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Audio & Video Media

Audio recordings, video captures, streaming containers, camera media, and lossless or compressed codecs used for playback, editing, publishing, and archiving.

Popular Audio & Video Media Extensions

.CAMRECAudio & Video

Camtasia Studio Screen Recording

CAMREC is a legacy TechSmith Camtasia screen-recording container used by older Windows releases. It can hold captured screen video, microphone or system audio, cursor assets, keyboard and event data, and recording metadata.

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.MOVAudio & Video

Apple QuickTime Movie

Apple QuickTime digital video container storing video, audio, text, and metadata streams.

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.MP4Audio & Video

MPEG-4 Part 14 Video File

Universal digital video container standard for streaming, broadcasting, and web playback.

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.FLACAudio & Video

Free Lossless Audio Codec

Open-source audio format providing bit-for-bit lossless audio compression.

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.MP3Audio & Video

MP3 File Format

MP3 (MPEG-1 Audio Layer III) is the landmark digital audio coding format designed by Fraunhofer Society, utilizing lossy psychoacoustic compression to reduce audio size by 90%.

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.WAVAudio & Video

WAV File Format

WAV (Waveform Audio) is an uncompressed PCM raw audio file format created by Microsoft and IBM for storing studio-grade audio recordings.

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.AACAudio & Video

AAC File Format

AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) is a lossy digital audio compression standard designed by Fraunhofer, Dolby, and Sony as the successor to the MP3 format with superior fidelity.

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.OGGAudio & Video

OGG File Format

OGG is a free open-container format created by Xiph.Org Foundation, typically housing lossy Vorbis audio streams used extensively in video game sound engines.

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.M4AAudio & Video

M4A File Format

M4A is an audio-only container format using the MPEG-4 standard, encoded with lossy AAC or Apple Lossless (ALAC) codec.

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.AIFFAudio & Video

AIFF File Format

AIFF (Audio Interchange File Format) is an uncompressed PCM audio standard developed by Apple in 1988 for Macintosh computer platforms.

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.ALACAudio & Video

ALAC File Format

ALAC is an open-source audio coding format developed by Apple for bit-for-bit lossless audio compression packaged inside M4A containers.

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.WMAAudio & Video

WMA File Format

WMA is a proprietary audio data format developed by Microsoft as a direct competitor to MP3 and AAC formats for Windows Media Player.

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.OPUSAudio & Video

OPUS File Format

OPUS is an ultra-low-latency lossy audio coding format developed by Xiph.Org and Skype for real-time VoIP speech and high-quality music streaming.

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.MIDAudio & Video

MID File Format

MID (MIDI) is a musical sequence instruction file format storing note pitches, velocities, instrument channels, and tempo events without raw digital audio waves.

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.AVIAudio & Video

AVI File Format

AVI (Audio Video Interleave) is a legacy multimedia container format introduced by Microsoft in 1992, synchronously interleaving audio and video streams.

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.MKVAudio & Video

MKV File Format

MKV (Matroska) is a free open-standard multimedia container format capable of holding an unlimited number of video, audio, picture, and subtitle tracks in a single file.

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.WMVAudio & Video

WMV File Format

WMV is a series of video codec formats and container specifications developed by Microsoft for internet streaming and Windows media desktop software.

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.FLVAudio & Video

FLV File Format

FLV (Flash Video) is a container format developed by Macromedia/Adobe to deliver video streams over the web via Adobe Flash Player.

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.WEBMAudio & Video

WEBM File Format

WebM is a royalty-free HTML5 video format sponsored by Google, housing VP8/VP9/AV1 video streams and Opus/Vorbis audio for web browser streaming.

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.MPEGAudio & Video

MPEG File Format

MPEG (MPG) is an early digital video coding standard established by ISO/IEC, implementing lossy compression for optical video discs (VCD/DVD).

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.M4VAudio & Video

M4V File Format

M4V is an Apple video container file format closely resembling MP4, frequently protected by FairPlay DRM encryption for iTunes Store movies.

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.3GPAudio & Video

3GP File Format

3GP is a simplified MPEG-4 multimedia container format defined by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project for 3G mobile video recording and messaging.

