" is vague and unhelpful. Do these containers support these formats or not? If I understood why these formats are problematic, I'd add a footnote explaining why.
When mov only half supports something or requires apple's direct support and implementation of a format, MOV gets a YES, but when another format say OGM has the same restrictions it gets a partial rating. -- 206.191.28.13 15:54, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
How about another column describing whether each is patent-free and open? -- Oldak Quill 15:56, 21 October 2005 (UTC)
Where does xvid fit into all this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.127.72.90 ( talk • contribs)
The page contains "Note: The following table may be biased by the encoders preference."
What is that supposed to mean? Suoerh2 18:35, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
Would anyone object to a new column for transparent container level compression? -- Tene 12:52, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
I'm not sure about the last column in video formats supported. Isn't VP6 that is used as video codec in flash format? If it is, Matroska and Avi suport it. Manabu 02:43, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
Can axs (MS) be considered as a container formats ? 2006.11.21
MXF is described in [ [2]] as a container format but it is missing from this page. My understanding is that this is a widely used professional format. Is there a reason for its exclusion here? 62.49.253.115 14:28, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
Please add it; it's appropriate.
AVI is really more of a descriptor than a container format, it is a RIFF chunk identifier. This table should be updated to describe it properly or remove it, but this will take much work, I suggest we work on it in a userspace or an unlinked 'subpage' to make it more technically correct. -- tonsofpcs ( Talk) 19:55, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
I corrected the table for the FLV container. It does support metadata. See:
In fact, I see the metadata, and can edit it (title, subject, author, category, keywords, comments), in the properties sheet | summary tab on my system in Explorer, just like an ASF container file, or a JPEG file. — Becksguy ( talk) 13:42, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
What is "Edit in-place"?-- Hhielscher 10:06, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
I read somewhere that .mov can contain multi-channel (>2 channels) audio, while mp4 cannot? Sounds weird since mp4 is so modern. Would be interesting to know anyway, and maybe add as a column.-- 62.84.192.238 07:38, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
False or not, two years later I still don't see a column for multi-channel audio support. I need to know which containers support this and compare them. Any reasoning behind this column missing ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.113.51.102 ( talk) 20:48, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
This is misleading. Stereo is multi-channel audio (there are 2 channels and multi actually means >1 not >2 ) but I suspect the poster means multiple audio streams in the same container (e.g. an English track, a Spanish track and a director's commentary). MP4 can do this. 86.0.254.239 ( talk) 19:00, 16 July 2009 (UTC)
It's been important for me whether a container is streaming capable, mostly for playing partially downloaded videos to check their quality so I could decide whether to download them completely. It has been my experience that avi does not support streaming, while mp(e)g does. Darsie from german wiki pedia ( talk) 12:56, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
The .TS container does support VC-1 video. KSM-2501ZX, IP address:= 200.155.188.4 ( talk) 11:42, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
Please consider to change the title to "Comparison of media container formats". The current tile is too inaccurate and makes the page hardly to find trough the web. - Revision as of 19:20, 28 May 2010 - by 217.83.200.36 (I removed this text from the article. -- 89.173.66.229 ( talk) 16:45, 29 May 2010 (UTC))
This article should contain information on what codecs ogg can handle without DirectShow filters (i.e. ogg with DirectShow filters is ogm). I know it can at least handle vorbis, speex and Theora (probably flac, too). Shoreu ( talk) 23:57, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
This comment doesn't makes sense. OGG (OGM) is a container. Yes, it is possible to have vorbis, speex, theora, flac and even more in it, but this has nothing to do with directshow filters. -- 178.95.76.235 ( talk) 13:12, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
VOB+IFO absolutely can be with variable fraberate. If we talking about just VOB, then no, bot VOB+IFO - absolutely yes. For example we can have different framerates for opening, main part abd ending of some series. There is also much more complicated situations. -- 178.95.76.235 ( talk) 13:13, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
Article says that support for musepack in matroska is partial|Scheduled. This is can't be valid. Maybe mkvmerge (most popular muxer out there) doesn't have support at this moment, but this doesn't means that container itself can'tcontain this format! -- 178.95.76.235 ( talk) 13:11, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
I would like to know the maximum number of video and audio streams each container can support. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.89.138.183 ( talk) 22:24, 30 October 2010 (UTC)
