What is the most compatible video container

[mgadallah]

Hello,
Please what is the most compatible video container?
So I can encode or convert all my stuffs to it to make sure that it will work on any thing or even over the internet ...etc.
Thanks and much appreciated.

[mgadallah]

Gentle reminder please.

[smok3]

drums, mp4!

[mgadallah]

drums, mp4!

Thanks but what do you mean by Drums

[smok3]

Just an additional word, so i could go over the minimum 5 letters for post.

Longer story:

AVC + AAC in mp4 container:
- plays in chrome/chromium*
- plays in Safari
- plays in adobe flash
- plays in my wdtv player
- mplayer, vlc, ect
....

[mgadallah]

Just an additional word, so i could go over the minimum 5 letters for post.

hehehehehe, I thought it is something related to a video container and was reading this:
http://www.ehow.com/drums/
:)

[Ghitulescu]

The most compatible containers are those used by the industry, in this case VOB and M2TS. They will work on standalones, too, unlike MP4 which runs on computers, selected cellphones and very few standalones.

[Atak_Snajpera]

manufactures use chips which support many video containers. even bluray players support very well mp4 and mkv. also my samsung tv 5 serie plays almost any format. vob and m2ts are not very versatile.

[mgadallah]

So .avi is not #1 any more !?

[kypec]

So .avi is not #1 any more !?
AVI has become obsolete when H.264/AVC and VC-1 emerged which was about... a decade or even more ago:sly:

[mgadallah]

AVI has become obsolete when H.264/AVC and VC-1 emerged which was about... a decade or even more ago:sly:

so for browsing website using various web browsers, or mobiles or various tablets, still .mp4 with h.264 wins it all ?

[Guest]

People already answered, why are you asking again?

[smok3]

p.s. interestingly according to google insight, mp4 as a search word overtook avi only in 2011
http://www.google.com/insights/search/#q=avi%2Cmp4&date=1%2F2011%2012m&cmpt=q

[hello_hello]

The most compatible containers are those used by the industry, in this case VOB and M2TS. They will work on standalones, too, unlike MP4 which runs on computers, selected cellphones and very few standalones.

MP4 (and MKV) are very widely supported by standalone devices these days, so that's just plain wrong. Aside from "budget" cellphones, which types of devices still don't support MP4 yet support VOB and M2TS?

If your definition of a "standalone" happens to be a DVD player, then around a hundred years or so ago you may have been correct, but all excpet the most very basic Bluray players support MP4, most support MKV, they're capable of playing streamed video, they have a web browser, they play video from content providers such as Netfix etc....

Once you move away from playing discs vob and m2ts are probably way down on the list of compatible formats.

[mgadallah]

I've made up my mind to use .MP4 with H.264

[kurkosdr]

Hello,
Please what is the most compatible video container?

If we want to be honest: VOB (DVD-Video) :D

In reality, it's not about the container. VOB is the most widely supported container sure, but you shouldn't expect you can mux H.264 in it and have it play into most devices. I never understood why people worry so much about the container nowadays, and forget little details like audio (as for example AC3 vs AAC), video (as for example MPEG 4 ASP or H.264) or max video bitrate.

In reality, it's not about the container, it's about the video storage standards (which define things like what audio and video is supported, something container standards do not). This is why I am highly skeptical of devices that mention "MKV support" (MKV is not a video storage standard, it's a container standard), because you can't be sure what audio and video streams the thing supports. Does it support Mpeg 4 ASP or H.264 (or both)? And at what bitrates? Does it support AC3 or AAC (or both)? Does it also support DTS?

Having mentioned that, selecting a video storage standard (not a container) depends on what devices you are targeting. Here is a list of standards.

-Bluray players -> BDMV (m2ts container, see wikipedia for video and audio)

-Standalone media players and nettops -> MPEG4 (MP4 container + H.264 with bitrate set to up to 9Mbits + AAC), or DivxPlusHD (MKV container + H.264 with bitrate set to up to 9Mbits + AAC or AC3)

-Smartphones (Android, Symbian^3, iOS) -> MPEG4 (MP4 container + H.264 with bitrate set to up to 4Mbits with 720p, 9Mbits for 1080p + AAC)

-Old cellphones -> 3GP (3GP container + H.264 up to 90Kbps + AMR).


But if you really want an one size-fits-all standard, then your best bet is MPEG4 (MP4 container + H.264 with bitrate set to up to 4Mbits with 720p, 9Mbits for 1080p + AAC)