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.VOBAudio & Video

VOB File Format

VOB (Video Object) is the core DVD-Video container format holding multiplexed MPEG-2 video, AC-3 surround sound audio, digital menus, and subtitles.

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.TSAudio & Video

TS File Format

TS (Transport Stream) is a communications protocol container designed for streaming broadcast television, IPTV, and satellite digital video signals.

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.VEPAudio & Video

VEP File Format

VEP is primarily an AVS Video Editor project file that stores a video timeline, source-media references, effects, transitions, titles, and project settings. VEP is a project container rather than a finished video, and other software may use the extension for visualization presets or unrelated data.

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.M4SAudio & Video

M4S File Format

M4S files are usually fragmented MPEG-DASH audio or video segments based on ISO Base Media File Format. They are pieces of a stream, not normally complete standalone videos, and are described by an accompanying MPD manifest.

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.M3UAudio & Video

M3U File Format

M3U is a plain-text multimedia playlist format containing paths or URLs to audio and video resources. Extended playlists begin with #EXTM3U and may include duration and stream metadata.

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.CONTAudio & Video

CONT File Format

Learn what .CONT files are, why they appear beside camcorder video recordings, and which Panasonic or Canon software may be needed to open them. Because CONT is used by more than one camera ecosystem, identify the file source before attempting conversion or repair.

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Top Software for Audio & Video Media

VLC Media Player

VideoLAN • Free Open Source

Universal open-source multimedia player that plays almost every video and audio format.

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FFmpeg Multimedia Framework

FFmpeg Team • Free Open Source CLI

Universal command-line tool for decoding, encoding, transcoding, muxing, and streaming audio and video.

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HandBrake Video Transcoder

HandBrake Team • Free Open Source

Free open source video transcoder for converting video from nearly any format to modern codecs.

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Audacity Audio Editor

Muse Group / Audacity Team • Free Open Source

Free open source multi-track audio recorder and editor for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

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OBS Studio

OBS Project • Free Open Source

Free open source software for video recording and live streaming to Twitch, YouTube, and Facebook.

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Adobe Premiere Pro

Adobe Inc. • $22.99 / month

Industry-standard timeline video editing software for film, TV, and web video creation.

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Blackmagic DaVinci Resolve

Blackmagic Design • Free Version / $295 Studio

Hollywood-grade video editing, color correction, visual effects, and Fairlight audio post-production.

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Apple Final Cut Pro

Apple Inc. • $299.99 one-time payment

Professional non-linear video editing application optimized natively for Mac and Apple Silicon.

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IINA Media Player for Mac

IINA Team • Free Open Source

Modern, open source media player for macOS with Touch Bar, Dark Mode, and MPV playback engine.

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foobar2000 Audio Player

Peter Pawlowski • Free Desktop App

Advanced freeware audio player for Windows with customizable layout and lossless playback.

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Shotcut Video Editor

Meltytech, LLC • Free Open Source

Free open source cross-platform video editor supporting 4K video editing.

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Kdenlive Video Editor

KDE Community • Free Open Source

Free open source non-linear video editor built on MLT Framework and KDE.

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OpenShot Video Editor

OpenShot Studios LLC • Free Open Source

Free easy-to-use open source video editor for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

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LWKS Lightworks

LWKS Software Ltd • Free Version / $9.99 / mo

Professional non-linear video editor used in Oscar-winning Hollywood movies.

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LosslessCut

Mikael Finstad • Free Open Source

Swiss army knife for lossless cutting, trimming, and merging of video and audio files.

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MKVToolNix Matroska Tools

Moritz Bunkus • Free Open Source

Free open source set of tools to inspect, create, split, and edit Matroska MKV files.

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Steinberg Cubase

Steinberg Media Technologies • $99 Elements / $579 Pro

Music production software for recording, arranging, and editing MIDI and audio tracks.

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PreSonus Studio One

PreSonus Audio Electronics • $19.95 / mo or $399 one-time

Music creation DAW combining drag-and-drop workflow with mastering tools.

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Bitwig Studio

Bitwig GmbH • $399 one-time

Innovative digital audio workstation with modular sound design and clip launching.

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Apple GarageBand

Apple Inc. • Free macOS/iOS App

Free music creation studio on Mac and iPad with virtual instruments and loops.

