VET IT - Year 10 - Video file characteristics

This file type is relatively small in size but still offer relatively high video quality. It can be used for streaming over the internet. They can be easily streamed through Flash-based players, making them ideal for web-based video content.

• MP4

• FLV

This video file type has the MP4 extension. It is one of the most popular video file formats. It is web-friendly formats due to their small size making them ideal to upload videos online and on social media.

• WEBM

• MP4

This video file type is based upon the Matroska files, which is open source, royalty-free, media file formats designed for use on the web. The VP8 and VP9 codecs are designed to compress the video files to a very small file size whilst retaining a good quality of the video.

• MKV

• WebM

Select 3 Video file characteristics

• Frame Dimensions

• Compression

• Colour depth

• Aspect Ratio

• sound quality

Select 3 Video file characteristics

• Frame Dimensions

• Bitrate

• Colour depth

• Duration

• sound quality

This Video file characteristic is measured in hours, minutes and seconds. It measures the length of the video.

• Aspect ratio

• Duration

• Compression

• Bitrate

This Video file characteristic is measured in Kbps. It refers to the rate at which data is processed or transmitted per unit of time in a video file.

• Compression

• Frame dimensions

• Bitrate

• Framerate

This refers to the proportional relationship between the width and height of the video frame.

• Frame Rate

• Compression

• Aspect ratio

• Duration

This refers to the number of frames that are displayed in a video per second.

• Frame Rate

• Compression

• Aspect ratio

• Duration

This refers to the size of each individual picture, or frame, that makes up the video. It includes the width and height of the frame, measured in pixels.

• Frame Dimension

• Compression

• Aspect ratio

• Duration