What is the difference between .mpeg-2 and .sgi?
- Extension
- .mpeg-2
- .sgi
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Video
- Raster Image
- Developer
- Motion Pictures Expert Group
- Silicon Graphics
- 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.
- Image saved in the native graphics format used by Silicon Graphics workstations; can store 8 to 32 bits per pixel; also supports Run-length encoding (RLE) compression for reducing the image file size.
- MIME Type
- video/mpeg
- image/sgi
- Sample
- sample.sgi
- Wikipedia
- .mpeg-2 on Wikipedia
- .sgi on Wikipedia