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Represents video document types.
Includes the following types:
VideoFileType.mp4VideoFileType.aviVideoFileType.flvVideoFileType.mkvVideoFileType.movVideoFileType.webmVideoFileType.wmv
Learn more about video formats here: https://docs.fileformat.com/video/.
The VideoFileType type exposes the following members:
| Constructor | Description |
|---|---|
| init | Initializes a VideoFileType for serialization. |
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| compare_to | Compares current object to other. (inherited from Enumeration) |
| compare_to_object | (inherited from Enumeration) |
| equals | Implements the equality comparison defined by Enumeration.equals. (inherited from FileType) |
| equals_enumeration | (inherited from FileType) |
| equals_object | (inherited from Enumeration) |
| from_display_name | (inherited from Enumeration) |
| from_extension | Gets the FileType for the provided file extension. (inherited from FileType) |
| from_filename | Returns FileType for specified file_name. (inherited from FileType) |
| from_stream | Returns FileType for provided document stream. (inherited from FileType) |
| from_value | (inherited from Enumeration) |
| get_all | (inherited from FileType) |
| get_hash_code | Provides the default hash function. (inherited from Enumeration) |
| to_string | String representation of file type. (inherited from FileType) |
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| description | The file type description. (inherited from FileType) |
| extension | The file extension. (inherited from FileType) |
| family | The file family. (inherited from FileType) |
| file_format | The file format. (inherited from FileType) |
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| MP4 | MP4(short for MPEG-4 Part 14) is a file format based on ISO/IEC 14496-12:2004 that is based on QuickTime File Format but formally specifies support for Initial Object Descriptors (IOD) and other MPEG features. Learn more about this file format here. |
| AVI | The AVI file format is an Audio Video multimedia container file format that was introduced by Microsoft. It holds the audio and video data created and compressed using several codecs (Coders/Decoders) such as XVid and DivX. Learn more about this file format here. |
| FLV | FLV (Flash Video) is a container file format with the .flv extension. FLV is used to deliver audio/video content over the internet by using the Adobe Flash Player or Adobe Air. Learn more about this file format here. |
| MKV | MKV (Matroska Video) is a multimedia container similar to MOV and AVI format but it supports more than one audio and subtitle track in the same file. An MKV file is the Matroska multimedia container format used for video. Learn more about this file format here. |
| MOV | MOV or QuickTime file format is a multimedia container which is developed by Apple: contains one or more tracks, each track holds a particular type of data i.e. Video, Audio, text, etc. Learn more about this file format here. |
| WEBM | A file with a .webm extension is a video file based on the open, royalty-free WebM file format. It has been designed for sharing video on the web and defines the file container structure including video and audio formats. Learn more about this file format here. |
| WMV | Windows Media Video is the compressed video format developed by Microsoft. After the standardization by the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE), WMV is now considered to be an open standard format. Learn more about this file format here. |
| UNKNOWN | Unknown file type (inherited from FileType) |
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