Should anamorphism be added? I think it's a pretty important feature for a container to support even though workarounds like storing the AR in the video bitstream are used for non-supporting containers like AVI. However, I would be be putting {{dunno}} next to all but three. -- Kamasutra 23:24, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
Can one confirm that the entry "MPEG program stream PS (.ps)" has a white background at "Video formats supported" although "partial" is selected? The source looks OK to me, but the result does not. It should be some kind of yellow like all other "partial" fields, but it (only this entry) appears white to me. 84.61.3.44 ( talk) 16:42, 1 April 2011 (UTC)
It would be nice, if somebody adds the information about how VP3, VP6, VP7 and VP8 encoded video streams fit into existing containers. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dkatsubo ( talk • contribs) 14:39, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
It is possible to store PCM audio in an MP4 container, although it is not supported by software very well. I have seen MP4 with PCM, so it is possible. The only problem might be the playback. It's like AVI and vorbis, it is possible but the file might not be played with some players. Shouldn't it be "yes2" or "partial" as the container can "hold" this format? The container itself can't be "responsible" for the support by players. 84.61.3.44 ( talk) 08:34, 2 April 2011 (UTC)
Can we split the bit rate article and move the multimedia part into a separate article? At least the list of bit rates. Now the article has too wide scope. We may for example create Bit rate in multimedia or Multimedia encoding bit rate, or list of multimedia format bit rates? The bit rate article still can sumarize the multimedia aspects but skip the technical details. Please answer at talk:Bit rate. Mange01 ( talk) 17:55, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
It would be an improvement, I believe, if they got some information about the Dirac compression method added to the tables where it applies. Thank you. 190.226.220.102 ( talk) 08:55, 12 February 2012 (UTC)
There are only three colors but it is still unclear... it was rather simple, but to establish the pattern I did have to look closely. And I'm not even sure if I have figured it out completely correctly. I obviously wasn't involved in the creation of this page and I don't want to use guess work to establish the meanings of the colors. Therefore, it would be great if someone who does know their meaning and purpose could take a minute to include those details. I'm sure I'm not the only one who would appreciate it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rjcripe ( talk • contribs) 19:05, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
I think date of introduction would be a really valuable column to add. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.18.231.145 ( talk) 19:02, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
Purpose of introducing the each format and whether that purpose was realized by the "inventor" of the format. This would give people a sense of where the format is coming from and whether it's use would suit ones purpose. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.2.29.40 ( talk) 21:27, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
I think it is worth it to note that as far as support for any given audio, video, subtitle and other format as far as quicktime is is concerned is that it can support anything as long as there is a codec there to read/write the info. So I think it would be more useful to note for for containers like quicktime and matroska if any given data-type is supported natively out of the box as opposed to supported with a third party codec. For example, Perian provides support for many of the subtitle formats for quicktime that don't ship with Mac OS X. Dread Lord CyberSkull ✎☠ 06:10, 6 June 2012 (UTC)
M4V is not included and should be, definitely. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.2.29.40 ( talk) 21:24, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
I vote for *deletion*. Now it's clear to me that its existence is centered upon the *outdated* controversy about the "packed bitstream" thing. The ACTUAL problem never was the AVI container itself, but the obsolete Video-for-Windows API, and any software/firmware that totally or partially shares its limitations. Besides, and more importantly, most people still ignore other containers which (according to the usual and flawed explanations) "should not" support B-frames either, because of the way that they use the *timestamps* (namely, ASF, MPEG Program Stream and MPEG Transport Stream). 186.204.29.47 ( talk) 10:57, 28 January 2013 (UTC)
http://guru.multimedia.cx/avi-and-b-frames/
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=120407
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=930964#post930964
http://blog.monogram.sk/janos/2008/06/08/b-frames-in-directshow/
signed: 177.140.166.36 ( talk) 03:44, 29 January 2013 (UTC)
Older types of RealAudio (including ATRAC3) use constant bitrate compression, and therefore are fully-compatible with the ancient ACM interface. Newest type of RealAudio is actually AAC, which never has been a problem to the DirectShow-based decoders. 186.204.105.49 ( talk) 21:41, 12 February 2013 (UTC)
Can DRM information be added to the table? Kxra ( talk) 16:56, 17 October 2013 (UTC)
WTV_(Windows_Recorded_TV_Show) 189.120.185.55 ( talk) 18:00, 3 November 2013 (UTC)
One of the features of VOB+IFO (And I think Blu ray as well) format is the possibility of multi-angle video. That is, have several alternative video tracks for specific fragments of hte video Example: Star wars has some titles at beginning. With multi-angle you may have the part of the titles in several languages, but the rest of the film is encoded only once.
