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</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This article is about a kind of computer file. For other uses, see <a href="Container_format_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Container format (disambiguation)">container format (disambiguation)</a>.</div>

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<p>A <b>container format</b> (informally, sometimes called a <b>wrapper</b>) or <b>metafile</b> is a <a href="File_format" title="File format">file format</a> that allows multiple data streams to be embedded into a single <a href="Computer_file" title="Computer file">file</a>, usually along with <a href="Metadata" title="Metadata">metadata</a> for identifying and further detailing those streams.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Notable examples of container formats include <a href="Archive_file" title="Archive file">archive files</a> (such as the <a href="ZIP_(file_format)" title="ZIP (file format)">ZIP format</a>) and formats used for multimedia playback (such as <a href="Matroska" title="Matroska">Matroska</a>, <a href="MPEG-4_Part_14" class="mw-redirect" title="MPEG-4 Part 14">MP4</a>, and <a href="Audio_Video_Interleave" title="Audio Video Interleave">AVI</a>). Among the earliest <a href="Cross-platform" class="mw-redirect" title="Cross-platform">cross-platform</a> container formats were <a href="Distinguished_Encoding_Rules" class="mw-redirect" title="Distinguished Encoding Rules">Distinguished Encoding Rules</a> and the 1985 <a href="Interchange_File_Format" title="Interchange File Format">Interchange File Format</a>.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Design">Design</h2></div>

<p>Although containers may identify how data or metadata is encoded, they do not actually provide instructions about how to decode that data. A <a href="Computer_program" title="Computer program">program</a> that can open a container must also use an appropriate <a href="Codec" title="Codec">codec</a> to decode its contents. If the program doesn't have the required algorithm, it can't use the contained data. In these cases, programs usually emit an error message that complains of a missing codec, which users may be able to acquire.

</p><p>Container formats can be made to wrap any kind of data. Though there are some examples of such file formats (e.g. <a href="Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Microsoft Windows</a>'s <a href="Dynamic-link_library" title="Dynamic-link library">DLL</a> files), most container formats are specialized for specific data requirements. For example, since <a href="Audio_coding_format" title="Audio coding format">audio</a> and <a href="Video_coding_format" title="Video coding format">video</a> streams can be coded and decoded with many different algorithms, a container format may be used to provide the appearance of a single file format to users of multimedia playback software.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Considerations">Considerations</h3></div>

<p>The differences between various container formats arise from five main issues:

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<ol><li>Popularity; how widely supported a container is.</li>

<li>Overhead. This is the difference in file-size between two files with the same content in a different container.</li>

<li>Support for advanced codec functionality. Older formats such as AVI do not support new codec features like <a href="B-frame" class="mw-redirect" title="B-frame">B-frames</a>, <a href="Variable_bitrate" title="Variable bitrate">VBR</a> audio or <a href="Variable_frame_rate" title="Variable frame rate">VFR</a> video natively. The format may be "hacked" to add support, but this creates compatibility problems.</li>

<li>Support for advanced content, such as chapters, subtitles, meta-tags, user-data.</li>

<li>Support of <a href="Streaming_media" title="Streaming media">streaming media</a>.</li></ol>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Single_coding_formats">Single coding formats</h3></div>

<p>In addition to pure container formats, which specify <i>only</i> the wrapper but not the coding, a number of file formats specify <i>both</i> a storage layer and the coding, as part of <a href="Modular_design" title="Modular design">modular design</a> and <a href="Forward_compatibility" title="Forward compatibility">forward compatibility</a>.

</p><p>Examples include the <a href="JPEG_File_Interchange_Format" title="JPEG File Interchange Format">JPEG File Interchange Format</a> (JFIF), for containing <a href="JPEG" title="JPEG">JPEG</a> data, and <a href="Portable_Network_Graphics" class="mw-redirect" title="Portable Network Graphics">Portable Network Graphics</a> (PNG) formats.

