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A.2 Supported File Formats
The DVS software supports various uncompressed as well as com-
pressed file formats. Some are video or audio-only file formats and
some are container file formats that contain audio as well as video.
This section lists the file formats that are supported by the DVS soft-
ware directly.
Video-only File Formats
The following video-only file formats (still image formats) are support-
ed by the VENICE server:
Some of the file formats (especially the compressed ones) can
be used on a single video channel of the VENICE server only. A
simultaneous processing with a further video channel may lead
to drops.
Format
Name
Default
Extension
File storage
format
Description
BMP *.bmp 3×8bit RGB and
4×8bit RGBA
8 bit RGB file format with or without key.
Windows bitmap format. Only uncompressed
bitmaps are supported (no RLE compression).
Cineon
1
*.cin 3 × 10 bit RGB 10 bit RGB format. Subset of the ANSI/
SMPTE DPX file format. Flexible file format by
Kodak, allowing for variable image headers.
DPX
1, 2
*.dpx 3×8bit RGB and
4×8bit RGBA
8 bit RGB file format with or without key.
SMPTE Standard File Format for digital mov-
ing-picture exchange.
8 bit YUV 4:2:2 and
YUVA 4:2:2:4
8 bit YUV file format with or without key.
SMPTE Standard File Format for digital mov-
ing-picture exchange.
3 × 10 bit RGB and
4 × 10 bit RGBA
10 bit RGB file format with or without key.
SMPTE Standard File Format for digital mov-
ing-picture exchange.
10 bit YUV 4:2:2 and
YUVA 4:2:2:4
10 bit YUV file format with or without key.
SMPTE Standard File Format for digital mov-
ing-picture exchange.
3 × 12 bit RGB 12 bit RGB file format. SMPTE Standard File
Format for digital moving-picture exchange.
3 × 16 bit RGB 16 bit RGB file format. SMPTE Standard File
Format for digital moving-picture exchange.
Targa *.tga 3×8bit RGB,
4×8bit RGBA and
8bit Luma
Targa image format. Only uncompressed vari-
ants of this format are supported.