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Comparison of container formats

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This table compares features of container formats (video file formats). To see which multimedia players support which container format, look at comparison of media players.

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Name and file extension, if different	Proprietor/ Developer	License	Variable bit rateaudio	Variable frame rate	Chapters	Captions(Subtitles)	Video formatssupported	Audio formatssupported	Metadata /Tagssupported	Menu Support (likeDVD)	StreamingSupport	Attachment Support^[1]	3D Support (codec)	3D Support at container level	Supported by hardware players
3GP	3GPP	?	Yes	Yes	?	3GPP Timed Text	H.263, MPEG-4 Part 2 andH.264/MPEG-4 AVC	AMR-NB, AMR-WB,AMR-WB+, AAC, HE-AAC and HE-AAC v2	?	No	Yes^[2]	?	?	?	?
3G2	3GPP2	?	Yes	Yes	?	3GPP Timed Text	H.263, MPEG-4 Part 2 andH.264/MPEG-4 AVC	AMR-NB, AMR-WB,AAC, HE-AAC, EVRC,EVRC-B, EVRC-WB, 13K (QCELP), SMV orVMR-WB	?	No	Yes	?	?	?	?
Advanced Systems Format (.asf, .wma, .wmv)	Microsoft	Proprietary, patent encumbered	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Almost anything through VFWor DMO;H.264/AVC is problematic	Almost anything through ACM or DMO;Vorbis is problematic	Yes	No	Yes	?	?	?	Yes
AVI	Microsoft	?	Yes^[3]	Yes^[4]	Yes, via third party modifications	Yes, via third party modifications	Almost anything through VFW	Almost anything through ACM; Vorbisis problematic ^[5]	Yes throughRIFF chunks	No	No	No	?	No	Yes
DivX Media Format (.divx)	DivX, Inc.	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	MPEG-4 Part 2 video encoded to meet DivX profiles	MP3, PCM, AC-3	?	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	Yes
EVO	MPEG	Patent encumbered	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	MPEG-2 Part 2,H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, VC-1	AC-3, E-AC-3, Dolby TrueHD, Linear PCM,DTS, DTS-HD,MPEG-2 Part 3	?	Yes	?	?	?	?	?
F4V (Flash Video)	Adobe Systems	Patent encumbered	?	Yes	?	?	H.264/MPEG-4 AVC	MP3, AAC, HE-AAC^[6]	Yes	No	Yes	?	?	?	?
FLV (Flash Video)	Adobe Systems	Patent encumbered	?	Yes	No	No	Sorenson,VP6, Screen Video,H.264/MPEG-4 AVC^[7]^[8]	MP3, Nellymoser,ADPCM, Linear PCM,AAC,^[9] Speex^[10]	Yes	No	Yes	?	?	?	?
Matroska(.mkv, .mk3d, .mka, .mks)	CoreCodec, Inc.^[11]	Freely licensed^[12]	Yes^[13]	Yes^[13]	Yes^[14]	Yes^[15]	Virtually anything	Virtually anything	Yes^[16]	Virtually anything^[17]	Yes^[18]	Yes^[19]	Yes^[20]	Yes^[20]	Yes^[21]
MCF	Community	BSD-style license for specs, GNU for tools	Yes	Yes	Yes^[22]	Yes^[22]	Not fully specified	Not fully specified	Yes	Possible^[23]	Yes^[24]	Yes^[22]	?	?	No
MP4	MPEG	Patent encumbered	Yes	Yes	In specially formatted text track (QuickTime); 2) In userdata atom (started by Nero Digital) can't interact with the sceneDescription, or via segmentDescriptor	ttxt, VobSubs with private objectTypeIndication not usable with the sceneDescription (started by Nero),BIFS	MPEG-2 Part 2, MPEG-4 ASP, H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, H.263, VC-1, Dirac, others^[25]	MPEG-2/4 (HE)-AAC, MPEG-1/2 Layers I, II, III (MP3), AC-3, Apple Lossless, ALS, SLS, Vorbis(with private objectTypeIndication), others^[25]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes
MPEG Video File (.mpg, .mpeg)	MPEG	Patent encumbered	Yes	Yes	No	No	MPEG-1, MPEG-2^[26]	MPEG-1 Layers I, II, III (mp3), other formats only in private streams: LPCM^[27]	No	No	Yes	?	?	?	Yes
MPEG program stream PS (.m2p, .ps)	MPEG	Patent encumbered	Yes	?	Only in private streams — used inVOB files on DVDs	Only in private streams — used inVOB files on DVDs	MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 Part 2,^[26] VC-1, H.264^[28]	MPEG-1 Layers I, II, III (mp3), other formats only in private streams: AAC, AC-3,LPCM, DTS^[27]	No	Only in private streams — used in VOBfiles onDVDs	?	?	?	?	Yes
MPEG transport stream TS (.ts)	MPEG	Patent encumbered	Yes	Yes	No	possible via ETSI EN 300 743	MPEG-1, MPEG-2 Part 2, MPEG-4 ASP, H.264, other formats in private streams: VC-1, Dirac^[29]	MPEG-1 Layers I, II, III (mp3), AAC, other formats in private streams: AC-3,LPCM, DTS^[29]	No	No	Yes	?	?	?	Yes
BDAV MPEG-2 transport stream (.m2ts)	Blu-ray Disc Association	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	MPEG-2 Part 2, H.264, VC-1	AC-3, DTS, LPCM, Dolby Digital Plus, DTS HD, Dolby Lossless	?	?	?	?	Yes	?	Yes^[30]
MXF	SMPTE	?	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Virtually anything	Virtually anything	Yes	No	?	?	?	?	No
Ogg	Xiph.org	Patent-free, Free softwareimplementations available	Yes	Yes	Yes	Ogg Writ, Ogg Kate	Theora, Dirac,OggUVS,MNG and others,^[31]^[32]and almost anything else via VFW	Vorbis, FLAC, Speex,Opus,OggPCM,^[31]^[32] and almost anything else via ACM	CMML, Ogg Skeleton,Vorbis comment^[33]	No	Yes	?	?	?	Yes
QuickTime(.mov, .qt)	Apple	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Limited to what is available to theQuickTimecodec manager	Limited to what is available to Sound Manager orCoreAudio	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
RMVB	RealNetworks	Proprietary	?	Yes	?	Yes	RealVideo 8, 9, 10	(HE)-AAC, Cook Codec, Vorbis,RealAudio Lossless	?	No	Yes	?	?	?	?
VOB+IFO	DVD Forum	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	MPEG-2 Part 2, MPEG-1 Part 2	AC-3, Linear PCM,DTS, MPEG-2 Part 3,MPEG-1 Layer II	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes
WebM	WebM Project	perpetual license grant to patents	Yes	Yes	No	Pending^[34]	VP8^[35]	Vorbis	Pending^[36]^[37]	No	Yes^[38]	No	No	Yes	Yes^[39]
	Proprietor / Developer	License	Variable bit rate audio	Variable frame rate	Chapters	Captions (Subtitles)	Video formats supported	Audio formats supported	Metadata / Tags supported	Menu Support (like DVD)	StreamingSupport	Attachment Support	3D Support (codec)	3D Support at container level	Supported by hardware players