</p><p>In principle, coding can be changed while the storage layer is retained; for example, <a href="Multiple-image_Network_Graphics" title="Multiple-image Network Graphics">Multiple-image Network Graphics</a> (MNG) uses the PNG container format but provides animation, while <a href="JPEG_Network_Graphics" title="JPEG Network Graphics">JPEG Network Graphics</a> (JNG) puts JPEG encoded data in a PNG container; in both cases however, the different formats have different <a href="Magic_number_(programming)" title="Magic number (programming)">magic numbers</a> – the format specifies the coding, though a MNG can contain both PNG-encoded images and JPEG-encoded images.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Multimedia_container_formats">Multimedia container formats</h2></div>

<div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="Audio_file_format" title="Audio file format">Audio file format</a>, <a href="Image_file_formats" class="mw-redirect" title="Image file formats">Image file formats</a>, and <a href="Video_file_format" title="Video file format">Video file format</a></div>

<div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="Comparison_of_video_container_formats" title="Comparison of video container formats">Comparison of video container formats</a></div>

<p>The container file is used to identify and interleave different data types. Simpler container formats can contain different types of audio formats, while more advanced container formats can support multiple audio and video streams, <a href="Subtitle_(captioning)" class="mw-redirect" title="Subtitle (captioning)">subtitles</a>, chapter-information, and meta-data (<a href="Tag_(metadata)" title="Tag (metadata)">tags</a>) — along with the synchronization information needed to play back the various streams together. In most cases, the file header, most of the metadata and the synchro chunks are specified by the container format. For example, container formats exist for optimized, low-quality, internet video streaming which differs from high-quality Blu-ray streaming requirements.

</p><p>Container format parts have various names: "chunks" as in RIFF and PNG, "atoms" in QuickTime/MP4, "packets" in MPEG-TS (from the communications term), and "segments" in JPEG. The main content of a chunk is called the "data" or "payload". Most container formats have chunks in sequence, each with a header, while <a href="TIFF" title="TIFF">TIFF</a> instead stores offsets. Modular chunks make it easy to recover other chunks in case of file corruption or dropped frames or <a href="Bit_slip" title="Bit slip">bit slip</a>, while offsets result in <a href="Serial_communications" class="mw-redirect" title="Serial communications">framing errors</a> in cases of bit slip.

</p><p>Some containers are exclusive to audio:

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<ul><li><a href="Audio_Interchange_File_Format" title="Audio Interchange File Format">AIFF</a> (<a href="Interchange_File_Format" title="Interchange File Format">IFF</a> file format, widely used on the <a href="MacOS" title="MacOS">macOS</a> platform)</li>

<li><a href="WAV" title="WAV">WAV</a> (<a href="Resource_Interchange_File_Format" title="Resource Interchange File Format">RIFF</a> file format, widely used on <a href="Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a> platform)</li>

<li><a href="Extensible_Music_Format_(XMF)" class="mw-redirect" title="Extensible Music Format (XMF)">XMF</a> (Extensible Music Format)</li></ul>

<p>Other containers are exclusive to still images:

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<ul><li><a href="FITS" title="FITS">FITS</a> (Flexible Image Transport System) still images, raw data, and associated metadata.</li>

<li><a href="Tag_Image_File_Format" class="mw-redirect" title="Tag Image File Format">TIFF</a> (Tag Image File Format) still images and associated metadata.</li>

<li><a href="Macintosh" class="mw-redirect" title="Macintosh">Macintosh</a> PICT resource (<a href="PICT" title="PICT">PICT</a>), superseded by <a href="Portable_Document_Format" class="mw-redirect" title="Portable Document Format">PDF</a> in <a href="Mac_OS_X" class="mw-redirect" title="Mac OS X">Mac OS X</a></li>

<li><a href="Windows_Metafile" title="Windows Metafile">Windows Metafile</a> (WMF) = (EMF) <a href="Enhanced_Metafile" class="mw-redirect" title="Enhanced Metafile">Enhanced Metafile</a></li>

<li><a href="Encapsulated_PostScript" title="Encapsulated PostScript">Encapsulated PostScript</a> (EPS)</li>

