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File formats

Link to all the fileformats that are FLOSS:

APNG - It allows for animated PNG files that work similarly to animated GIF files.
FLIF - Free Lossless Image Format.
GBR - a 2D binary vector image file format, the de facto standard in the printed circuit board (PCB) industry
GIF - CompuServe's Graphics Interchange Format (openly published specification, but patent-encumbered by a third party; became free when patents expired in 2004)
JPEG 2000 - an image format standardized by ISO/IEC
MNG - moving pictures, based on PNG
OpenEXR — a high dynamic range imaging image file format, released as an open standard along with a set of software tools created by Industrial Light and Magic (ILM).
PNG - a raster image format standardized by ISO/IEC
SVG - a vector image format standardized by W3C
WebP - image format developed by Google
XPM - image file format used by the X Window System

ALAC - lossless audio codec, previously a proprietary format of Apple Inc.
FLAC - lossless audio codec
DAISY Digital Talking Book - a talking book format
Musepack — an audio codec
MP3 - lossy audio codec, previously patented
Ogg - container for Vorbis, FLAC, Speex and Opus (audio formats) & Theora (a video format), each of which is an open format
Opus[2] - a lossy audio compression format developed by the IETF. Suitable for VoIP, videoconferencing (just audio), music transmission over the Internet and streaming applications (just audio).
Speex - speech codec
Vorbis - a lossy audio compression format.
WavPack - "Hybrid" (lossless/lossy) audio codec

Dirac - a video compression format supporting both lossless and lossy compression
Matroska (mkv) - container for all type of multimedia formats (audio, video, images, subtitles)
WebM - a video/audio container format
Theora - lossy video compression format
FFV1 - Lossless infra video-codec
x265 - A H.265 / HEVC video encoder application library, designed to encode video or images into an H.265 / HEVC encoded bitstream