OGV and MOV explained
OGV is the Ogg container carrying Theora video, an early royalty-free codec that has been comprehensively superseded by VP9 and AV1.
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.
- Where OGV files come from
- Open-source projects and Wikipedia media from the early 2010s.
- Where MOV is used
- iPhone and Mac screen recordings, and professional video editing.