<li><a href="Computer_Graphics_Metafile" title="Computer Graphics Metafile">Computer Graphics Metafile</a> (CGM)</li>

<li><a href="Portable_Document_Format" class="mw-redirect" title="Portable Document Format">Portable Document Format</a> (PDF)</li>

<li><a href="Corel_Draw_File" class="mw-redirect" title="Corel Draw File">Corel Draw File</a> (CDR)</li>

<li><a href="Scalable_Vector_Graphics" class="mw-redirect" title="Scalable Vector Graphics">Scalable Vector Graphics</a> (SVG)</li>

<li><a href="Rich_Text_Format" title="Rich Text Format">Rich Text Format</a> file (RTF)</li></ul>

<p>Other flexible containers can hold many types of audio and video, as well as other media. The most popular multi-media containers are:<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<ul><li><a href="3GP" class="mw-redirect" title="3GP">3GP</a> (used by many mobile phones; based on the <a href="ISO_base_media_file_format" title="ISO base media file format">ISO base media file format</a>)</li>

<li><a href="Advanced_Systems_Format" title="Advanced Systems Format">ASF</a> (container for Microsoft <a href="Windows_Media_Audio" title="Windows Media Audio">WMA</a> and <a href="Windows_Media_Video" title="Windows Media Video">WMV</a>, which today usually do not use a container)</li>

<li><a href="Audio_Video_Interleave" title="Audio Video Interleave">AVI</a> (the standard <a href="Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Microsoft Windows</a> container, also based on <a href="Resource_Interchange_File_Format" title="Resource Interchange File Format">RIFF</a>)</li>

<li><a href="DVR-MS" title="DVR-MS">DVR-MS</a> ("Microsoft Digital Video Recording", <a href="Proprietary_software" title="Proprietary software">proprietary</a> video container format developed by Microsoft based on <a href="Advanced_Systems_Format" title="Advanced Systems Format">ASF</a>)</li>

<li><a href="Flash_Video" title="Flash Video">Flash Video</a> (FLV, F4V) (container for video and audio from <a href="Adobe_Systems" class="mw-redirect" title="Adobe Systems">Adobe Systems</a>)</li>

<li><a href="Interchange_File_Format" title="Interchange File Format">IFF</a> (first platform-independent container format)</li>

<li><a href="Matroska" title="Matroska">Matroska</a> (MKV) (not limited to any coding format, as it can hold virtually anything; it is an <a href="Open_standard" title="Open standard">open standard</a> container format)</li>

<li>MJ2 - Motion <a href="JPEG_2000" title="JPEG 2000">JPEG 2000</a> file format, based on the <a href="ISO_base_media_file_format" title="ISO base media file format">ISO base media file format</a> which is defined in MPEG-4 Part 12 and JPEG 2000 Part 12</li>

<li><a href="QuickTime_File_Format" title="QuickTime File Format">QuickTime File Format</a> (standard <a href="QuickTime" title="QuickTime">QuickTime</a> video container from <a href="Apple_Inc." title="Apple Inc.">Apple Inc.</a>)</li>

<li><a href="MPEG_program_stream" title="MPEG program stream">MPEG program stream</a> (standard container for MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 <a href="Elementary_stream" class="mw-redirect" title="Elementary stream">elementary streams</a> on reasonably reliable media such as disks; used also on <a href="DVD-Video" title="DVD-Video">DVD-Video</a> discs)</li>

<li><a href="MPEG_transport_stream" title="MPEG transport stream">MPEG-2 transport stream</a> (a.k.a. MPEG-TS) (standard container for digital broadcasting and for transportation over unreliable media; used also on <a href="Blu-ray_Disc" class="mw-redirect" title="Blu-ray Disc">Blu-ray Disc</a> video; typically contains multiple video and audio streams, and an <a href="Electronic_program_guide" title="Electronic program guide">electronic program guide</a>)</li>

