What is the difference between .mov and .swf?
- Extension
- .mov
- .swf
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Video
- Video
- Developer
- Apple
- Adobe Systems
- 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.
- An SWF file is an animation created with Adobe Flash that can be played by Flash Player or with a web browser that has the Flash plugin installed. It may contain text, vector and raster graphics, and interactive content written in ActionScript.
- MIME Type
- video/quicktime
- application/x-shockwave-flash
- Sample
- sample.mov
- sample.swf
- Wikipedia
- .mov on Wikipedia
- .swf on Wikipedia