| VIDEO FORMAT | ADVANTAGES | LIMITATIONS | |||
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| MPEG-1 | MPEG-1 is a standard for lossy compression of video and audio. | This is advantageous for applications like teleconferencing, studio editing, etc. | Causes quantization artifacts, due to transient sounds like percussive events and other high-frequency events that spread over a larger window. | ||
| MPEG-2 (DVD) | The DVD-Video standard uses MPEG-2 video, but imposes some restrictions | Excellent image quality | -Very few people are currently capable of viewing MPEG-2 -Licensing fees (typically US $0.04 – $0.40 per unit) are required to distribute MPEG-2 video. |
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| MPEG-2 (Blu-Ray) | MPEG-2 is a standard for broadcast-quality digitally encoded video. It offers outstanding image quality and resolution. |
Excellent image quality | -Very few people are currently capable of viewing MPEG-2 -Licensing fees (typically US $0.04 – $0.40 per unit) are required to distribute MPEG-2 video. |
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| Adobe Flash Video | Is a container file format used to deliver video over the Internet using Adobe Flash Player | Flash affords in the areas of animation and interactivity | Initially focused on animation, early versions of Flash content offered few interactivity features and thus had very limited scripting capability. | ||
| h.264 | H.264 uses the latest innovations in video compression technology to provide consistently crisp and clear video for the best possible viewing. | -H.264 delivers incredible video quality at data rates one-fourth to one-half the size of previous video formats -It is easy to integrate and covers wide range of picture format. Hence used in large application segment. |
-H.264 requires longer encoding time -Licensing agreements are complicated. |
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