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Format

Digital Video

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Summary

Name
Digital Video
Identifiers
  • MIME: video/dv
  • PUID: x-fmt/152
Format type
Video
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
dv
Source
Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives

Changelog

  • Updated in V120

    Release date
    25 February 2025

    Digital Video: New description added as part of PRONOM Research Week 2024. Submitted by Duke University Libraries.