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If you have some video clips that you would like to store, there are several file formats from which to choose. Using the correct video file format will enable you to secure your video clips from getting lost or from being infected by some malicious adware. Different computer systems support different video file formats, it is therefore important that you should choose the format that is compatible with your system. Some of the popular video file formats are discussed below.

QuickTime (.mov) - This format is used on the internet to save both movie and video files. QuickTime is compatible with both Mac and Windows systems. The format which was developed by Apple can be played on the Apple QuickTime Player.

Audio Video Interleave or AVI (.avi) - This format which was developed by Microsoft is compatible with any computer that uses Windows. It can be played on Apple’s QuickTime Player for windows and Mac, Windows media player for Windows and Mac, Video LAN VLC media player and the Nullsoft Winamp. AVI files usually have codec for M-JPEG and DivX. This format can store both video and audio files using less compression than most formats. It is very common among internet video users.

MP4 (.mp4) – The MP4 format is commonly used to store audio and video files that have MPEG. It enables MPEG-1 to support 3d content and other video content. This format uses different compression for video and audio files. It uses MPEG-4 encoding to compress video files and AAC compression for audio files. This format is compatible with the Apple QuickTime Player, mp4 payers and a number of other movie players. File extension mp4 became one of the most popular extensions for video information.

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