Comparison between MP4 and DV

The MPEG-4, a standard developed by the Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG); commonly used for sharing video files on the Internet. The MPEG-4 video is compressed with MPEG-4 video encoding. Audio is compressed using AAC compression.

DV is a format for recording and playing back digital video. The magic of the DV format is that it is direct to digital. It's the video equivalent of audio CDs, replacing analog recording with the advantages of digital technology for the consumer market.

Summary:

1. DV is best used for shooting narrative forms and interactive features.

2. DV with higher picture and audio quality, the ability to make perfect copies without losing quality

3. MP4 is more of a container, its whats inside that counts and that will be a whole nother topic on Video codecs and Audio codecs.

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