An mp4 file extension is typically used for MPEG-4 multimedia files defined by ISO 14496-1 standard. Commonly used for video and movie files and supported by vast number of media players.
Software that open mp4 file
MP4 file extension - MPEG-4 video file format
What is mp4 file? How to open mp4 files?
MPEG-4 file format, as defined by the MPEG-4 specification, contains MPEG-4 encoded video and Advanced Audio Coding (AAC)-encoded audio content.
These mp4 files are in a container format defined in the Systems Part of the MPEG-4 standard (ISO 14496-1). The .mp4 files support all kinds of multimedia content (multiple audio streams, video streams, subtitle streams, pictures) and advanced content (called "Rich Media" or "BIFS") like 2D and 3D graphics, user interactivity, and DVD-like menus. The MP4 file format is also streamable.
The MP4 is the most common file extension used for the MPEG-4 format and these files may contain both audio and video, while files with an m4a file extension contain only audio tracks and those with an m4v file extension have video data. m4r file extension is used for MP4 ringtones in iPhone smartphones and there is also an m4b file extension. for audiobooks.
Native Instruments also use the MP4 format Stems audio files (stem file extension, or stem.mp4 file extension) for digital DJ performance. All those formats use the same MPEG-4 technology.
MIME types:
video/mp4
Updated: January 20, 2025
The default software associated to open mp4 file:
Company or developer:
VideoLAN Project Team
Very popular multimedia player developed for Windows, Apple Mac, Linux, Unix and various other operating systems and platforms.
VLC can playback many of the video formats (AVI, MKV, OGV, WMV, ASF, MOV...) and audio formats (MP3, AAC, M4A, OGG, FLAC...) as well as support of subtitles for video. It can also be used as a streaming server and multimedia transcoder.
Company or developer:
VideoLAN Project Team
VLC media player for Mac is popular multimedia player that supports variety of audio and video formats as well as DVDs, VCDs, and streaming protocols.
Company or developer:
VideoLAN Project Team
VLC media player for Linux is multimedia player that supports variety of audio and video formats (MPG, AVI, DivX, MPEG-4, FLAC, OGG, MKV etc.) as well as DVD playback, and various streaming protocols.
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Software that open mp4 file - MPEG-4 video file format
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