Talk:Video coding format: Difference between revisions

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::::There is a difference between being a "format" and being a "file format" or a "container format". A format is not necessarily a file format. See, for example, the article [[Digital container format]] versus [[Content format]]. A "file format" or "container format" is something that may contain other formats within it. It generally defines a "wrapper" for containing different types of data that are each in their own particular formats (e.g., a file may contain an audio format, a video format, a format for subtitles, synchronization information, menu overlay and control data, etc. – sometimes with multiple A/V tracks, each in their own identified format, sometimes with multiple audio tracks or multiple subtitle tracks for the same video track, etc.). I agree that "format" is the correct term to use here. It is certainly incorrect to use "algorithm", since different algorithms can use the same data format. That is especially true for encoders (e.g., since different encoders use different search and decision-making algorithms), but it is also true for decoders as well (e.g., since different decoders use different algorithms for optimization of processing speed, memory usage, degree of parallel-processing, etc.). —[[User:Mulligatawny|Mulligatawny]] ([[User talk:Mulligatawny|talk]]) 21:23, 28 June 2014 (UTC)

== Rename to "Video format"? ==

I want to rename the article to "Video format", because it is not all video formats which use compression ([[Uncompressed video]]). Limiting this article to only formats using compression seems inelegant.

There does not seem to be a standardized term for the concept, like "Video compression format" was just a description and not standardized, so no reason I can see for not renaming.

Any objections? [[User:Thue|Thue]] ([[User talk:Thue|talk]]) 16:55, 30 June 2014 (UTC)