What is the difference between .mpg and .sixel?
- Extension
- .mpg
- .sixel
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Video
- Raster Image
- Developer
- MPEG (Moving Picture Experts Group)
- Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)
- Description
- An MPG file is a common video file that uses a digital video format standardized by the Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG). It stores video, audio, and metadata interleaved together. MPG files are often used for creating movies that are distributed on the Internet.
- Created by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), SIXEL is a bitmap image format in an escaped sequence (seen as six pixels high and one pixel wide). You have to convert it into a more accessible format if you don’t have a DEC terminal to view it.
- MIME Type
- video/mpeg
- image/vnd.dwg
- Sample
- sample.mpg
- Wikipedia
- .mpg on Wikipedia
- .sixel on Wikipedia