<li><a href="MPEG-4_Part_14" class="mw-redirect" title="MPEG-4 Part 14">MP4</a> (standard audio and video container for the <a href="MPEG-4" title="MPEG-4">MPEG-4</a> multimedia portfolio, based on the ISO base media file format defined in <a href="MPEG-4_Part_12" class="mw-redirect" title="MPEG-4 Part 12">MPEG-4 Part 12</a> and JPEG 2000 Part 12) which in turn was based on the QuickTime file format.</li>

<li><a href="Ogg" title="Ogg">Ogg</a> (standard container for <a href="Xiph.Org_Foundation" title="Xiph.Org Foundation">Xiph.org</a> audio formats <a href="Vorbis" title="Vorbis">Vorbis</a> and <a href="Opus_(audio_format)" title="Opus (audio format)">Opus</a> and video format <a href="Theora" title="Theora">Theora</a>)</li>

<li><a href="RealMedia" title="RealMedia">RM</a> (RealMedia; standard container for <a href="RealVideo" title="RealVideo">RealVideo</a> and <a href="RealAudio" title="RealAudio">RealAudio</a>)</li>

<li><a href="WebM" title="WebM">WebM</a> (subset of <a href="Matroska" title="Matroska">Matroska</a>, used for web-based media distribution on online platforms; container for royalty-free audio formats <a href="Vorbis" title="Vorbis">Vorbis</a>/<a href="Opus_(audio_format)" title="Opus (audio format)">Opus</a> and video formats <a href="VP8" title="VP8">VP8</a>/<a href="VP9" title="VP9">VP9</a>/<a href="AV1" title="AV1">AV1</a>)</li></ul>

<p>There are many other container formats, such as <a href="FFmpeg#NUT" title="FFmpeg">NUT</a>, <a href="Material_Exchange_Format" title="Material Exchange Format">MXF</a>, <a href="General_Exchange_Format" title="General Exchange Format">GXF</a>, <a href="RatDVD" title="RatDVD">ratDVD</a>, SVI, <a href="VOB" title="VOB">VOB</a> and <a href="DivX_Media_Format" class="mw-redirect" title="DivX Media Format">DivX Media Format</a>

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<ul><li><a href="Archive_format" class="mw-redirect" title="Archive format">Archive format</a></li>

<li><a href="Comparison_of_audio_coding_formats" title="Comparison of audio coding formats">Comparison of audio coding formats</a></li>

<li><a href="Comparison_of_video_codecs" title="Comparison of video codecs">Comparison of video codecs</a></li>

<li><a href="Comparison_of_video_container_formats" title="Comparison of video container formats">Comparison of video container formats</a></li>

<li><a href="NTFS#Metafiles" title="NTFS">NTFS#Metafiles</a></li>

<li><a href="List_of_codecs" title="List of codecs">List of codecs</a>

<ul><li><a href="List_of_open-source_codecs" title="List of open-source codecs">List of open-source codecs</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Serialization" title="Serialization">Serialization</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kinesense-vca.com/tools/vid-id.html">Online Video File Format Identification Tool</a> - Designed primarily for CCTV video formats and codecs</li></ul>

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<li><a href="Motion_JPEG" title="Motion JPEG">MJPEG</a></li>

<li><a href="Motion_JPEG_2000" title="Motion JPEG 2000">Motion JPEG 2000</a></li>

<li>MPEG-I

<li><a href="LCEVC" title="LCEVC">Part 2 / LCEVC</a></li></ul></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5em"><a href="ITU-T" title="ITU-T">ITU-T</a>, <a href="Video_Coding_Experts_Group" title="Video Coding Experts Group">VCEG</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<li>H.267 / Enhanced Compression Model</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5em"><a href="Society_of_Motion_Picture_and_Television_Engineers" title="Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers">SMPTE</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5em"><a href="On2_Technologies" title="On2 Technologies">TrueMotion</a> and AOMedia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="On2_Technologies#TrueMotion_S" title="On2 Technologies">TrueMotion S</a></li>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5em">Chinese Standard</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<li><a href="Audio_Video_Standard#Second_generation" title="Audio Video Standard">AVS2 P2</a>(GB/T 33475.2,GY/T 299.1)