Don't know if any other formats support multi-angle
Rober2D2 ( talk) 19:55, 21 October 2014 (UTC)
The article says that matroska supports DVD-like menus, but it is not true. If you read the linked specifications: [1] you may read that the menu specifications are just a draft. That is, matroska is expected to have a menu system in future versions.
Rober2D2 ( talk) 19:55, 21 October 2014 (UTC)
I changed the size of video and audio tables, because the column label was not readable. I do not know the markup language, the result was not satisfactory to me, but it is better than it was.
Adjusting font size of labels may help to make the tables 100% of screen size again.
Can the header be fixed and the data rows scrollable when watching the screen, and expand all when printing?
I gave up, to make cosmetic changes to the first table, but it should be made more readable, maybe by splitting in two tables, or by introducing intuitive abbreviations. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.178.76.94 ( talk) 15:38, 1 November 2014 (UTC)
I suggest renaming the article to Comparison of digital media container formats. SharkD ( talk) 01:59, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
This article fails to mention which containers can hold 10 bit uncompressed video. I know quicktime can but what about others like AVI and Matroska? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.27.131.165 ( talk) 13:38, 31 December 2014 (UTC)
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This table is far too wide, please split it into two tables. – Be..anyone 💩 20:39, 17 April 2016 (UTC)
Maybe it's time to include references to HEVC...
So far, it's been successfully wrapped in the following containers:
FLV, AVI, MKV, MP4, ASF and TS.
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The article says that WebM supports b-frames. However this is a misleading. WebM container is a subset of MKV container MKV supports many things but again because WebM is a subset, for WebM we should say "supported" only if feature is really used. b-frames are not used in WebM because this container restricted to use only VP8 codec and VP8 doesn't supports b-frames (and never will, because bitstream is frozen). -- 178.95.76.235 ( talk) 13:13, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
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Each container type listed in the rows of the main (1st) table should have a column in the content type tables.
There's no column for the container type "MPEG Video File" in the content (video, audio, subtitle) tables.
Could that be because the MPEG-1,2 container formats are MPEG-PS and MPEG-TS, and the "MPEG Video File" container, not mentioned in the linked Type entry, actually means some version of MPEG-PS? In which case there should be some reconciliation between the rows for "MPEG Video File" and MPEG-PS so that "MPEG Video File" can be merged into MPEG-PS.
Also, even though "formats" is in the article title, it would be good to change the Legend "Format" in the main table to "Container" so as to reduce the use of "Format" in different contexts.
46.208.6.24 ( talk) 13:52, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
Ensonic ( talk) 12:48, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
Stream #0:1[0x63]: Data: timed_id3 (ID3 / 0x20334449) LightTangent ( talk) 13:39, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
Years ago I added some notes regarding the AVI container and the audio formats it supports; today I find that a not-so-smart person skrewed everything. 177.25.83.48 ( talk) 23:43, 24 July 2019 (UTC)
Enhanced AC‐3) Standard” LightTangent ( talk) 13:50, 6 January 2021 (UTC)