What is the difference between .mov and .gsm?
- Extension
- .mov
- .gsm
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Video
- Audio
- Developer
- Apple
- European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI)
- Description
- A MOV file is a common multimedia container file format developed by Apple and compatible with both Macintosh and Windows platforms. It may contain multiple tracks that store different types of media data and is often used for saving movies and other video files. MOV files commonly use the MPEG-4 codec for compression.
- A lossy file format used to compress speech in Global Standard for Mobile (GSM) telecommunications. It is very effective for reducing audio file size. However, encoding and decoding audio signals severally is discouraged as the final product will have a lot of noise. Popular with some voice mail software but it is CPU intensive.
- MIME Type
- video/quicktime
- audio/x-gsm
- Sample
- sample.mov
- Wikipedia
- .mov on Wikipedia
- .gsm on Wikipedia