<ul><li>HDR Vivid(GY/T 358)</li></ul></li>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5em">Others</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Apple_Video" title="Apple Video">Apple Video</a></li>

<li><a href="Cinepak" title="Cinepak">Cinepak</a></li>

<li><a href="Daala" title="Daala">Daala</a></li>

<li><a href="Huffyuv" title="Huffyuv">Huffyuv</a></li>

<li><a href="Indeo" title="Indeo">Indeo</a></li>

<li><a href="Lagarith" title="Lagarith">Lagarith</a></li>

<li><a href="Microsoft_Video_1" title="Microsoft Video 1">Microsoft Video 1</a></li>

<li><a href="MSU_Lossless_Video_Codec" title="MSU Lossless Video Codec">MSU Lossless</a></li>

<li><a href="OMS_Video" title="OMS Video">OMS Video</a></li>

<li><a href="Pixlet" title="Pixlet">Pixlet</a></li>

<li><a href="Apple_ProRes" title="Apple ProRes">ProRes</a>

<li>QuickTime

<ul><li><a href="QuickTime_Animation" title="QuickTime Animation">Animation</a></li>

<li><a href="QuickTime_Graphics" title="QuickTime Graphics">Graphics</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="RealVideo" title="RealVideo">RealVideo</a></li>

<li><a href="RTVideo" title="RTVideo">RTVideo</a></li>

<li><a href="SheerVideo" title="SheerVideo">SheerVideo</a></li>

<li><a href="Smacker_video" title="Smacker video">Smacker</a></li>

<li><a href="Sorenson_Media" title="Sorenson Media">Sorenson Video/Spark</a></li>

<li><a href="Theora" title="Theora">Theora</a></li>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Audio_coding_format" title="Audio coding format">Audio<br>compression</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5em"><a href="International_Organization_for_Standardization" title="International Organization for Standardization">ISO</a>, <a href="International_Electrotechnical_Commission" title="International Electrotechnical Commission">IEC</a>,<br> <a href="Moving_Picture_Experts_Group" title="Moving Picture Experts Group">MPEG</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="MPEG-1_Audio_Layer_II" title="MPEG-1 Audio Layer II">MPEG-1 Layer II</a>

<ul><li><a href="MPEG_Multichannel" title="MPEG Multichannel">Multichannel</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="MPEG-1_Audio_Layer_I" title="MPEG-1 Audio Layer I">MPEG-1 Layer I</a></li>

<li><a href="MP3" title="MP3">MPEG-1 Layer III (MP3)</a></li>

<li><a href="MPEG_Surround" title="MPEG Surround">MPEG Surround</a></li>

<li><a href="MPEG-H_3D_Audio" title="MPEG-H 3D Audio">MPEG-H 3D Audio</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5em"><a href="ITU-T" title="ITU-T">ITU-T</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5em"><a href="Internet_Engineering_Task_Force" title="Internet Engineering Task Force">IETF</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<li><a href="Speex" title="Speex">Speex</a></li>

<li><a href="Vorbis" title="Vorbis">Vorbis</a></li>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5em"><a href="3GPP" title="3GPP">3GPP</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5em"><a href="ETSI" class="mw-redirect" title="ETSI">ETSI</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5em"><a href="Bluetooth_Special_Interest_Group" title="Bluetooth Special Interest Group">Bluetooth SIG</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<li><a href="Audio_Video_Standard#Second_generation" title="Audio Video Standard">AVS2 P3</a>(GB/T 33475.3)

<ul><li>Audio Vivid(GY/T 363)</li></ul></li>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5em">Others</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Algebraic_code-excited_linear_prediction" title="Algebraic code-excited linear prediction">ACELP</a></li>

<li><a href="Adaptive_Transform_Acoustic_Coding" class="mw-redirect" title="Adaptive Transform Acoustic Coding">ATRAC</a></li>

