The MPEG-4 file is the one with a known format created to store certain video information that has been compressed using the MPEG-4 algorithm.

It is an international standard, it was approved by the international organization of experts ISO, and it is considered one of the most common among analogues. The MPEG-4 file is required in the field of compression of digital audio, video streams. It is used in the process of recording various films and clips; the MPEG-4 format takes place in the field of video telephony and broadcasting.

Such container has a place for both video data and audio information, which, for example, can be the musical accompaniment of a particular clip. The MPEG-4 format has support for various A / V codecs.

Nowadays, the MPEG-4 file is widely distributed on the World Wide Web, and contributes to playing streaming video content on all kinds of online resources. Many users save materials and clips in the considered extension to their computer.

You can open the MPEG-4 file in the Windows operating system by the standard media player Microsoft Windows Media Player or the software like VideoLAN VLC media player and Media Player Classic. Apple's QuickTime Player, Apple iMovie and RealNetworks RealPlayer Cloud are popular on the Mac OS platform. Using tools such as Movavi Video Converter or Any Video Converter Free, you can convert the MPEG-4 format to other popular extensions AVI, FLV, MOV, 3GP and so on.