Format

4X Movie File

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Summary

Name: 4X Movie File
Identifiers: PUID: fmt/1150
Format type: Video
Description: The 4X Movie format is a proprietary video format developed by 4X Technologies, primarily used for full motion video within computer and console video games.
File extensions: 4xm, 4xa
Submitted by: Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives

Relationships

Has priority over

Resource Interchange File Format (RIFF)

Internal signatures

4X Movie File

Description: BOF: RIFF{4}4XMVLIST{4}HEAD
Provenance: https://wiki.multimedia.cx/index.php/4xm_Format

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length: Absolute from BOF
Offset: 0
Max offset: 0
Byte Sequence: 52494646{4}34584D564C495354{4}48454144
Endianness: None

Changelog

V114

Release date

22 August 2023
- Updated
  
  4X Movie File: Added priority over fmt/1886. Submitted by New York Public Libraries and Preservica.
V94

Release date

17 September 2018
- Added format
  
  4X Movie File: Full entry added.
- Added signature
  
  4X Movie File: Signature developed through PRONOM Research.