<li><a href="Codec_2" title="Codec 2">Codec 2</a></li>

<li><a href="Monkey's_Audio" title="Monkey's Audio">Monkey's Audio</a></li>

<li><a href="Musepack" title="Musepack">Musepack</a></li>

<li><a href="OptimFROG" title="OptimFROG">OptimFROG</a></li>

<li><a href="Qualcomm_code-excited_linear_prediction" title="Qualcomm code-excited linear prediction">QCELP</a></li>

<li><a href="Relaxed_code-excited_linear_prediction" title="Relaxed code-excited linear prediction">RCELP</a></li>

<li><a href="RealAudio" title="RealAudio">RealAudio</a></li>

<li><a href="Siren_(codec)" title="Siren (codec)">Siren</a></li>

<li><a href="SVOPC" title="SVOPC">SVOPC</a></li>

<li>TTA

<ul><li>True Audio</li></ul></li>

<li><a href="TwinVQ" title="TwinVQ">TwinVQ</a></li>

<li><a href="Vector_sum_excited_linear_prediction" title="Vector sum excited linear prediction">VSELP</a></li>

<li><a href="WavPack" title="WavPack">WavPack</a></li>

<li><a href="AptX#aptX_Low_Latency" title="AptX">aptX Low Latency</a></li>

<li><a href="AptX#aptX_Adaptive" title="AptX">aptX Adaptive</a></li>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Image_compression" title="Image compression">Image<br>compression</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5em"><a href="International_Electrotechnical_Commission" title="International Electrotechnical Commission">IEC</a>, <a href="International_Organization_for_Standardization" title="International Organization for Standardization">ISO</a>, <a href="Internet_Engineering_Task_Force" title="Internet Engineering Task Force">IETF</a>, <br><a href="World_Wide_Web_Consortium" title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</a>, <a href="ITU-T" title="ITU-T">ITU-T</a>, <a href="Joint_Photographic_Experts_Group" title="Joint Photographic Experts Group">JPEG</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Group_4_compression" title="Group 4 compression">CCITT Group 4</a></li>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5em">Others</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Digital_container_format" class="mw-redirect" title="Digital container format">Containers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5em"><a href="International_Organization_for_Standardization" title="International Organization for Standardization">ISO</a>, <a href="International_Electrotechnical_Commission" title="International Electrotechnical Commission">IEC</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<li><a href="ISO/IEC_base_media_file_format" class="mw-redirect" title="ISO/IEC base media file format">ISO/IEC base media file format</a></li>

<li><a href="Motion_JPEG_2000" title="Motion JPEG 2000">Motion JPEG 2000</a></li>

<li><a href="MPEG_media_transport" title="MPEG media transport">MPEG media transport</a></li></ul>

<li><a href="Matroska" title="Matroska">Matroska</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5em"><a href="Society_of_Motion_Picture_and_Television_Engineers" title="Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers">SMPTE</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5em">Others</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Smacker_video" title="Smacker video">Smacker</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="DivX#DivX_Media_Format_(DMF)" title="DivX">DivX Media Format</a></li>

<li><a href="Flash_Video" title="Flash Video">Flash Video</a></li>

<li><a href="Matroska" title="Matroska">Matroska</a>

<li><a href="QuickTime_File_Format" title="QuickTime File Format">QuickTime File Format</a></li>

<li><a href="RatDVD" title="RatDVD">RatDVD</a></li>

<li><a href="RealMedia" title="RealMedia">RealMedia</a></li>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Collaborations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="NETVC" title="NETVC">NETVC</a></li>

<li><a href="Alliance_for_Open_Media" title="Alliance for Open Media">Alliance for Open Media</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Data_compression" title="Data compression">Methods</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Entropy_encoding" class="mw-redirect" title="Entropy encoding">Entropy</a>

<ul><li><a href="Arithmetic_coding" title="Arithmetic coding">Arithmetic</a></li>

<li><a href="Huffman_coding" title="Huffman coding">Huffman</a></li>

<li><a href="Modified_Huffman_coding" title="Modified Huffman coding">Modified</a></li></ul></li>

