M4V Video Format

What is M4V video format? M4V video format, based on the MPEG-4 Part 2 compression, is a standard file format for videos for iPods and PlayStation Portables developed by Apple and Banana Man. M4V video format is a global multimedia standard and this standard was introduced to provide optimized video podcasts for the video iPod. M4V video format is essentially the same as MP4 video format, except that M4V video file formats include Apples proprietary copyright management software.

The files in M4V video format downloaded from the Apple iTunes store include Apple's FairPlay DRM copyright protection. To play these files, iTunes must authorize the video. If your file in M4V video format is unprotected however, you can change the file extension from .m4v to .mp4 for playback. Many audio players such as WinAMP, Apple QuickTime support M4V video file formats.

M4V video format is used by multimedia files that contain audio data encoded using MPEG4 Part 14 multimedia container format. M4V video format, standing for MPEG-4 Visual, was originally introduced by Apple Inc in order to differentiate different types of multimedia encoded with MPEG-4 since M4V video format itself specified single file extension MP4 for any kind of file. The common use of M4V video file formats are due to the popularity of Apple's iPod, iPhone, and iTunes Store.