The following sections describe the video file and compression formats supported by Oracle interMedia ("interMedia"). To use these sections, find the data format you are interested in, and then determine the supported formats using the table in each section. For example, Table C-1 shows that interMedia supports Apple QuickTime 3.0 MOOV file format and a variety of compression formats from Cinepak to Motion-JPEG (Format B).
The supported Apple QuickTime 3.0 data format, file extension, and MIME type are as follow:
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 interMedia 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 interMedia.
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 |
The following lists the supported Microsoft Video for Windows data format, file extension, and MIME type:
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 interMedia obtains from the compression field of the 'strf' chunk in the AVI file. The table lists only the compression format codes recognized by interMedia.
The following lists the supported video 3GP data format, file extension, and MIME type:
Data format: 3GP
File extension: .3gp
MIME type: video/3gpp
The following lists the supported RealNetworks Real Video data format, file extension, and MIME type:
Data format: RMFF
File extension: .rm
MIME type: video/x-pn-realvideo
The supported video MPEG formats are MPEG1, MPEG2, and MPEG4, as described in the following sections.