<ul><li><a href="Algebraic_code-excited_linear_prediction" title="Algebraic code-excited linear prediction">ACELP</a></li>

<li><a href="Lossless_compression" title="Lossless compression">Lossless</a></li>

<li><a href="Lossy_compression" title="Lossy compression">Lossy</a></li>

<ul><li><a href="DEFLATE" class="mw-redirect" title="DEFLATE">DEFLATE</a></li>

<li><a href="Adaptive_differential_pulse-code_modulation" title="Adaptive differential pulse-code modulation">ADPCM</a></li>

<li><a href="Transform_coding" title="Transform coding">Transforms</a>

<li><a href="Wavelet" title="Wavelet">Wavelet</a>

<ul><li><a href="Daubechies_wavelet" title="Daubechies wavelet">Daubechies</a></li>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lists</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Comparison_of_audio_coding_formats" title="Comparison of audio coding formats">Comparison of audio coding formats</a></li>

<li><a href="Comparison_of_video_codecs" title="Comparison of video codecs">Comparison of video codecs</a></li>

<li><a href="List_of_codecs" title="List of codecs">List of codecs</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>See Compression methods for techniques and Compression software for codecs</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>

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<ul><li><a href="Media_Player_Classic" title="Media Player Classic">Media Player Classic</a></li>

<li><a href="MediaPortal" title="MediaPortal">MediaPortal</a></li>

<li><a href="Mpxplay" title="Mpxplay">Mpxplay</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Linux" title="Linux">Linux</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">active</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<li><a href="Kaffeine" title="Kaffeine">Kaffeine</a></li>

<li><a href="Music_on_Console" title="Music on Console">Music on Console</a></li>

<li><a href="Elementary_OS" title="Elementary OS">Noise</a></li>

<li><a href="Xfce#Parole" title="Xfce">Parole</a></li>

<li><a href="Rhythmbox" title="Rhythmbox">Rhythmbox</a></li>

<li><a href="GNOME_Videos" title="GNOME Videos">GNOME Videos</a></li>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">inactive</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Muine" title="Muine">Muine</a></li>

<li><a href="Ogle_DVD_Player" title="Ogle DVD Player">Ogle DVD Player</a></li>

<li><a href="Guayadeque_Music_Player" title="Guayadeque Music Player">Guayadeque</a></li>

<li><a href="Baudline" title="Baudline">Baudline</a></li>

<li><a href="Helix_(multimedia_project)" title="Helix (multimedia project)">Helix</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Cross-platform_software" title="Cross-platform software">Cross-platform</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">active</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Amarok_(software)" title="Amarok (software)">Amarok</a></li>

<li><a href="Audacious_(software)" title="Audacious (software)">Audacious</a></li>

<li><a href="DeaDBeeF" title="DeaDBeeF">DeaDBeeF</a></li>

<li><a href="Exaile" title="Exaile">Exaile</a></li>

<li><a href="FFmpeg" title="FFmpeg">ffplay</a></li>

<li><a href="MPlayer" title="MPlayer">MPlayer</a>/<a href="Mpv_(media_player)" title="Mpv (media player)">mpv</a> (<a href="IINA" title="IINA">IINA</a>, <a href="SMPlayer" title="SMPlayer">SMPlayer</a>)</li>

<li><a href="Music_Player_Daemon" title="Music Player Daemon">Music Player Daemon</a></li>

<li><a href="MusikCube" title="MusikCube">MusikCube</a></li>

<li><a href="Quod_Libet_(software)" title="Quod Libet (software)">Quod Libet</a></li>

<ul><li><a href="Banshee_(media_player)" title="Banshee (media player)">Banshee</a></li>

<li><a href="Songbird_(software)" title="Songbird (software)">Songbird</a></li>

<li><a href="Clementine_(software)" title="Clementine (software)">Clementine</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Freeware132" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="Freeware" title="Freeware">Freeware</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<li><a href="Dell_MediaDirect" title="Dell MediaDirect">Dell MediaDirect</a></li>

