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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