8 terms
A container format is a file or stream structure such as MP4, MOV or MKV that packages video, audio, subtitles and metadata into one synchronized file.
Demuxing is the process of separating the video, audio and subtitle streams stored in a container such as MP4 or MKV into individual elementary streams.
MKV is the open Matroska video container that stores video, multiple audio and subtitle tracks, chapters and attachments in a single flexible file.
MOV is the QuickTime container format that stores video, audio, timecode and metadata tracks in one file and is widely used in professional video.
MP4 is the ISO base media file format container that packages compressed video, audio, subtitles and metadata into one widely playable .mp4 file.
MPEG-TS is a video container that splits audio, video and data into fixed 188-byte packets, built for broadcast, IPTV and streaming over lossy links.
Muxing combines separately encoded video, audio, subtitle and metadata streams into a single container file such as MP4, MOV, MKV or MPEG-TS.
Transcoding is the conversion of video from one codec or encoding setting to another by decoding it and encoding it again, often in a new container.