Decoding Video File Formats Dec 09, 2003, 02:35pm EST Jun 06, 2013, 01:53pm EDT. Share. Save. This article is more than 10 years old.

It has to scour a webpage for video file links, and if they’re somehow obscured, you may get a “video not found” message. That’s a potential issue with any downloader, however.

Video files, which are what we’re talking about here, are defined by both their file format (which usually also determines the file extension) and the file codec: These are separate, but often ...

Before we get into the individual file formats, we’ll start by reminding you that a Mac OS X computer will be able to play many video file formats out of the box; try double-clicking to see if ...

Video file formats supported in PowerPoint. PowerPoint supports these video formats: .avi, .mpg, and .mpeg. 1. AVI (Audio Video Interleave) files are video formats created by Microsoft, which ...

This extension allows you to convert videos from video sharing sites into MP3 audio files or MP4 video files. Navigate to a video you want to download on a video sharing site.

Similarly, if you are downloading an AVI file, you can use a part of the sound file by removing .crdownload extension. You can then open and use the file to play video in a VLC player as long as ...