Pixaria Software
When discussing digital video, it's important to make a distinction between the terms 'container formats' and 'codecs'.
A container format for video can be thought of as a wrapper for combining audio and video together into a single file. Popular container formats include Flash Video (flv), Quicktime (mov), Windows Media (wmv) and Matroska (mkv).
The audio and video content inside a container format such as Flash Video or Quicktime can be digitised, encoded and decoded using a variety of different technical approaches known as codecs (short for encode/decode). There are many different codecs available for both audio and video content and it's often possible to use a variety of codecs within a single type of container format. For example, the Adobe Flash Video 'FLV' container format supports a number of video codecs such as ON2 VP6, Sorenson Spark, Sorenson Video, MPEG4/H.264 and in the near future, Google's WebM format.
The most popular video codec used for supplying content for download, especially in the professional video market is currently H.264 (including variants such as DivX H.264 and Quicktime H.264). For specialised applications, Windows Media Video, Apple Pixlet and a range of other video codecs may be used. There are also new video codecs emerging all the time such as the recently announced WebM format from Google.
With such a wide range of possibilities for container formats and codecs in digital audio and video, there are a number technical difficulties in making a product like Pixaria Gallery and Pixaria AssetDeck support video in the same way as images with live resizing and previews.
Pixaria AssetDeck now has support for import and delivery of a range of video file formats though live previews are not yet supported. It's hoped preview support will be added later this year.