The format to be used for the converted file. This includes the file format, any special settings used by that format, and which audio and/or video codec is to be used for the conversion, and any special settings used by the codecs.

A COmpressor combined with a DECompressor, or encoder and a decoder, which allows you to both compress and decompress that same data.

The portion of the file holding the audio data. The audio data might be compressed to save disk space. The data has to be decompressed using an audio decompressor before you can play (hear) it.

oftware component which decompresses audio. It must be designed to work with ACM or DirectShow . Note that different compression methods require different decompressors. There is no universal decompressor capable of decoding all compressed streams.

The portion of the file holding the video data. The video data might be compressed to save disk space. The data has to be decompressed using a video decompressor before you can play (see) it.

Software component that decompresses video. It must be designed to work with VFW or DirectShow . Note that different compression methods require different decompressors. There is no universal decompressor capable of decoding all compressed streams.