Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Adobe Video File Format Specification

F4V Supported media types
H.264 (or AVC) is the video codec that Flash Player plays back when the media is encapsulated inside an F4V file.
Flash Player Update 3 (9,0,115,0) and higher can play F4V files. The F4V format is based on the format specified by ISO/IEC 14496-12: ISO base media file format.

The FLV container format supports 6 video codecs (VIDEODATA)
  • Sorenson H.263
  • Screen video
  • On2 VP6
  • On2 VP6 with alpha channel
  • Screen video version 2
  • AVC

List of codecs supported by Adobe Flash Player