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Understanding Video File Types: Codecs, Containers, and Outputs

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A container is the file that contains your video, audio streams, and any closed caption files as well. FLV, F4V, and SWF are flash video formats designed for Flash Player, but they’re commonly used to stream video on YouTube. These are smaller files that will load quickly and stream easily. Containers (file extensions).

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How To Edit Video: Reducing File Size

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Codecs encode or compress streams of data for storage, playback and video editing on a variety of platforms. FLV (Flash Video Format). The post How To Edit Video: Reducing File Size appeared first on TechSmith Blogs. There are many different video formats you could export your finished video into. Learn more about codecs here.

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