MPEG-4 Part 14, with its official filename extension .mp4, is a multimedia container format most commonly used to store digital audio and video streams, but can also be used to store other data such as subtitles and still images. It is based on Apple’s QuickTime file format (.mov). Like most modern container formats, MP4 allows streaming over the Internet. A separate hint track is used to include streaming information in the file. When encoding.com encoded into .mp4 format by default we add the hint track so prepare your file for streaming.
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