Standards: Appendix G - Media Container File Formats & Their Owners
This is a list of the commonly used media container file formats, their owners and the dates when they were created.
This is an Appendix to our series of articles on Standards.
| Vintage | Owned by | Format |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Apple | QuickTime File Format (QTFF) |
| 1992 | Microsoft | Audio Video Interleave (AVI) |
| 1993 | MPEG | MPEG program stream (PS) |
| 1995 | MPEG | MPEG transport stream (TS) |
| 1996 | Microsoft | Advanced Systems Format (ASF) |
| 1996 | DVD Forum | Video Object (VOB) |
| 2001 | MPEG | MPEG-4 Part 14 (MP4) |
| 2002 | Matroška | Matroška (MKV) |
| 2003 | 3GPP | 3GPP (3GP) |
| 2003 | Adobe | Flash Video (FLV) |
| 2003 | Xiph | Ogg |
| 2003 | RealNetworks | Real Media Variable Bitrate (RMVB) |
| 2004 | 3GPP2 | 3GPP2 (3G2) |
| 2004 | Blu-ray Disk Association | BDAV MPEG-2 transport stream (M2TS) |
| 2004 | SMPTE | Material Exchange Format (MXF) |
| 2005 | DivX | DivX Media Format (DMF) |
| 2006 | DVD Forum | Enhanced VOB (EVO) |
| 2007 | Adobe | Flash Video (F4V) |
| 2010 | Web Media (WebM) |
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