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Reason Studios Reason

Reason Studios • $19.99 / month

Virtual rack music DAW and plugin instrument synthesizer system.

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MuseScore Notation

Muse Group • Free Open Source

Free open source sheet music notation software for orchestra and piano scoring.

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Avid Sibelius

Avid Technology • $9.99 / month

World premier music notation software for composers, arrangers, and publishers.

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Arobas Guitar Pro

Arobas Music • $69.95 one-time

Tablature editor for guitar, bass, and fretted instruments with realistic audio engine.

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LMMS Music Producer

LMMS Development Team • Free Open Source

Free open source cross-platform digital audio workstation for creating electronic music.

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Kodi Home Theater

XBMC Foundation • Free Open Source

Free open source media center software for playing videos, music, podcasts, and digital media.

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Plex Media Server

Plex Inc. • Free / $4.99 / mo Plex Pass

Organize video, music, and photo collections and stream them to any smart device.

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Jellyfin Media System

Jellyfin Team • Free Open Source

Free software media system that puts you in control of managing and streaming your media.

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Stremio Media Organizer

Stremio • Free Application

Modern video streaming application that aggregates videos, movies, TV shows, and live TV.

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M3U8 HLS Stream Player

VideoLAN / Open Source • Free Software

HLS live stream video playback tool supporting M3U8 playlists.

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AIMP Audio Player

Artem Izmaylov • Free Windows/Android Player

Free audio player with 32-bit audio processing, 18-band equalizer, and audio converter.

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MusicBee Media Manager

Steven Mayall • Free Software

Ultimate music manager and player for managing large digital music libraries.

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Rhythmbox Music Player

GNOME Project • Free Open Source

Default music playing application for the GNOME desktop on Linux.

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DeaDBeeF Audio Player

Alexey Yakovenko • Free Open Source

Modular audio player for Linux, macOS, and BSD systems.

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Bandicam Screen Recorder

Bandicam Company • $39.95 one-time

Lightweight screen recording software for Windows that captures 4K game footage.

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Telestream ScreenFlow

Telestream, LLC • $169 one-time

Screen recording and video editing software crafted specifically for macOS.

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XSplit Broadcaster

Splitmedialabs • $15 / month

Live streaming and video production application for PC gamers and creators.

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Avidemux Video Editor

Mean / Avidemux Team • Free Open Source

Free open source video editor designed for simple cutting, filtering and encoding tasks.

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iZotope RX Audio Repair

iZotope / Native Instruments • $399 Standard

Award-winning audio repair and de-noising software suite for film, podcast, and music.

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Celemony Melodyne

Celemony Software GmbH • $99 Assistant / $699 Studio

Pitch and time correction audio software using DNA Direct Note Access.

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Media Player Classic HC

mpc-hc team • Free Open Source

Extremely lightweight open source media player for Windows.

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Daum PotPlayer

Kakao • Free Windows Player

Feature-packed video player with built-in hardware acceleration for Windows.

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KMPlayer 64X

Pandora TV • Free Player

High definition 4K/8K video player supporting 3D video playback.

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CyberLink PowerDirector

CyberLink Corp. • $54.99 / year

Fast video editing software with AI motion tracking and green screen tools.

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Wondershare Filmora

Wondershare • $49.99 / year

Intuitive video editing software with drag-and-drop effects and AI voice removal.

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TechSmith Camtasia

TechSmith • $299 one-time

Screen recorder and video editor for tutorials, demos, and presentations.

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Ableton Live

Ableton AG • $99 Intro / $439 Suite

Digital audio workstation for music creation, live performance, and electronic music production.

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FL Studio (Fruity Loops)

Image-Line • $99 one-time + Lifetime Updates

Popular digital audio workstation with step sequencer and lifetime free updates.

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Apple Logic Pro

Apple Inc. • $199.99 one-time

Complete digital audio workstation for recording, editing, mixing, and music composition on Mac.

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Cockos REAPER

Cockos Incorporated • $60 Discounted / $225 Commercial

Ultralight, customizable digital audio workstation with fast multi-track audio recording.

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Avid Pro Tools

Avid Technology • $29.99 / month

Industry standard audio recording, mixing, and mastering software for music and post-production studios.

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VLC Media Player plays almost all audio and video formats without needing external codecs.

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