Alphabet Soup
Submitted by My Garden Spot Blog
Have you ever wondered what acronyms like jpeg, Mpg, .mpeg, .m1v, .mp2, .mp3, .mpa, .mpe, .mpv2, and .m3u…ARE? What they MEAN? I do. But then, I wonder about a lot of different things, like: why does my dog always want to lick me when I don’t really want him to? And, “Why do weeds grow so well in my garden and things I plant…don’t?”
I found a blog that defines a lot of the alphabet soup associated with saving music, photo and video files. I’m not sure I understand it all, but that’s my problem, sigh. It’s not the fault of file-types.com/file-extension-mpg, As far as I can tell, they write in a clear style, I just don’t have all the experiential base needed to integrate the information into what I do know.
I got interested in this because I’m getting interested in making videos. Most specifically, I want to know more about editing and posting GOOD videos. I think I’ve demonstrated (sadly, quite adequately) my ability to post rather poor videos.
So, what I do understand is that MPG-1 is the data format most of us use. It’s not up to broadcast standards, as they use MPG-2. The problem is that most of us can’t read the MPG-2 files without a separate download to handle it. And then, there is the MPG-3 for HDTV, MPG-4, and even a MPG-21. Something tells me I’m going to be stuck in the MPG-1 area, if I can actually bring myself up to even THAT standard.
I like learning things, I really do. It’s just that, I think I’d rather spend my time learning about plants and people. I wish I were more able to make use of the information I found. Oh, well, no doubt, things will get easier as I grow older, the formats simplify and my brain ages enough to forget that I ever wanted to learn about it.
Eh, it’s worth a try to learn.
