What's The Difference Between A Format And A Codec?????

Sawbones · 19th September 2005, 22:37

I had done a bunch of conversions between formats for years, but only recently started doing some serious work with movies and video files......

I had thought that if you converted to the avi format, you would automatically use an avi codec, and so on....

About 2 months ago, I realized that I could convert from let's say an mpeg to an avi using the huffy codec, and other variations as well.....

Now I'm all confused....

Can anybody explain this in somewhat simple terms???

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Sawbones Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 14	What's The Difference Between A Format And A Codec????? I had done a bunch of conversions between formats for years, but only recently started doing some serious work with movies and video files...... I had thought that if you converted to the avi format, you would automatically use an avi codec, and so on.... About 2 months ago, I realized that I could convert from let's say an mpeg to an avi using the huffy codec, and other variations as well..... Now I'm all confused.... Can anybody explain this in somewhat simple terms???

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