AVI OpenDML File Format with FFV1 video encoding

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AVI OpenDML File Format with FFV1 video encoding

Table of Contents

Identification and description
Local use
Sustainability factors
Quality and functionality factors
File type signifiers
Notes
Format specifications
Useful references

Format Description Properties

ID: fdd000349
Short name: AVI_FFV1
Content categories: moving-image
Format Category: file-format, encoding
Other facets: container-wrapper, binary, sampled
Last significant FDD update: 2016-03-08
Draft status: Partial

Identification and description

Relationship to other formats
Full name	AVI OpenDML File Format with FFV1 video encoding
Description	File format that wraps FFV1 video essence data with other data chunks, e.g., audio, in AVI_OpenDML_1_02.
Production phase	Middle state, used for storage or archiving
Subtype of	AVI_OpenDML_1_02, AVI File Format with OpenDML Extensions, Version 1.02
Contains	FFV1, FF Video Codec 1
May contain	Sound essences and other elements, not described at this time.

Local use

LC experience or existing holdings	None
LC preference

Sustainability factors

Disclosure	AVI is fully documented and a proprietary file format developed by Microsoft and IBM as part of RIFF, the Resource Interchange File Format for Windows 3.1. FFV1 is an open-source specification and comes from the FFmpeg project.
Documentation	See AVI. The FFV1 specification is maintained by the FFmpeg project's current leader Michael Niedermayer.
Adoption	Modest adoption of AVI and FFV1 in heritage repositories. One notable adopter of the AVI/FFV1 combination is the Austrian Mediathek. Information about their use of FFV1 can be found here (link available through Internet Archive).
Licensing and patents	See AVI and FFV1.
Transparency	See AVI and FFV1.
Self-documentation	See AVI and FFV1.
External dependencies	See AVI and FFV1.
Technical protection considerations	See AVI and FFV1.

Quality and functionality factors

File type signifiers and format identifiers

Tag	Value	Note
Filename extension	See related format.	See AVI.

Notes

General
History

Format specifications

FFV1 Video Codec Specification (http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/~michael/ffv1.html).

Useful references

URLs

Information about the Austrian Mediathek's use of FFV1 (link available through Internet Archive) (https://web.archive.org/web/20160417021816/http://www.dva-profession.mediathek.at/documentation/2-dva-profession-used-at-the-austrian-mediathek/).
See also AVI and FFV1.

Last Updated: 06/17/2021