What is the difference between .mpeg-2 and .webm?
- Name
- MPEG-2 Video
- WebM Video
- Extension
- .mpeg-2
- .webm
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Video
- Video
- Developer
- Motion Pictures Expert 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.
- A WEBM file is a compressed video saved in the WebM format, an open, high-quality video standard. It stores video compressed using VP8 technology and audio compressed using Ogg Vorbis compression. WEBM files are commonly used for delivering online videos using the HTML5 <video> tag.
- MIME Type
- video/mpeg
- video/webm
- Sample
- sample.webm
- Wikipedia
- .mpeg-2 on Wikipedia
- .webm on Wikipedia