File format support

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Overview

The file format to use when creating content is important. When creating content for a limited device such as an #Android player, the file format support is limited and has to be adhered to.

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Windows player

Image formats

Format Extension Transparency Support
Portable Network Graphics Format .png Yes
PhotoShop .psd Yes
JPEG Images .jpg, .jpeg No
TIFF Image .tif, .tiff Yes
Windows Bitmap .bmp Yes
GIF Image .gif No
Interchange File Format .ilbm, .iff No
PCX Images .pcx No
Paint Shop Pro format .psp, .pspimage No
Truevision TARGA .tga No

Video Formats

The Windows player puts no restrictions on the resolution or bitrate of videos, but you should select a format in accord with the hardware. We recommend you to try out and decide on what video format to use and then keep to this format throughout your content creation.

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Format Extension Note Transparency Support
Quicktime .mov Requires QuickTime Player Yes
Windows Media Video .wmv Advanced Profile may require codec No
AVI (DivX, XviD...) .avi Codec required No
AVI (Uncompressed) .avi Yes
Mpeg-1 .mpg, .mpeg No
Mpeg-2 .mpg, .mpeg, mp2v Codec required No
Mpeg-4/AVC .mp4 Codec required No
Vob Files .vob Codec required No
Animated GIF Images .gif Yes

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Music Formats

Format Extension Note
Mp3 Audio .mp3
Ogg Audio .ogg Codec required
Windows Media Audio .wma
Wav, Riff .wav, .rif, .riff

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Other formats

Format Extension Note
Adobe Flash .swf Using the Flash Object
Adobe PDF .pdf Using the PDF Object
HTML files .htm, .html. mht, .mhtml Using the Web Page Object
Microsoft PowerPoint files .ppt, .pptx Using the PowerPoint Object
Text files .txt Using Data connections
RSS feeds Using DISE Parser
Databases (MySQL, MSSQL, PostgreSQL...) Using DISE Parser

Android player

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Image formats

Format File extension Maximum resolution Transparency Support
Portable Network Graphics Format .png 1920 x 1080 (Landscape), 1080 x 1920 (Portrait) Yes
JPEG Images .jpg, .jpeg 1920 x 1080 (Landscape), 1080 x 1920 (Portrait) No

Video formats

Format File extension Maimum resolution Recommended maximum bit rate
Mpeg-4/AVC .mp4 1920 x 1080 (Landscape), 1080 x 1920 (Portrait) 10 Mbps

Other formats