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Video file formats

SDL Contenta products support several video file formats.

In the following table, read the column headers as follows.
  • Object type refers to the SDL Contenta S1000D Object Type
  • CaS refers to SDL Contenta S1000D 5.7
  • AE refers to Arbortext Editor 7.x
  • LCS refers to SDL LiveContent S1000D 5.7
  • XPP refers to SDL XML Professional Publisher 9.1 and later
File extensionObject typeCaSAELCSXPP
aviAVIyesmaybe (1)yes (2)n/a
movMOVyesmaybe (1)yes (2)n/a
mp4MP4yesmaybe (1)yes (3)n/a
ogvn/anonoyes (4)n/a
rm, ramRMyesmaybe (1)yes (2)n/a
webmn/anonoyes (4, 5)n/a
wmvWMVyesmaybe (1)yes (2)n/a
  1. Arbortext Editor can be configured if a plug-in (ActiveX viewer) is available.
  2. Requires an external viewer (plug-in).
  3. Supported natively with HTML5 by all major browsers.
  4. Supported natively with HTML5 by Mozilla Firefox and recent versions of Microsoft Edge.
  5. Supported by Microsoft Internet Explorer only with a manually installed codec.