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Motion JPEG

Writable

video

video compression format

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Extensions	`.mjpeg.mjpg`
MIME types	`video/x-mjpeg`
Wikidata	`Q850954`
Library of Congress	`fdd000063`

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FFmpegOpen sourcereads and writes · LGPL-2.1-or-later / GPL-2.0-or-later
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Final Cut Pro Xreads · proprietary license
LiVESreads
Pinnacle Studio 17 Ultimatereads
RivaTunerreads · freeware
Xilisoft Video Converter 3reads

Convert it

To	With	Fidelity	Command and losses
FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) 1.2.1	FFmpeg	Partial	`ffmpeg -i in.mjpeg out.flac` Audio track only: the video is dropped.
Waveform Audio	FFmpeg	Partial	`ffmpeg -i in.mjpeg out.wav` Audio track only: the video is dropped.
Matroska 1-4	FFmpeg	Lossy	`ffmpeg -i in.mjpeg out.mkv` Re-encoded with lossy codecs by default; try `-c copy` to remux without re-encoding when the codecs fit the container.
MPEG 1/2 Audio Layer 3	FFmpeg	Lossy	`ffmpeg -i in.mjpeg out.mp3` Lossy audio only: the video is dropped.
MPEG-4 Part 14	FFmpeg	Lossy	`ffmpeg -i in.mjpeg out.mp4` Re-encoded with lossy codecs by default; try `-c copy` to remux without re-encoding when the codecs fit the container.
Ogg	FFmpeg	Lossy	`ffmpeg -i in.mjpeg out.ogg` Lossy audio only: the video is dropped.
WebM	FFmpeg	Lossy	`ffmpeg -i in.mjpeg out.webm` Re-encoded with lossy codecs by default; try `-c copy` to remux without re-encoding when the codecs fit the container.

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Wikidata Q850954

From Converters (FFmpeg, ImageMagick, Pandoc, LibreOffice), Wikidata. Updated 2026-10-20.

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