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Animated Flash Video File

Extension	.flv
Category	🔵 video
Programs	🔵 Microsoft Windows Photo Gallery Viewer 🔵 VideoLAN VLC Media Player 🔵 Windows Media Player
Main program	🔵 FFDShow
Description	🔵 This flash video format is defined by the Adobe systems and is commonly used for online videos. There are multiple users of the flash video format such as YouTube, Hulu, VEVO, Yahoo! and other services that you serf online on your iPhone, iPad, or laptop. One can access the flash video on various operating systems by enabling the Adobe Flash Player and web browser plugin or other third-party programs except for iOS.
Technical details	🔵 FLV files use the H.263 standard under the Sorenson Spark (FourCCFLV1) codec, and there are various reasons for it, such as; These are the first codec files that are supported by Flash Player. The heavy usage throughout other versions being able to support this same codec. The audio can be recorded over the video using a microphone and Nellymoser Asao codec. By using the bitmap tile and lossy compression while reducing color depth, the screen share is possible. But the primary difference is that the screen share done by the 2nd way is only compatible with Flash Player 8.
Developer	🔵 Adobe Systems Incorporated
MIME type	🔵 video/x-flv

CompuServe Graphics Interchange Format

Extension	.gif
Category	🔵 images
Programs	🔵 Adobe Photoshop 🔵 Apple Preview 🔵 Corel Paint Shop Pro 🔵 Microsoft Windows Photo Gallery Viewer
Description	🔵 .xcf (eXperimental Computing Facility) The .xcf format is the native image file format of the GIMP software (GNU Image Manipulation Program). It's used for storing the entire composition including layers, channels, paths, and other elements that are part of a GIMP imageThe XCF format is designed to preserve all information GIMP can contain about an image; however, due to its specific nature, it's not widely supported outside of GIMP. For sharing, images in XCF format are often exported to more universally recognized formats like PNG or JPEG.
Technical details	🔵 The GIF (Graphics Interchange Format), introduced by CompuServe in 1987, is a bitmap image format with these characteristics: - Color Limitation: Supports only 256 colors, making it suitable for graphics or logos but not for detailed photographs. - Animation Support: Stores multiple images for animated effects, popular for looping animations and web graphics. - Lossless Compression: Uses LZW compression, reducing file size without quality loss, effective for uniform color images. - Transparency Support: Allows background transparency in images. - Interlacing Option: Offers an interlaced format for quicker loading on slow connections. - Standardization: Original version (87a) in 1987, enhanced version (GIF89a) in 1989 with animation and transparency improvements. - Aspect Ratio: Lacks inherent aspect ratio support. - Applications: Commonly used online for animation and transparency, less so for high-quality photography due to color limits. - No Audio Support: Cannot embed sound. - Metadata: Limited metadata compared to formats like JPEG. - Browser Support: Broadly supported in web browsers and image viewers. - Patent Issues: LZW compression was patented, leading to controversy and PNG development; patent expired in 2003. - File Extensions: .gif or .GIF. Mainly used for web graphics, animations, and simple art, GIF is efficient for images with fewer colors but not ideal for detailed or high-quality images.
Developer	🔵 CompuServe
MIME type	🔵 image/gif

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