各種視頻的參數比較總結表
| Video | VCD | SVCD | DVD | DivX | ASF | SMR/nAVI | RM | DV |
分辨率 |
| 480x480 480x576 | 720x480 720x576 | 640x480 or lower | 320x240 or lower | 320x240 or lower | 320x240 or lower | 720x480 720x576 |
| 視頻壓縮標準 | MPEG1 | MPEG2 | MPEG2 | MPEG4 | MPEG4 | MPEG4 | RM | DV |
| 音頻壓縮標準 | MPEG1 | MPEG1 | MPEG2,AC3 | MP3,WMA | MPEG4 | MPEG4 | RM | DV |
| 每分鐘的容量大小 | 10 MB/min | 10-20 MB/min | 30-70 MB/min | 1-10 MB/min | 1-5 MB/min | 1-5 MB/min | 1-5 MB/min | 216 MB/min |
| 在74分鐘盤片上可放多少分鐘視頻 | 74min | 35-60min | 15-20min | 60-180min | 120-300min | 120-300min | 120-300min | 3min |
| 在DVDR盤片上可放多少小時的視頻 | － | － | 2-4hrs | 13-26h |