Research Assignment 2:

File Size Research

File Size Research Assignment Image Formats Audio Formats Video Formats Other Formats BMP WAV MP4 DOCX JPEG 2000 AAC OGG ODT GIF OGG Quicktime TIFF FLAC AVI PDF ALAC FLV RAW WMA WebP AIFF HEIF Select a file type from above and answer the following questions: 1. What is your format? What kind of media (images/video/music/etc.) is it for? What does a typical file in this format contain? 2. Who created the format and when? Is it still in use? Is it open source or do you need to pay for a license? 3. Does it use compression? Lossy or lossless? What's a typical file size for this format before and after compression? On average how much as a percent) does it compress a file? 4. What are similar/competing formats? What situations is your selected format better for? Not as good? Make an argument for why you would want to use your selected format instead of alternative options. 5. Create a visual artifact (graphic, video, audio, etc) that represents what your file is, highlights information about it, and explains its main functionality/usage. 6. List 2 sources that you used