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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
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
3GPP video file | n/a | mpeg4sr | 3GP | M | N | N | N | Y | N | N
3GPP2 video file | n/a | mpeg4sr | 3G2 | M | N | N | N | Y | N | N
Adobe Flash Player audio | n/a | mpeg4sr | F4A | M | N | N | N | Y | N | N
Adobe Flash Player audio book | n/a | mpeg4sr | F4B | M | N | N | N | Y | N | N
Adobe Flash Player protected video | n/a | mpeg4sr | F4P | M | N | N | N | Y | N | N
Adobe Flash Player video | n/a | mpeg4sr | F4V | M | N | N | N | Y | N | N
Apple ISO-BMFF QuickTime video | n/a | MCI | QT MOV | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N
Apple MPEG-4 Part 14 audio | n/a | mpeg4sr | M4A | M | N | N | N | Y | N | N
Apple MPEG-4 Part 14 audio book | n/a | mpeg4sr | M4B | M | N | N | N | Y | N | N
Apple MPEG-4 Part 14 protected audio | n/a | mpeg4sr | M4P | M | N | N | N | Y | N | N
Apple MPEG-4 Part 14 video | n/a | mpeg4sr | M4V | M | N | N | N | Y | N | N
Audible Enhanced Audiobook | n/a | mpeg4sr | AAX | M | N | N | N | Y | N | N
KDDI video file | n/a | MCI |  | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N
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
ISO-BMFF MPEG-4 with AVC extension | n/a | mpeg4sr |  | 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
Mobile QuickTime video | n/a | mpeg4sr | MQV | M | N | N | N | Y | N | N
Motion JPEG 2000 | n/a | kpjp2000rdr | MJ2 MJP2 | N | Y | Y | N | N | N | N
jp2000sr | M | M | N | N | Y | 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-21 | n/a | mpeg4sr |  | M | N | N | N | Y | N | N
MPEG-4 Audio | n/a | mpeg4sr | MP4 3GP | M | N | N | N | Y | N | N
Nero AAC audio | n/a | mpeg4sr |  | M | N | N | N | Y | N | N
Nero MPEG-4 profile | n/a | mpeg4sr |  | M | N | N | N | Y | N | N
Nero MPEG-4 profile with AVC extension | n/a | mpeg4sr |  | M | N | N | N | Y | N | N
NeXT/Sun Audio | n/a | MCI | AU | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N
NTT MPEG-4 | n/a | mpeg4sr |  | M | N | N | N | Y | N | N
QuickTime Movie | 2, 3, 4 | MCI | QT MOV | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N
Sony PSP MPEG-4 | n/a | mpeg4sr | MP4 | M | N | N | N | Y | N | N
Sony XAVC video | n/a | mpeg4sr |  | M | N | N | N | Y | 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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