What Is Quicktime Motion JPEG?

Motion JPEGs are video files constructed out of hundreds or thousands (or more) individual images. They are commonly used in mobile devices, such as camera phones and digital cameras, because of their ability to be compressed to small sizes.

Nomenclature

"Motion JPEG" is an informal term for a number of similar video formats, often abbreviated to "M-JPEG."

Motion JPEG

Motion JPEGs are video files made up frame-by-frame by separate JPEG files.

JPEG

JPEG, also JPG, is the most-common image file type. JPEGs are popular due to their small size, but thanks to their compression method, they also tend to lose image information, resulting in a loss of quality.

QuickTime

QuickTime is the Apple Inc.'s most common video player software; it comes with most Macs and is also available for Windows.

Compatibility

QuickTime Motion JPEGs can be played using QuickTime, which you can download for free from Apple's website.

References

• Webopedia
• Apple

Resources

• Download Apple QuickTime