C Video File and Compression Formats

This appendix describes the video file and compression formats supported by Oracle Multimedia, in these sections:

Apple QuickTime 3.0 Data Formats
Microsoft Video for Windows (AVI) Data Formats
RealNetworks Real Video Data Format
Supported 3GP Data Format
Supported Video MPEG Data Formats
Supported Windows Media File Format (ASF) for Video Data

Find the video data format you are interested in, and then determine the supported formats. For example, Table C-1 shows that Oracle Multimedia supports Apple QuickTime 3.0 MOOV file format and a variety of compression formats from Cinepak to Motion-JPEG (Format B).

C.1 Apple QuickTime 3.0 Data Formats

The supported Apple QuickTime 3.0 data format, file extension, and MIME type are as follows:

Data format: MOOV
File extension: .mov
MIME type: video/quicktime

Table C-1 lists the supported Apple QuickTime 3.0 data compression format names and compression format codes. The compression format codes are the FourCC codes that Oracle Multimedia obtains from the dataFormat field of the video sample description entry of the 'stsd' atom in the QuickTime file. The table lists only the compression format codes recognized by Oracle Multimedia.

Table C-1 Supported Apple QuickTime 3.0 Data Compression Formats

Compression Format Name	Compression Format Code
Cinepak	CVID
JPEG	JPEG
Uncompressed RGB	RGB
Uncompressed YUV422	YUV2
Graphics	SMC
Animation: Run Length Encoded	RLE
Apple Video Compression	RPZA
Kodak Photo CD	KPCD
QuickDraw GX	QDGX
MPEG Still Image	MPEG
Motion-JPEG (Format A)	MJPA
Motion-JPEG (Format B)	MJPB

C.2 Microsoft Video for Windows (AVI) Data Formats

The supported Microsoft Video for Windows data format, file extension, and MIME type are as follows:

Data format: AVI
File extension: .avi
MIME type: video/x-msvideo

Table C-2 lists the supported Microsoft Video for Windows (AVI) compression format names and compression format codes. The compression format codes are the FourCC codes that Oracle Multimedia obtains from the compression field of the 'strf' chunk in the AVI file. The table lists only the compression format codes recognized by Oracle Multimedia.

Table C-2 Supported AVI Data Compression Formats

Compression Format Name	Compression Format Code
Microsoft Video 1	CRAM
Intel Indeo 3.1	IV31
Intel Indeo 3.2	IV32
Intel Indeo 4.0	IV40
Intel Indeo 4.1	IV41
Intel Indeo 5.0	IV50
Intel Indeo 5.1	IV51
Cinepak	CVID

C.3 RealNetworks Real Video Data Format

The supported RealNetworks Real Video data format, file extension, and MIME type are as follows:

Data format: RMFF
File extension: .rm
MIME type: video/x-pn-realvideo

C.4 Supported 3GP Data Format

The supported video 3GP data format, file extension, and MIME type are as follows:

Data format: 3GP
File extension: .3gp
MIME type: video/3gpp

C.5 Supported Video MPEG Data Formats

The supported video MPEG formats are MPEG1, MPEG2, and MPEG4, as described in the following sections.

C.5.1 Supported MPEG1 and MPEG2 Data Formats

The supported video MPEG1 and MPEG2 data format, file extension, and MIME type are as follows:

Data format: MPEG
File extension: .mpg
MIME type: video/mpeg

C.5.2 Supported MPEG4 Data Formats

The supported video MPEG4 data format, file extension, and MIME type are as follows:

Data format: MP4
File extension: .mp4
MIME type: video/mp4

C.6 Supported Windows Media File Format (ASF) for Video Data

Oracle Multimedia supports the Advanced Systems Format (ASF) file format used by Microsoft Windows Media. These files are denoted by the suffixes .wmv and .asf. The Oracle Multimedia objects ORDVideo and ORDDoc can recognize ASF format data and extract attributes about the video media from the data.

Note:

To access these formats, install the software from the Oracle Multimedia Software section of the Oracle Technology Network Web site at

http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/multimedia/

See Support for the Windows Media File Format (ASF) for more information about these formats.

For more information about the Advanced Systems Format used by Microsoft Windows Media, see the Windows Media Web site at

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/

The supported Windows Media file extension and MIME type for video data stored in an ORDVideo object are as follows:

File extension: .wmv
MIME type: audio/x-ms-wmv

The supported Windows Media file extension and MIME type for video data stored in an ORDDoc object are as follows:

File extension: .asf
MIME type: video/x-ms-asf

Table C-3 lists the supported Windows Media video compression format names and format codes for the ASF formats.

Table C-3 ASF Video Compression Formats and Format Codes

Compression Formats	Format Codes
Windows Media Video V7	WMV1
Windows Media Video V8	WMV2
Windows Media Video 9	WMV3
Windows Media Screen V7	MSS1
Windows Media Video 9 Screen	MSS2
Windows Media MPEG-4 Video v3	MP43
ISO MPEG-4 Video V1	MP4S
Uncompressed YUV422	YUV2