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Container format parts have various names: "chunks" as in RIFF and PNG, "atoms" in QuickTime/MP4, "packets" in MPEG-TS (from the communications term), and "segments" in JPEG. The main content of a chunk is called the "data" or "payload". Most container formats have chunks in sequence, each with a
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to decode its contents. If the program doesn't have the required algorithm, it can't use the contained data. In these cases, programs usually emit an error message that complains of a missing codec, which users may be able to acquire.
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The container file is used to identify and interleave different data types. Simpler container formats can contain different types of audio formats, while more advanced container formats can support multiple audio and video streams,
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streams can be coded and decoded with many different algorithms, a container format may be used to provide the appearance of a single file format to users of multimedia playback software.
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Although containers may identify how data or metadata is encoded, they do not actually provide instructions about how to decode that data. A
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Other flexible containers can hold many types of audio and video, as well as other media. The most popular multi-media containers are:
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instead stores offsets. Modular chunks make it easy to recover other chunks in case of file corruption or dropped frames or
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Container formats can be made to wrap any kind of data. Though there are some examples of such file formats (e.g.
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Overhead. This is the difference in file-size between two files with the same content in a different container.
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Support for advanced codec functionality. Older formats such as AVI do not support new codec features like
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for identifying and further detailing those streams. Notable examples of container formats include
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video natively. The format may be "hacked" to add support, but this creates compatibility problems.
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files), most container formats are specialized for specific data requirements. For example, since
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In principle, coding can be changed while the storage layer is retained; for example,
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Support for advanced content, such as chapters, subtitles, meta-tags, user-data.
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The differences between various container formats arise from five main issues:
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Handbook of Digital Forensics of Multimedia Data and Devices, Enhanced E-Book
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and JPEG 2000 Part 12) which in turn was based on the QuickTime file format.
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multimedia portfolio, based on the ISO base media file format defined in
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video; typically contains multiple video and audio streams, and an
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This article is about a kind of computer file. For other uses, see
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the wrapper but not the coding, a number of file formats specify
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that allows multiple data streams to be embedded into a single
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on reasonably reliable media such as disks; used also on
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which is defined in MPEG-4 Part 12 and JPEG 2000 Part 12
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video container format developed by Microsoft based on
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that can open a container must also use an appropriate
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In addition to pure container formats, which specify
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