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What are OGV files?

It is a video file created with the open source Ogg container format Xiph.Org. It can contain several video and audio streams and are often used in video playback on websites.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of the OGV format?

The OGV format is a multimedia standard in the current world of digital content. And it shows the following advantages and disadvantages:

Advantages:

  • It can contain one or more audio and video streams, text content, presentation data and metadata used in its playback.
  • It has a suite of codecs that allow software developers to include support for OGV files in both open source and commercial applications.
  • The Theora codec used by OGV allows storage of high quality video at lower bit rates.
  • The content recorded inside the container file can be played in different media players.

Disadvantages:

  • There are many players that are not able to open files with this format.
  • It can consume a lot of battery power during playback.

OGV Format FAQs

How To Open an OGV file?

As OGV can be used for different purposes, you have to keep in mind that some may not be able to open your specific file so you will have to find the right one for your file. Mostly it can be opened with VLC, Opera, Microsoft Media Player and KMPlayer.

Is OGV better than MP4?

MP4 is for ISO MPEG-4 audio and video streams, it is a completely closed format unlike OGV, but it is also a very popular standard. It is up to the user's needs to choose which one suits them.