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Sharing your media files gets complicated when some file formats aren’t allowed. For example, I freaked out the first time I tried uploading my music to Ursession.com. They only accepted music...

Imagine the delight of your children when you make a special coloring book out of family photographs. Kids who like to color will find it fascinating and enjoyable to color pictures made from...

DVD Ripper for Windows 7 offers you an easy way to rip DVD to Windows 7, convert DVD to AVI, WMV, MPEG, MP4, VOB, MOV, DV, MKV, 3GP for Windows 7.

Files created by DAT recorders, or ".dat" files, are often used to store video information, but the files can not be easily shared or viewed by other users. Converting ".dat" files into ".avi"...

The phrase "Time Clock Time" can be used to refer to a decimal version of telling what time it is. For example, 12:15 is a quarter past 12, so in "time clock time" it would be 12.25. This decimal...

TUB is a graphics file type. The format is a multi-celled picture. Since this format isn't widely used by many programs, you'll have to convert it in order to use it with other programs or to...

3D animation and graphics have become very common in modern media. You see it in television, film, video games and in online virtual worlds. In fact, many video gamers and residents of online...

MIDI is the audio file format that stands for Musical Instrument Digital Interface. It allows for the digitization of musical instruments. One use for MIDI is as the ring-tone your phone plays...

When you buy songs from iTunes, they are often in a format other than MP3, such as the MP4 format. This can be a problem if you have an MP3 player that won't use the MP4 file type. Fortunately,...

You can create your own MP3 file in a two ways. You can make it from an audio file in a different format, or you can record your own sound file with a mic and then convert that to MP3. No matter...

WMV stands for "Windows Media Video" and it's a video file format you can watch on programs like Windows Media Player. The file format "3gpp" is a video format commonly used on cellphones. You may...

WMV or Windows Media Video is a format that was designed by Microsoft to be streamed. However, WMV now supports all kinds of media content like music videos and movies. Even though the quality of...

VOB files are multimedia files that comply with the MPEG-2 system level standard (ISO 13818-1). VOB files contain high-quality audio and video, but unfortunately they are very large. For example,...

Since the file format MP3 is actually copyrighted, there may be times when you'd like to have your music encoded in a completely patent-free format referred to as "open source." An example of an...

The RAR file format is an archive type that stores other files for you. It makes these files smaller and easier to transport. When you need to get access to the files inside RAR, you'll need to...

Videos that you watch on the popular streaming video website, YouTube, are generally in FLV format. This format may not be compatible with various video programs and portable players. So in order...

One of Apple's signature video formats is the extension ".MOV". If there's a song or a soundtrack from a video clip that you have in MOV, you'll usually need need to convert it to somethign like...

BIN is a file extension that is used to backup a CD or DVD. This makes a "virtual CD" that is an electronic image of a real CD or DVD. By using what is called a virtual drive, you can play the BIN...

The MTS to MP4 converter for Mac not only helps you to convert MTS to MP4, but also to many other formats, like AVI, MPEG, VOB, 3GP, MOV, WMV, RM, RMVB etc. And more features can be expected in...

Files with the ".dream" extension are Stardock Deskscapes wallpaper files. Desktop wallpapers created using the Dream format go beyond standard image desktops. Dream wallpapers often have complex...

XML files are Extensible Markup Language data files. These files are considered text databases similar to HTML documents, but are made up of tags that are used for defining an object and the data...

If you are tired of the ringtone selections that came standard on your cell phone, you can add new ringtones to your phone. You don't have to buy ringtones or download them from free ringtone...

If you have an Amazon Kindle reader and want to be able to view some files that you have in Microsoft Word's Doc format, you will have to convert your files to Azw format. Azw is the file format...

There are several reasons that it may be necessary to convert a file extension. You may be sending a work file to a co-worker who doesn't have access to the same programs that you do, or you may...

JPG files and TIF files are both raster image files made of pixels. JPG is the default file type that many digital cameras use to store photos. The type of compression used in JPG files is lossy,...

