Structure of container formats

[flapane]

Do the containers (such as AVI) follow any of the structures I listed here?
http://i.imgur.com/zH7P3s.jpg (http://i.imgur.com/zH7P3.jpg)

Thanks

[Guest]

Your question is totally incoherent.

[LoRd_MuldeR]

Usually a container file starts with a "header" followed by interleaved audio/video/subtitle streams, if that's what you want to know.

Storing first all the audio data in one big chunk and then all the video data in one big chunk would require a whole lot of disk seeking during playback.

One characteristic of the AVI format is that it has an "index" block at the very end of the file, which makes AVI problematic for streaming...

Some details about the AVI format can be found here:
http://www.opennet.ru/docs/formats/avi.txt

You may also want to have a look at VirtualDub's HexEditor, which has pretty useful RIFF tree view!

[flapane]

Usually a container file starts with a "header" followed by interleaved audio/video/subtitle streams, if that's what you want to know.

Storing first all the audio data in one big chunk and then all the video data in one big chunk would require a whole lot of disk seeking during playback.[CUT...]


LoRd_MuldeR, got it, thanks a lot. I'm gonna take a look at the link you posted above.

Your question is totally incoherent.

It's as much as incoherent as the uselessness of your answer. Take care.

[mike20021969]

It's as much as incoherent as the uselessness of your answer. Take care.
Backed up by post #3 giving you an answer to your question.

[Guest]

What could be the difference between:

A
V

and:

AV

in a file?