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Understanding Video File Types: Codecs, Containers, and Outputs

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It gives you much smaller file sizes with minimal quality loss. In order to compress a video, your file must also have a corresponding codec. The codec of your original video file is often determined by your camera or screen recorder, which you may or may not have control over in your camera settings.

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How to Get Mobile Video Files Off Your Device – TechSmith Tips

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Hi everyone and welcome to another round of TechSmith Tips. In this blog post I am going to talk through how to get mobile video files off of your device. The cloud, or cloud computing, basically means software that is operated by internet enabled devices. Thanks for your time and keep an eye for more TechSmith Tips !

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Frame Rate: A Beginner’s Guide

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However, there’s also a more practical reason why using the highest frame rate possible isn’t necessarily the always best idea: file size. More information means bigger digital files. The post Frame Rate: A Beginner’s Guide appeared first on TechSmith Blogs. More images means more information.

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How to Edit Videos: The Not So Complex World of Video Encoding

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Without video encoding standards, the streaming video that revolutionized the Internet would not have been possible. 265 is to provide a standard that offers greater compression (smaller file size) with better picture quality than is offered by current encoding standards. Since the invention of H.120, Ultimately, the goal of H.265

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Understanding Video File Types: Codecs, Containers, and Outputs

TechSmith Camtasia

It gives you much smaller files sizes with minimal quality loss. Like the “pinch” in an hourglass, compression helps devices and the internet keep up with a big stream of data. We also made a video about video file types that covers a few bonus topics and quickly wraps up the content of this post.

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How to Edit Videos: The Not So Complex World of Video Encoding

TechSmith Camtasia

Without video encoding standards, the streaming video that revolutionized the Internet would not have been possible. 265 is to provide a standard that offers greater compression (smaller file size) with better picture quality than is offered by current encoding standards. Since the invention of H.120, Ultimately, the goal of H.265

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How to Edit Videos: The Not So Complex World of Video Encoding

TechSmith Camtasia

Without video encoding standards, the streaming video that revolutionized the Internet would not have been possible. 265 is to provide a standard that offers greater compression (smaller file size) with better picture quality than is offered by current encoding standards. Since the invention of H.120, Ultimately, the goal of H.265

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