C Video File and Compression Formats

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).

C.1 Apple QuickTime 3.0 Data Formats

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

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

The following lists the supported Microsoft Video for Windows data format, file extension, and MIME type:

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.

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 following lists the supported RealNetworks Real Video data format, file extension, and MIME type:

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

C.4 Supported Video MPEG Data Formats

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

C.4.1 Supported MPEG1 and MPEG2 Data Formats

The following lists the supported video MPEG1 and MPEG2 data format, file extension, and MIME type:

Format: MPEG
File extension: .mpg
MIME type: video/mpeg

C.4.2 Supported MPEG4 Data Formats

The following lists the supported video MPEG1 and MPEG2 data format, file extension, and MIME type:

Format: MP4
File extension: .mp4
MIME type: application/mpeg4