What is the difference between .mpeg-2 and .vicar?
- Name
- MPEG-2 Video
- VICAR Image
- Extension
- .mpeg-2
- .vicar
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Video
- Raster Image
- Developer
- Motion Pictures Expert Group
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- 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.
- Raster image format developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory; stores an image that has been taken on a mission by NASA's spacecraft; also contains information that describes the structure and type of data along with a history of processing that has been done to the image.
- MIME Type
- video/mpeg
- image/x-vicar
- Sample
- sample.vicar
- Wikipedia
- .mpeg-2 on Wikipedia
- .vicar on Wikipedia