Formats supported[edit]

Audio formats supported[edit]

	Lossy compression									No compression		Lossless compression
	MP3	WMA	RealAudio	Vorbis	Opus	Musepack	AAC	AC-3	DTS	PCM	LPCM	APE	FLAC	ALAC	WavPack	MLP / Dolby TrueHD	DTS-HD
QuickTime	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	?	No	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	?	No	No
AVI	Yes	Yes	Yes^[40]	not officially	?	No	Yes^[41]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	?
Matroska	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No^[42]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
MP4	Yes	Yes	No	not officially	?	?	Yes	Yes^[43]	Yes	No	?	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes^[44]
MXF	Yes	No	No	?	?	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
Ogg	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No

Video formats supported[edit]

	MPEG-1	MPEG-2	MPEG-4 (A)SP	H.264/MPEG-4 AVC	VC-1/WMV	RealVideo	Theora	Microsoft MPEG4 V2	VP8	MVC
QuickTime	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	?	?	?
AVI	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^[45]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
Ogg	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	?	?	?
Matroska	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^[46]
MP4	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^[47]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
MXF	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	?	?	?	?

Caption (Subtitle) formats supported[edit]

	QuickTime	AVI	Ogg	Matroska	MP4	MXF
AQTitle	?	No	?	?	?	?
JACOSub^[48]	?	No	?	?	?	?
MicroDVD	?	No	No	Yes	?	?
MPEG-4 Timed Text	?	No	?	Yes	Yes	?
MPSub	?	No	?	Yes	?	?
Ogg Kate	?	No	Yes	Yes^[49]	?	?
Ogg Writ	?	No	Yes	Yes	?	?
Phoenix Subtitle	?	No	?	?	?	?
PowerDivX	?	No	?	?	?	?
RealText^[50]	?	No	?	?	?	?
SAMI	?	?	?	Yes	?	?
Structured Subtitle Format	?	?	?	?	?	?
SubRip	?	Yes, via third party modifications	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
Gloss Subtitle	?	No	?	?	?	?
(Advanced) SubStation Alpha	?	Yes, via third party modifications	?	Yes	Yes	?
SubViewer	?	?	?	Yes	?	?
Universal Subtitle Format	?	No	?	Yes	?	?
VobSub	?	?	?	Yes^[51]	?	?
XSUB	?	via DivX	?	Yes	?	?