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Title: Whats the differnce? Post by: Drauka on February 21, 2004, 09:40:28 AM Audio...
What is the differnce between MP2, MP3, Wav, ect? Which one has the better sound quality, vs size, ect. Video... What is the differnce between Wmv, Mpg, Mpeg, Avi, ect.? And while were at it... Jpg, Jpeg, Bmp, Btmp, gif, etc. Thanks! :ph34r: :ph34r: Title: Whats the differnce? Post by: SS on February 21, 2004, 04:16:26 PM Okay.
WMV = Windows Media Video. WMA = Windows Media Audio. PNG = Portable Network Graphic. (Images) OGG = Ogg Vorbis. Audio format. MPG=MPEG = Moving Pictures Expert Group. Video format with multiple layers, MP3 being the audio layer. MP3 = MPEG layer 3. Audio format. JPG=JPEG = Joint Photographic Experts Group (Images) GIF = CompuServe Graphics Interchange Format. (Images) BTMP = WTF!? BMP = Bitmap. (Images) AVI = Video format. WAV, BMP & AVI = base raster formats for sound, image, video. WMA, OGG, MP3 = three different compressed sound formats. Less quality than WAV, but not by much and their filesize is much much smaller. OGG is most efficient, but least supported. WMA is next most efficient, and supported well. MP3 is least efficient, but near enough complete support. PNG,JPG,GIF = three different compressed image formats. Usually (but not always; they can be equal) lower quality than BMP, but with a much smaller filesize. Always use PNG or JPG. WMV,MPG = different compressed video formats. Lower quality than AVI, but also lower filesize. Just a note about PNGs - they are very useful: If you're considering using a GIF, don't. Use an 8-bit PNG. If you're considering using a BMP, don't. Use a 24-bit PNG. Any more questions? :P Title: Whats the differnce? Post by: RipperRoo on February 21, 2004, 04:43:31 PM GIFs can also be used to make clips?
Title: Whats the differnce? Post by: SS on February 21, 2004, 04:52:14 PM GIFs can be animated, yes, but they can't include sound.
Title: Whats the differnce? Post by: mole on February 21, 2004, 05:03:50 PM can PNG's?
Title: Whats the differnce? Post by: SS on February 21, 2004, 05:06:40 PM Yes, but then it's an MNG.
Title: Whats the differnce? Post by: Drauka on February 23, 2004, 10:39:05 PM Cool thanks. So with a slow connection mpg's are the best download if its a long movie?
Title: Whats the differnce? Post by: SS on February 23, 2004, 10:47:39 PM Well WM9 has cool streaming, so it might not make a difference if you're watching it straight away.
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