MPG 1080 HD or WMV 1080 HD

[PornHero69]

I have a question and I hope that there is someone who can help me. There are various video formats and most new videos are 4K or MP4 1080 HD. But older videos from 2012 - 2013 are MPG 1080 HD or WMV 1080 HD.

What is the difference between MPG and WMV 1080 HD ? And which format should I chose ?

P.S. :If there is already a thread for this kind of question, please move this post to this thread.

[alexora]

Right now, MP4 seems to be the best format to go for.

WMV appears (along with .avi and MPEG) to have lost its prominent position.

[PornHero69]

Originally Posted by alexora

Right now, MP4 seems to be the best format to go for.

WMV appears (along with .avi and MPEG) to have lost its prominent position.

Thanks for you reply

Which format should I chose if the video is only available in MPG or WMV ?

[Shylock]

The video format you choose depends on where you will play the video. When you burn a DVD or BLURAY movie the input format is converted to MPEG then to the respective output file(s) on the disc because the gamma is automatically adjusted for best viewing on televisions. If your intention is to view the video on a computer monitor, laptop or other similar device then mp4 or mpv is a better alternative since the default gamma setting is better for viewing on these type of devices. The WMV video format is very tricky to work with because of the compression and the video may not be as sharp as in other formats.

[Zytin]

Originally Posted by PornHero69

...What is the difference between MPG and WMV 1080 HD ? And which format should I chose ?

Originally Posted by PornHero69

....Which format should I chose if the video is only available in MPG or WMV ?

You will find Mpeg (2) will play much better, much much better, than Mp4 if you are like me and you watch videos off Usb's played through a Blu ray player. The files will be significantly bigger; if you are converting and use a high quality setting, as I do.

I convert all of my files, regardless of their original format to mpeg files. They play fine on my computer as well.

[BoInk2]

Originally Posted by PornHero69

Thanks for you reply

Which format should I chose if the video is only available in MPG or WMV ?

Depends on the codec used with either format. If MPG is really MPEG1 it's awful, but HD would rather be MPEG2 at least.
WMV could either be WMV2/WMV8, WMV3/WMV9 or VC1. WMV8 is not really good, WMV9 is better, and VC1 is basically like H264.
So quality wise, I'd check the WMV first.
You should also get a basic idea of the quality by comparing the file sizes, if a HD file gets too small the quality sucks.

[cylnz]

or.

you could get a jump on *.webm

WMV is dead. dead as windows.

MP4 is current but aging.

WEBM is slowly coming up, although MP4- part 14 is html 5 compliant and has good product. (probably the best atm).

WEBM is the streaming king and is smaller, being based on MKV and vorbis and something else I dont rem. MP4 is the continuation of classic video. (MP4 is what became of Apple MOV files).

[DoctorNo]

There is a difference between the container format and the video coding format.

As this chart shows, different containers can contain different video coding:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_file_format

The best video coding format is H.264 (also known as MPEG-4 Part 10, Advanced Video Coding (MPEG-4 AVC)).

Whereas MKV is arguably the best container, and is commonly used distribute regular movies and TV shows, it's rarely used to post porn.

[SynchroDub]

Originally Posted by DoctorNo

There is a difference between the container format and the video coding format.

As this chart shows, different containers can contain different video coding:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_file_format

The best video coding format is H.264 (also known as MPEG-4 Part 10, Advanced Video Coding (MPEG-4 AVC)).

Whereas MKV is arguably the best container, and is commonly used distribute regular movies and TV shows, it's rarely used to post porn.

I agree. H.264 is still the best video coding format.
HEVC 10-bit is great, too. But on older machines, video encoded in that format stutter like hell.
It works great on 4K Blu-Ray as it has an efficient compression algorithm, and it's the only coding format, at the moment, that can carry HDR and Dolby Vision metadata. But, for general Porn or even movies that are not in 4K, it's still an overkill as a video coding format.

[dr_hubble]

Originally Posted by DoctorNo

There is a difference between the container format and the video coding format.

As this chart shows, different containers can contain different video coding:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_file_format

The best video coding format is H.264 (also known as MPEG-4 Part 10, Advanced Video Coding (MPEG-4 AVC)).

Whereas MKV is arguably the best container, and is commonly used distribute regular movies and TV shows, it's rarely used to post porn.

Codecs and containers are just too complex for most people to understand. They just use the file extensions as a synonym for both.

As for h.264, its succesor h.265 is much better but I don't see h.265 taking off although I've seen more h.265 encoded stuff lately, too little too late imho.