What is the difference between .swf and .mpeg-2?
- Extension
- .swf
- .mpeg-2
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Video
- Video
- Developer
- Adobe Systems
- Motion Pictures Expert Group
- Description
- An SWF file is an animation created with Adobe Flash that can be played by Flash Player or with a web browser that has the Flash plugin installed. It may contain text, vector and raster graphics, and interactive content written in ActionScript.
- 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.
- MIME Type
- application/x-shockwave-flash
- video/mpeg
- Sample
- sample.swf
- Wikipedia
- .swf on Wikipedia
- .mpeg-2 on Wikipedia