Windows Media Video or as it is more commonly known WMV is a compressed video file format used for a variety of proprietary codecs developed by Microsoft. MPEG is another form of video compression that is playable in most DVD players. Hence it is sometimes essential for a user to opt to convert WMV to MPEG for use in a conventional DVD player. To do this you will need a corresponding video conversion tool and the video to be converted. For this Continue Reading >>

Windows media player is a prominent player that operates on Microsoft based PCs. This player supports multiple formats and includes its own format made precisely for the player: Windows Media Audio, which operates with the (.wma) extension. While the quality of the sound is decent; the format is not generally compatible in most kinds of music players. Therefore converting it to the more largely used MP3 format is much easier especially when the Continue Reading >>

Zune is a portable player from Microsoft. It has an array of features inclusive of music storage, playback, temporary downloading of music (as much as ten tracks monthly), wireless transferring of music, ripping CDs and accessing Zune Marketplace. In addition it enables users to listen to FM radio and HD radio and comes equip with Zune social. The player is operable with a number of formats inclusive of MP3, AAC, WMA; for video: MPEG4, H.264, WMV, Continue Reading >>

Video Home System also referred to as VHS is a video tape recording standard developed by JVC in the 1970s. It features longer playing time, faster rewinding and fast-forwarding, and a less complex tape transport mechanism. The open standard used for VHS technology allowed mass production without licensing costs. VHS would eventually emerge as the winning video tape format, surpassing other home tape formats. Despite its popularity so many years Continue Reading >>

MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3 or as it is more popularly considered, MP3, is a patented digital audio encoding format which employs a form of lossy data compression. The lossy compression that is used in the MP3 algorithm is designed to profoundly lessen the amount of data needed to represent the audio recording while still sounding like a substantial reproduction of the original uncompressed audio for the majority of listeners who use this format. An MP3 Continue Reading >>

Many people who are the owners of cellphones generally grow tired of the limited variety of ringtones that are available on most cellphone models. For others they simply desire to hear their favourite song being played when their cellphone rings. However whatever the reason for wishing to convert a song to a ringtone there are a number of methods that can be used to achieve this goal. Depending on the phone that is being used conversion can be a Continue Reading >>

RM files or Real Media files are used prevalently on the internet for streaming several types of content. The Real Media format is comprised of the Real Audio codec that is used for sound clips and the RealVideo codec that is utilized for movies. These types of files are generally compressed considerably to allow dial-up connection users to utilize them. Both audio and video versions of these formats will take the extension (.rm). However, while Continue Reading >>

Mp4′s or as they are sometimes refered to mpeg-4 was developed by ISO or International Organization for Standardization. It is a format that is used specifically for multimedia, it is most typically used to house digital audio and video information. It may be composed of other data forms including subtitles and still images. MP4 is being used more widely these days. Its popularity is greatest among the latest iPod players and PSP users. This Continue Reading >>

MPEG-4 Part 14 or MP4 file format is a popular container format for audio and video data. MP4 files are either audio-only, or comprise both audio and video streams. The format is endorsed largely by Apple; all products from Apple including the iPod, iPhone, iTunes have their default settings set to MP4. AVI is another well known container format developed and promoted by Microsoft. The format is also aided by hardware DVD players that carry the DivX Continue Reading >>

MP3 is abbreviation for MPEG (Moving Pictures Experts Group) Layer – 1 and is a compressed audio format that allows for smaller file sizes with similar sound quality to PCM WAV format, the format found on standard music CDs. The MP3 is very popular, more so because of its practicality and easy use. MP3 compresses WAV audio to several times smaller than the original size. Files in WAV format are extremely large in file size, with average size being 50MB. Continue Reading >>