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Multimedia includes various audio and video formats that can be embedded in web pages. Common multimedia file formats have different file extensions like .mp4, .mp3, and .jpg. While early browsers only supported text, modern browsers can display multimedia elements through supported formats like MP4, WebM, Ogg, MP3, and WAV. Different multimedia file types are used for different purposes, with MP3 being well-suited for music and MP4 being the recommended format for YouTube videos.

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HTML Media

Multimedia includes various audio and video formats that can be embedded in web pages. Common multimedia file formats have different file extensions like .mp4, .mp3, and .jpg. While early browsers only supported text, modern browsers can display multimedia elements through supported formats like MP4, WebM, Ogg, MP3, and WAV. Different multimedia file types are used for different purposes, with MP3 being well-suited for music and MP4 being the recommended format for YouTube videos.

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Multimedia on the web is sound, music, videos, movies, and animations.

What is Multimedia?
Multimedia comes in many different formats. It can be almost anything you can hear or see, like images, music, sound,
videos, records, films, animations, and more.

Web pages often contain multimedia elements of different types and formats.

Browser Support
The first web browsers had support for text only, limited to a single font in a single color.

Later came browsers with support for colors, fonts, images, and multimedia!
Multimedia Formats
Multimedia elements (like audio or video) are stored in media files.

The most common way to discover the type of a file, is to look at the file extension.

Multimedia files have formats and different extensions like: .wav, .mp3, .mp4, .mpg, .wmv, and .avi.

Common Video Formats


There are many video formats out there.

The MP4, WebM, and Ogg formats are supported by HTML.

The MP4 format is recommended by YouTube.

Format File Description

MPEG .mpg MPEG. Developed by the Moving Pictures Expert Group. The first popular video format
.mpeg on the web. Not supported anymore in HTML.

AVI .avi AVI (Audio Video Interleave). Developed by Microsoft. Commonly used in video cameras
and TV hardware. Plays well on Windows computers, but not in web browsers.

WMV .wmv WMV (Windows Media Video). Developed by Microsoft. Commonly used in video cameras
and TV hardware. Plays well on Windows computers, but not in web browsers.

QuickTim .mov QuickTime. Developed by Apple. Commonly used in video cameras and TV hardware.
e Plays well on Apple computers, but not in web browsers.

RealVideo .rm RealVideo. Developed by Real Media to allow video streaming with low bandwidths.
.ram Does not play in web browsers.

Flash .swf Flash. Developed by Macromedia. Often requires an extra component (plug-in) to play in
.flv web browsers.

Ogg .ogg Theora Ogg. Developed by the Xiph.Org Foundation. Supported by HTML.
WebM . WebM. Developed by Mozilla, Opera, Adobe, and Google. Supported by HTML.
webm

MPEG-4 .mp4 MP4. Developed by the Moving Pictures Expert Group. Commonly used in video cameras
or MP4 and TV hardware. Supported by all browsers and  recommended by YouTube. 

Note: Only MP4, WebM, and Ogg video are supported by the HTML standard.

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Common Audio Formats


MP3 is the best format for compressed recorded music. The term MP3 has become synonymous with digital music.

If your website is about recorded music, MP3 is the choice.


Format File Description

MIDI .mid MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface). Main format for all electronic music devices
.midi like synthesizers and PC sound cards. MIDI files do not contain sound, but digital notes
that can be played by electronics. Plays well on all computers and music hardware, but
not in web browsers.

RealAudi .rm RealAudio. Developed by Real Media to allow streaming of audio with low bandwidths.
o .ram Does not play in web browsers.

WMA .wma WMA (Windows Media Audio). Developed by Microsoft. Plays well on Windows computers,
but not in web browsers.

AAC .aac AAC (Advanced Audio Coding). Developed by Apple as the default format for iTunes. Plays
well on Apple computers, but not in web browsers.

WAV .wav WAV. Developed by IBM and Microsoft. Plays well on Windows, Macintosh, and Linux
operating systems. Supported by HTML.
Ogg .ogg Ogg. Developed by the Xiph.Org Foundation. Supported by HTML.

MP3 .mp3 MP3 files are actually the sound part of MPEG files. MP3 is the most popular format for
music players. Combines good compression (small files) with high quality. Supported by
all browsers.

MP4 .mp4 MP4 is a video format, but can also be used for audio. Supported by all browsers.

Note: Only MP3, WAV, and Ogg audio are supported by the HTML standard.

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