The computer can play any video format. In order to do this, you just need to install a special player that will read this or that video format.
Today, there are a huge variety of different video formats. Of course, each of them is used only in a specific situation. For example, when you need to quickly send a small video file, you need to choose a format that will not "burden" it. The most popular video formats are: AVI (Audio Video Interleave), FLV (FLash Video), WMV (Windows Media Video), 3GP. There is no specific good format. All of them, in general, are ideal for users in certain situations, depending on the tasks.
Video formats for PC
AVI (Audio Video Interleave) format. Today, this particular video format is very popular. The thing is that files of this type are usually small. At the same time, AVI combines other advantages. For example, the format of such files may contain video and audio data that will use different codecs. As a result, this format can have completely different "stuffing". For example, if you are using DivX video and WMA audio. One of the advantages of this video format is that it also supports multi-streaming audio and video.
FLV video format (FLash Video). It is this video format that is most often used to transfer media data over the Internet. Today, most social networks (for example, VKontakte), entertainment sites (YouTube, RuTube, etc.) use this format for their videos. The main reasons for using the FLV format on various Internet resources is that it is with its help that the user has the opportunity to view a sufficiently high-quality video, even at a low bit rate.
The WMV (Windows Media Video) format was developed, as the name suggests, by Microsoft. The main advantage of this video format is that it does not require any other codecs. The thing is that they are all installed automatically when installing the Windows operating system. Thus, the user does not need to search for new audio and video codecs in order to reproduce this format on a computer.
Mobile format
The 3GP format, in turn, is much less commonly used on personal computers than others. 3GP is best suited for a variety of mobile devices. The main advantages of this format are its simplicity and small volume. As for the disadvantages, there may be a loss in quality when playing 3GP video on a computer.
