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# Multimedia Formats

Viewing SDK plays some multimedia files using the Windows Media Control Interface (MCI). MCI is a set of Windows APIs that communicate with multimedia devices.

Supported Multimedia Formats

Format | Version | Reader | Extension | Filter | Export | View | Extract | Metadata | Charset | Header/Footer
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Advanced Systems Format | 1.2 | asfsr | ASF WMA WMV | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N
Audio Interchange File Format | n/a | MCI | AIFF | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N
aiffsr | AIFF | M | N | N | N | Y | N | N
Microsoft Wave Sound | n/a | MCI | WAV | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N
riffsr | WAV | M | N | N | N | Y | N | N
MIDI | n/a | MCI | MID | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N
MPEG-1 Audio layer 3 | ID3 v1 and v2 | MCI | MP3 | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N
mp3sr | MP3 | M | M | Y | N | Y | N | N
MPEG-1 Video | 2, 3 | MCI | MPG | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N
MPEG-2 Audio | n/a | MCI | MPEGA | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N
MPEG-4 Audio | n/a | mpeg4sr | MP4 3GP | M | N | N | N | Y | N | N
NeXT/Sun Audio | n/a | MCI | AU | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N
QuickTime Movie | 2, 3, 4 | MCI | QT MOV | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N
Windows Video | 2.1 | MCI | AVI | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N

NOTE:

Depending on the default multimedia player installed on your computer, the View API might not be able to play some supported multimedia formats. To play multimedia files, the View API uses the Windows Media Control Interface (MCI) to communicate with the multimedia player installed on your computer. If the player does not play a multimedia file that is supported by the Viewing SDK, the View API cannot play the file.

If you cannot play a supported multimedia file by using the View API, install a different multimedia player or compressor/decompressor (codec) component.

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