title: Video format to archive videos
body: <p>I hope you have had a good start into the new year,
  over the years, several films have collected. All are in different formats, and many are very large. I will mainly save space. It's not bad if some lose quality. Some videos should be rotate. I need a format that is also supported in many years. It must only be playable on the PC. I do not need compatibility with DVD players and mobile phones. The audio quality may be uniform for all. It is no problem to use avidemux manually, I would look through many videos to name them. I have no problem using ffmpeg via command line. I only have no idea of the choice of the format (Container, Video, Audio).</p>
  
  <p>Here's a quick overview of the chaos. Thanks for any help.</p>
  
  <p>I think this could be optimal:
  Video: MPEG-4 AVC
  Audio: AAC (Faac)
  Format: MP4</p>
  
  <p>some long:
  {MPEG-4 Video (XVID) 768x576 fps:25 Planar 4:2:0 YUV
  MPEG Audio layer 1/2/3 (mpga) Stereo 44100 Hz 128 kb/s}</p>
  
  <p>some old:
  {MPEG-4 Videos (DX50) 176x144 fps 10 Planar 4:2:0 YUV
  MPEG Audio layer 1/2/3 (mpga) mono 44100Hz 128 kb/s}</p>
  
  <p>some from camera:
  {Motion JPEG Video (MJPG) 640x480 30.000300 fps Planar 4:2:2 YUV full scale
  PCM S16 LE (arar) mono 8000 Hz 16bits/sample}</p>
  
  <p>only one bad quality:
  {MPEG-1/2 Video (mpgv) 720x480 59.940060 fps Planar 4:2:0 YUV
  MPEG Audio layer 1/2/3 (mpga) Stereo 44100 Hz 128kb/s}</p>
  
  <p>many from camera:
  {Motion JPEG Video (MJPG) 640x480 29.970030 fps Planar 4:2:2 YUV full scale
  PCM MU-LAW (mlaw) mono 11025 Hz 8 bits per samle}</p>
  
  <p>many from cell phone:
  {MPEG-4 Video (DX50) 176x144 10fps Planar 4:2:0 YUV
  MPEG Audio Layer 1/2/3 (mpga) mono 44100Hz 128kb/s}</p>
  
  <p>many from camera:
  {JPEG Video (MJPG) 1280x720 29.969730 fps Planar 4:2:2 YUV full scale
  IMA WAV APPCM Audio (ms) mono 44100 Hz 16 bits per sample}</p>
  
  <p>many from cell phone:
  {MPEG-4 Video (mp4v) 320x240 27.857868 fps Planar 4:2:0 YUV
  MPEG AAC Audio (mp4a) Stereo 3200Hz}</p>