Want to know how to play a weird video file on your Mac? Don’t worry – there’s probably a simple solution. There are dozens of video file formats, with more being added all the time, and it’s ...

QuickTime is a proprietary video format from Apple. It was supported on Windows till until recently Apple decided not to anymore. So how do you play QuickTime videos in Windows 11/10? There are a ...

Xvid is a codec that compresses video files using the MPEG-4 Part 2 ASP format. Xvid files will play on many DVD or Blu-ray players and Windows 10 or later by default; Mac users will need to install a ...

WebM is a royalty-free media file format designed for the web. Today, most web browsers, including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge, etc., support WebM media files. This means you can ...

Xvid is rarely used these days, but that means it can be hard to know what to do with it if you come across it while digging through your old files. It’s essentially a method for compressing video, ...

While tech giants kept building bloated media apps, a scrappy open-source project called VideoLan quietly ate their lunch by ...

The iPod Classic, also sometimes referred to as the iPod Video, is built in the more traditional iPod style: it features a 2.5-inch full color screen, with a 320-by-240-pixel resolution, and the ...

Of course, the easiest way for iOS and macOS owners to play videos on the Apple TV is to use AirPlay. As well as allowing you to play local files on your iOS device, AirPlay also lets you stream video ...

With the right tools, you can save time by previewing a variety of files in Windows 10 or Windows 11 without opening their applications. Your Windows PC may be home to Microsoft Word documents, Excel ...

CNET's Donald Bell walks you through the basics of how digital video files work, including information on codecs, video containers, and bit rate. Donald Bell Senior Editor / How To Donald Bell has ...