MOV and OGG explained
MOV is Apple's QuickTime container. Structurally it is very close to MP4 — the two share an ancestor — but MOV files often use codecs like ProRes that general-purpose players cannot decode.
OGG here means Ogg Vorbis, a royalty-free lossy codec that predates Opus. It is competitive with AAC and remains common in games.
- Where MOV files come from
- iPhone and Mac screen recordings, and professional video editing.
- Where OGG is used
- Game audio, Spotify's older streams and open-source projects.