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Container format

A container format (informally, sometimes called a wrapper) or metafile is a file format that allows multiple data streams to be embedded into a single file, usually along with metadata for identifying and further detailing those streams. Notable examples of container formats include archive files (such as the ZIP format) and formats used for multimedia…

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Multimedia container formats

SubtitlesTagsTIFFBit slipFraming errors
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Design

ProgramCodecMicrosoft WindowsDLLAudio
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File formatFileMetadataArchive filesZIP format
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Design

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Container format

Nodes96
Edges95
Triples43
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.020833
Components1

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Container format

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related to Multimedia container formats · 14
Container format → Blu-ray, Container, For, In, JPEG, Modular, Most, MPEG-TS, PNG, QuickTime/MP4, RIFF, Simpler, The, TIFF
related to Considerations · 10
Container format → AVI, B-frames, Older, Overhead, Popularity, Support, The, This, VBR, VFR
related to Design · 7
Container format → Although, Container, For, If, In, Microsoft Windows's DLL, Though
related to Single coding formats · 7
Container format → Examples, In, JFIF, JPEG, JPEG File Interchange Format, PNG, Portable Network Graphics
see also · 2
Container format → Archive, MetafilesList

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container format file formats data audio video used jpeg metadata support streams coding multimedia program codec different media matroska mp4

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AVI do not support new codec features like B-framesinstance ofOlder formats0.80text
VBR audio or VFR video nativelyinstance ofOlder formats0.80text
disksinstance ofstandard container for MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 elementary streams on reasonably reliable media0.80text
Container formatrelated to ConsiderationsThe0.60section
Container formatrelated to ConsiderationsPopularity0.60section
Container formatrelated to ConsiderationsOverhead0.60section
Container formatrelated to ConsiderationsThis0.60section
Container formatrelated to ConsiderationsSupport0.60section
Container formatrelated to ConsiderationsOlder0.60section
Container formatrelated to ConsiderationsAVI0.60section
Container formatrelated to ConsiderationsB-frames0.60section
Container formatrelated to ConsiderationsVBR0.60section

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