What is the difference between .y4m and .mpeg2?
- Extension
- .y4m
- .mpeg2
- 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.
- MIME Type
- video/x-yuv4mpeg
- video/mpeg
- Sample
- sample.y4m
- Wikipedia
- .mpeg2 on Wikipedia