MP4 Files
a format for animations

These are some examples of MP4 files.

MP4 File Characteristics:

• BINARY
• Color
• 2D
• Lossy compression
• multiple images that form an animation

Reference:

1. The MPEG Working Group.
2. Didier Le Gall,
   MPEG: A Video Compression Standard for Multimedia Applications,
   Communications of the ACM,
   Volume 34, Number 4, April 1991.

Programs to view an MP4 file:

• The DivX program can display an MP4.
• QuickTime or QuickTime Player can display an MP4.

Programs to convert a file to MP4 format:

• QuickTime or QuickTime Player can save a QuickTime MOV file as an MP4 file.
• QuickTime Pro can convert a sequence of PNG files to a QuickTime movie, and export that movie as an MP4 file.

Sample MP4 files:

• the CAVITY_FLOW movie, a fluid flow animation;
• the CLAW_PIX Example 01 movie, animation of 1D advection flow, computed by CLAWPACK converted into PNG files by CLAW_PIX;
• the CLAW_PIX Example 02 movie, animation of 1D acoustics equation flow, computed by CLAWPACK converted into PNG files by CLAW_PIX;
• the CVT_CUTOFF movie, created from runs of CVT_REFINE.
• the CVT_10PLUS10 movie, created from runs of CVT_REFINE.
• the CVT_SIZE movie, created from runs of CVT_SIZE.
• the INOUT_FLOW movie, a fluid flow animation;
• the INOUT_FLOW movie, case 2, a fluid flow animation;
• the TCELL_FLOW movie, a fluid flow animation;

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