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Format

DjVu File Format

Summary

Name
DjVu File Format
Identifiers
  • PUID: fmt/255
  • MIME: image/x-djvu
Format type
Image (Raster)
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.
File extensions
djvu, djv
Source
National Library of Singapore / National Library Board Singapore
Developed by
Caminova Corporation
Supported by
Caminova Corporation

Internal signatures

DjVu File Format

Note
Header ASCII: AT&T followed by container Chunk FORM, then either DJVMDIRM or DJVUINFO as secondary identifiers to DjVu document type. This is a generic signature which will identify all DjVu files up to DjVu specifications v3. No distinction is made between single or multi page documents, or any internal image encoding.

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
None
Byte Sequence
41542654464F524D{4}(444A564D4449524D|444A5655494E464F)
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • Updated in V120

    Release date
    25 February 2025

    DjVu File Format: New description added as part of PRONOM Research Week 2024. Submitted by Digital Research Alliance of Canada - Federated Research Data Repository / Alliance de recherche numérique du Canada - Dépôt fédéré de données de recherche.

  • Added in V46

    Release date
    8 February 2011

    DjVu Format: Record title updated from Document Express with DjVu Professional Edition and version information removed.

    DjVu Format: Signature developed through PRONOM Research.