Under the Microscope
A hardcore analysis of various media formats and outputs
Resolution, bitrate, fps, for me for a long time, I knew the definition of these terms but not their meanings. That was until I was told to take an up-close and personal approach with all the formats I’ve grown accustomed to over the years and understand what makes the different outputs, well different. And why they need to be used, what resulted was not a project per se, but more of an experiment really. So how did it go? Allow me to show you.
Part 1: Audio
To be honest, when I had first listened to different audio outputs, but I was surprised to see how wrong I was. As a pretty versatile format, there are various outputs that can be used especially with things like HTML and video. For testing purposes, I decided to take a closer look at the audio files themselves.
Again, I really didn’t see much difference, but when listening to them I heard it, the changes were subtle, but they were there, drops in audio clarity, the overall quality, overall I was shocked.
Part 2: Video
When I did videos, to a degree, it was a lot like images with some noticeable changes in image quality and resolution.
When I tried to attach it to my HTML page though or for that matter exporting the video files, it was a whole another story as only certain files can be opened with certain programs and the same thing applies for video files with HTML.
Part 3: Images
With images though, it was quite easy to export and for that matter view the needed formats.
Again, with the minor changes, I could easily see why it was important to use the outputs for different aspects. And I think to a degree that’s the way it was with this entire experiment, all the formats have their purpose and have different qualities, resolutions, and bitrates which help them fulfill those purposes.
