What is the difference between .mpeg-2 and .mp4?
- Name
- MPEG-2 Video
- MPEG-4 Video
- Extension
- .mpeg-2
- .mp4
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Video
- Video
- Developer
- Motion Pictures Expert Group
- Moving Picture Experts Group
- Description
- Video file encoded with the MPEG-2 codec, which is mainly used for over-the-air, satellite, and cable digital TV signals and DVD video; uses lossy compression for audio and video to significantly reduce the size of the video data; not as efficient as the H.264 format.
- An MP4 file is a multimedia file commonly used to store a movie or video clip, but may also contain subtitles or images. MP4 is short for MPEG-4 Part 14, which is a container format based on the QuickTime File Format (QTFF) used by .MOV and .QT files.
- MIME Type
- video/mpeg
- video/mp4
- Sample
- sample.mp4
- Wikipedia
- .mpeg-2 on Wikipedia
- .mp4 on Wikipedia