Article - Video formats for the Web

Video Format Definitions

	“.vob” VOB files are the files on a DVD that contain the actual video, audio, subtitles, and menus for the DVD
	“.mpeg” Moving Picture Experts Group. The standard for compression and storage of motion video, for example, videos available though the World Wide Web.
	“.avi” Audio Video Interleaved. A computer graphics animation format used in Microsoft(tm) Video for Windows. This format interleaves digitized video frames (or computer-generated frames) and synchronized audio in one file.
	“.mov” The “.mov” or quicktime file is a common video file format created by Apple Computer. Video files found on the Internet are often stored in the QuickTime format - they require a special viewer program for playback.

VOB is a DVD-Media format and is not internet browser compatible (as is the case with most DVD software at the date of writing this article).  Most DVD technology at this time is not internet browser compatible. It is for this reason the Grey Pebbles requires your files in an internet browser compatible format.

Prefered File Formats for Use on the Web

• Mpeg
• Avi
• Mov

Grey Pebbles can integrate videos into your website by either directly embedding the video into an HTML page or by embedding the video into a flash file. The advantage of integrating the file into a flash file is that Grey Pebbles can add in volume controls and timeline controls (stop, play, skip etc).