ASF is known as Advanced Systems Format. Developed by Microsoft, it’s a little-known format mainly because it’s used for video and audio streaming.ASF is a container format which apart from storing audio and video data can also support the storing of other content like title, description and so on. For example, JPEG slides can be […]
What are Digital Video FormatsLife was much easier, though not that convenient, during the analog video days.You didn’t really have to worry much about video formats. As long as you had the right equipment to play your video content, you’re fine.If you had a VHS tape, you played it with a VHS Player-Recorder and a […]
As you go shopping for a quality HDMI cable for your 4K-enabled device, you might have come across Premium HDMI Certified Cables. You may have noticed some of their hard-to-miss labels which have two main parts.The Two-Part HDMI Premium Certified Cable StickerThe first part says HDMI Premium Certified Cable – this label is proof that […]
From the title, it’s clear that 4K is not a video format as many wrongfully think.When we talk about 4K we often refer to our TV sets and Blu-ray players or TV boxes.In truth, these devices aren’t really 4K. Here’s the explanation.There are two types of 4K resolution. DCI 4K DCI stands for Digital Cinema […]
Don’t upload copyrighted videos to YouTube.What Happens if You Post a Copyrighted Video on YouTube?YouTube’s Content ID The copyrighted video could end up with a Content ID claim. Content ID is a video fingerprinting system used to detect unauthorized uploading of copyrighted videos already published on YouTube.With a Content ID claim, the copyright owner may […]
DVD-Audio (Digital Versatile Disc -Audio), also known as DVD-A was developed by Panasonic.It offers up to twice the sound quality of the audio CD or compact disc digital audio (CDDA).It also sought to offer a playback time of about 7 times longer than that of an audio CD with its higher storage space for audio […]
SACD means Super Audio CD. It’s also referred to as SA-CD.Introduced in 1999, its developers, Sony and Philips, intended it to be the successor of the audio CD format.The improvements SACD sought to make were: more audio channels; to include surround sound audio encoded at a higher bitrate extending playing time to more than what […]
Audio CD is also known as Compact Disc Digital Audio (CD-DA). It is however popularly called a compact disc or compact audio disc. The compact audio disc format was developed by Philips and Sony. The standards for the format are laid down in the Red Book. The audio CD format has stood the test of […]
Updated – 5.10.2022Let’s be clear at the outset that the CD Video format is not the VCD format.The CD Video format (Compact Disc Video) (CDV) came before VCD (Video Compact Disc) was introduced.The CDV is also known as CD-V and CD+V.It saw development under Sony, Philips, Panasonic, and Samsung in 1987.There were 3 disc sizes […]
AVI means Audio Video Interleaved.AVI is a video container. You can store audio, video, and other supported multimedia files in it.The AVI file comes with the .avi extension.AVI videos are encoded in the DivX and Xvid codecs and use the AVI container to hold audio and video files.Who Created AVI?Microsoft created AVI in 1992 with […]