<li><a href="GOM_Player" title="GOM Player">GOM Player</a></li>

<li><a href="Groove_Music" title="Groove Music">Groove Music</a> (discontinued)</li>

<li><a href="JetAudio" title="JetAudio">jetAudio</a></li>

<li><a href="KMPlayer" title="KMPlayer">KMPlayer</a></li>

<li><a href="MediaMonkey" title="MediaMonkey">MediaMonkey</a></li>

<li><a href="Media_Go" title="Media Go">Media Go</a> (discontinued)</li>

<li><a href="Microsoft_Movies_%26_TV" title="Microsoft Movies & TV">Microsoft Movies & TV</a></li>

<li><a href="Microsoft_Photos" class="mw-redirect" title="Microsoft Photos">Microsoft Photos</a></li>

<li><a href="MusicBee" title="MusicBee">MusicBee</a></li>

<li><a href="MusikCube" title="MusikCube">MusikCube</a></li>

<li><a href="InterActual_Player" title="InterActual Player">InterActual Player</a></li>

<li><a href="PotPlayer" title="PotPlayer">PotPlayer</a></li>

<li><a href="QuickTime" title="QuickTime">QuickTime</a> (discontinued)</li>

<li><a href="Winamp" title="Winamp">Winamp</a></li>

<li><a href="Windows_Media_Player_(2022)" title="Windows Media Player (2022)">Windows Media Player (2022)</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Cross-platform_software" title="Cross-platform software">Cross-platform</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="DivX#DivX_software" title="DivX">DivX Player</a></li>

<li><a href="Foobar2000" title="Foobar2000">foobar2000</a></li>

<li><a href="ITunes" title="ITunes">iTunes</a></li>

<li><a href="QuickTime" title="QuickTime">QuickTime</a></li>

<li><a href="RealPlayer" title="RealPlayer">RealPlayer</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Commercial_(proprietary)132" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="Commercial_software" title="Commercial software">Commercial</a> (<a href="Proprietary_software" title="Proprietary software">proprietary</a>)</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Windows62" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="CD_Player_(Windows)" title="CD Player (Windows)">CD Player</a></li>

<li><a href="Connect_Player" class="mw-redirect" title="Connect Player">Connect Player</a></li>

<li><a href="DVD_Player_(Windows)" title="DVD Player (Windows)">DVD Player</a></li>

<li><a href="JRiver_Media_Center" title="JRiver Media Center">JRiver Media Center</a></li>

<li><a href="PowerDVD" title="PowerDVD">PowerDVD</a></li>

<li><a href="ArcSoft" title="ArcSoft">ArcSoft</a> TotalMedia Theatre</li>

<li><a href="WinDVD" title="WinDVD">WinDVD</a></li>

<li><a href="Windows_Media_Player" title="Windows Media Player">Windows Media Player Legacy</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="MacOS" title="MacOS">macOS</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="DVD_Player_(macOS)" class="mw-redirect" title="DVD Player (macOS)">DVD Player</a></li>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Mobile_device" title="Mobile device">Mobile</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="The_Core_Pocket_Media_Player" title="The Core Pocket Media Player">Core Pocket Media Player</a></li>

<li><a href="DoubleTwist" title="DoubleTwist">doubleTwist</a></li>

<li><a href="Music_(Xperia)" title="Music (Xperia)">Music (Xperia)</a></li>

<li>Musicolet</li>

<li><a href="RealPlayer" title="RealPlayer">RealPlayer</a></li>

<li><a href="Winamp#Winamp_for_Android" title="Winamp">Winamp</a></li></ul>

<ul><li><a href="Comparison_of_video_player_software" title="Comparison of video player software">Video players</a></li>

<li><a href="Comparison_of_audio_player_software" title="Comparison of audio player software">Audio players</a></li>

<li><a href="Comparison_of_free_software_for_audio#Players" title="Comparison of free software for audio">Free software audio players</a></li>

<li><a href="Comparison_of_DVR_software_packages" title="Comparison of DVR software packages">Personal video recorders</a></li></ul>

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