A 3GP file format is used to store video and audio clips on a mobile phone that is enabled with video and audio recording facility. This makes the files which are usually pretty large compressed and small. This makes their transfer very easy and also makes uploading it to the computer a quick and easy task. A 3GP file is not however restricted to the phone on which the recording has been made. It can be viewed on any phone that is 3G enabled. So this makes this video or audio file easily shareable whether through your mobile phone or through your computer. Also, since a 3GP file is the compressed version of the actual file, not a lot of bandwidth is consumed. This makes transfer a lot quicker and simpler as not a lot of data needs to be transferred. Actually the 3GP file format is nothing but the MPEG 4 file format that is reduced to its bare essential and enabled with AAC audio facilities.
You can use various applications on your PC to play a 3GP file format. These applications include VLC Media Player, Apple QuickTime Player and Real Player. In case you want to play this file using Windows Media Player 11 then you can easily do so. It is a major misconception that a 3GP file cannot be played in Windows Media Player 11. In fact, all you really need to do to ensure that it plays in it is to install Windows Media Player Classic. Your 3GP file will then run easily on your computer without any hassles. If you want to import your 3GP file into a program that you will be bale to use to edit the file then you can use MIKSOFT Mobile 3GP Converter that can easily be downloaded from the internet.