MOV vs RM, comparison between MOV and RM format

Comparsion between MOV and RM

File Extension	MOV	RM
File Type	Apple QuickTime Movie	Real Media File
Description	Introduced by Apple Computer; a container format; the first versions were only available for Mac OS but a Windows version soon followed;	RM file is a media file used by RealPlayer which is an audio and video playback and streaming program. Files with the .rm extension are commonly used to listen to Internet radio stations or to watch movies on the Web.
Developed by	Apple	RealNetworks
Pros	Support for multiple video or audio streams; capability of overlaying subtitles on the main video stream if a subtitle file is available; more accessible on multiple platforms	Adapts to users' connection speeds to provide optimum quality; Closed format provides the best copyright/intellectual property protection
Cons	Each MOV file can contain any of a wide range of codecs that can affect video quality and compression, which might make it can play on some video player but not others.	May require an additional download of a player or plug-in to work on some computers; Media is "locked in" cannot be converted again to a different format
Help You Choose	MOV sees widespread use, particularly among users of Apple's Mac platform, also often a popular choice in video editing	Was a commonly used streaming format but is not used much today
Programs that open MOV/RM files	XBMC Microsoft Windows Media Player VideoLAN VLC media player	RealPlayer VideoLAN VLC media player iOrgSoft Video Converter for Mac