This page contains information on the 3GP file extension (3GP Multimedia File), a popular video file format
3GP (Video)
| File extension | .3gp |
| Category | Video File |
| Description | 3GP is a file format designed for video on mobile phones. 3GP is a container that facilitates the creation, editing, transfer and viewing of video and audio using a 3G mobile phone. It is supported by most smartphones, including the Apple iPhone. |
| Actions | 3GP Converter View other video file formats |
| Technical Details | 3GP is based on the structure of MPEG-4 Part 14, otherwise known as MP4. 3GP was designed to reduce the overhead in terms of storage and bandwidth to allow video files that could be handled by smartphones. |
| Associated programs | QuickTime Player VLC Media Player Windows Media Player |
| Developed by | 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) |
| MIME type | video/3gpp audio/3gpp |
| Useful links | More Information on 3GP Official Specification from 3GPP Organisation 3GP Converter |
Convert 3GP file
Using Zamzar it is possible to convert 3GP files to a variety of other formats
- 3gp to 3g2 (3GPP2 Multimedia File)
- 3gp to aac (Advanced Audio Coding File)
- 3gp to ac3 (AC3 Audio File)
- 3gp to avi (Windows video file)
- 3gp to flac (Free Lossless Audio Codec)
- 3gp to flv (Flash video)
- 3gp to gif (Compuserve graphics interchange)
- 3gp to ipad (MPEG-4 (H264) Video File)
- 3gp to ipod (MPEG-4 Video File)
- 3gp to mov (Apple QuickTime Movie)
- 3gp to mp3 (Compressed audio file)
- 3gp to mp4 (MPEG-4 Video File)
- 3gp to mpg (Moving Picture Experts Group File)
- 3gp to ogg (Ogg Vorbis Compressed Audio File)
- 3gp to wav (Windows audio file)
- 3gp to webm (Multimedia Container Format)
- 3gp to wmv (Windows Media Video)
