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What is the video format most probable to be supported on a desktop or laptop modern computer?

No youtube please - I mean offline viewing.

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The most common video format is mpg (sometimes declared as mpeg).

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Do you mean MPEG-1? – sblair Jul 25 '10 at 14:35
yes, it is the most common format supported on a Desktop and Laptop as well without any additional Codecs or third party software. – Mr-Right Jul 25 '10 at 14:59
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It's also the most stone age video format. While Mr-Right has a true answer, this is like saying the most common type of text storage format is a plain text .txt document. Please do not store your new videos in MPEG. (Consider x264). – James Watt Jul 25 '10 at 17:24
This is a terrible answer. It clearly doesn't say anything – slhck Jan 11 at 20:35
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