Image types:
- GIF - Color image format where each pixel is represented from 1-8 bits. Compressed to a very compact size for images with not many colors.
- JPEG - Color image format where each pixel represented by 24 bits, giving so-called Òtrue colorÓ. Also compressed for reasonable sizes of images with high-resolution, photographic quality.
- PNG - new portable networks graphics format designed for web
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Audio types:
- Basic audio types are au and snd, supported by most audio players. The entire audio file is downloaded before it is played.
- RealAudio - ram - a format which allows the plug-in to play the audio file as it is downloaded.
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Video types:
- Quicktime - Apple video format supports synchronized audio and video and has compression schemes.
- MPEG - is most videly used but is not synchronized. Compression scheme records differences between frames.
- Motion JPEG
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