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Details for: Digital Video

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Summary
Name	Digital Video
Version
Other names
Identifiers	MIME: video/dv PUID: x-fmt/152
Family
Classification	Video
Disclosure
Description	The Digital Video file format was developed as a videocassette format in the 1990s by a consortium of consumer video companies and is described in the IEC 61834 series of standards. DV video content utilizes Discrete Cosine Transform compression, but allows for higher quality than formats that use similar compression schemes. DV files can be "raw" with the .dv file extension or wrapped into video container formats.
Orientation	Text
Byte order
Related file formats	None.
Technical Environment
Released
Supported until
Format Risk
Developed by	None.
Supported by	None.
Source	Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Source date	02 Aug 2005
Source description	v.120- New description added as part of PRONOM Research Week 2024. Submitted by Duke University Libraries.
Last updated	03 Jan 2025
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