One of the programs that comes with the SmartSuite office set, Lotus 1-2-3 is a spreadsheet program used in many business settings. Lotus 1-2-3 creates spreadsheet files that are readable only in...

MPG is a popular digital video file type. The files are compressed using MPG compression, but are generally kept large enough to maintain much of the original quality. SMV files are compressed...

VCDs are compact discs that contain video files. The video CDs are playable in many major DVD players, as well as computer CD and DVD drives. The video on a VCD can also be pulled from the disc...

Video files that come from Sony's PSP gaming system are actually MP4 files. These files are smaller than other video file types, such as AVI and MPEG, but are not as compressed as they can be....

3GP files are widely used in 3G cell phones. When a phone captures a video clip, that clip is automatically saved as the 3GP file type. Not all programs and devices have the capability to read the...

VOB files are the files that comprise a DVD disc. These files contain all audio and video information for the movie, menus and additional features found on the DVD. PSP game consoles are capable...

AVI files contain video information that has gone through very little compression. Due to the lack of compression, the video in AVI files maintains a high quality, but the files themselves are...

There are several cell phones with the ability to capture video clips. Cell phones commonly store video as 3GGP multimedia files with a ".3gp" file extension. 3GP video files are generally...

MP4 is a video file type that is widely used both on the Internet and on portable media devices. SMV files are video files created through VideoLink Pro. These files are highly compressed and are...

OpenOffice is a free alternative to the Windows-based office platform Microsoft Office. Like Office, OpenOffice contains several programs that create a variety of different file types, including...

No video sites on the Internet are as well-known or popular as the video-sharing site YouTube. The quantity and variety of videos uploaded on YouTube are unsurpassed, with offerings of everything...

MP4 files are widely used video files recognized in many media players, editing software and portable-media devices such as MP3 players. Many online downloads will be in the MP4 format. FLAC files...

PowerPoint files contain a series of slides that make a visual presentation. These presentations can generally be opened only in Microsoft's PowerPoint software. However, if you would like to burn...

YouTube can accept numerous file types for upload, including standard movie formats like AVI, MPEG and MOV. However, these file formats create such large files that your upload time may be...

VOB files are the most common type of movie file used on store-bought DVDs. If you use a DVD-ripping software, such as DVD Decrypter, to pull the files from a DVD, VOB files are the video files...

MOVs are Apple QuickTime Movie files that work with both Mac and Windows-based systems. The files are played back through Apple's QuickTime Player. MOV files are recognized by Mac's popular...

FLV files are Flash video files that contain all of the video and audio information needed to create a flash movie. Due to their compact sizes, FLV files are regularly used for the animated...

MP4 files have become one of the most popular types of video files for sharing on the Internet. The files are highly compressed, which makes them perfect for uploading to video sites such as...

Windows Media Video Files, or WMVs, use Microsoft's Advanced Systems Format and Windows Media Compression. MOV files are Apple QuickTime video files that use an Apple-developed form of...

Apple's MOV files for video play on both Macintosh computers and PCs. Among the major media players available, however, only Apple's QuickTime Player supports the MOV format. Most MP3 players...

Google Video offers a wide variety of videos from the Internet. The videos are a combination of videos directly uploaded to Google's server and videos found in other locations on the Web, such as...

Digital video (DV) can be stored in numerous formats on your computer. MPG and AVI are some of the more widely used and recognized digital video formats. While both of these file types are high...

MP4 files have become a standard file type for uploading video to portable media devices, such as MP3 players, and for uploading to video-sharing sites like YouTube. Highly compressed MP4s have...

RMVB files are Real Media files that have been compressed using a variable bit rate. The bit rate used depends on the type of video being compressed, resulting in a smaller file size and enhanced...

PPT files are presentation files created in PowerPoint. These slides contains all of the necessary video, audio and text files for creating the slides that make up a PowerPoint presentation....