MOV vs MPEG, comparison between MOV and MPEG format

Comparsion between MOV and MPEG

File Extension	MOV	MPEG
File Type	Apple QuickTime Movie	MPEG Movie
Description	The MOV extension represents QuickTime video, which is a standard file format for Macintosh. It is now workable on both Mac and Windows platform.	Popular video format standardized by the Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG); compressed using MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 compression; often used for creating movies that are distributed over the Internet.
Developed by	Apple	N/A
Pros	With more compression options available through different codecs; high-quality movies and multimedia	enables greater compression; is one of the few formats recognized by nearly all DVD players
Cons	Though can be played by many free video players now, it can suffer problems since it is a container format with various codecs.	Since the MPEG format is essentially a stricter standard, there are fewer programs and developers that work with it.
Help You Choose	Compared to other formats, the MOV container format supports the greatest number of video and audio codecs	If you want to eventually burn videos to standard video DVDs, you can save yourself significant time and hard drive space by choosing MPEG.
Programs that open MOV/MPEG files	Elmedia Player Adobe Flash Player Apple QuickTime Player	Apple QuickTime Player VLC media player Microsoft Windows Media Player