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# Digital video file formats

## Overview

|OpenDML and other AVI files|Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
|---------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                           |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
|Supported by               |Movie import component                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
|Macintosh file type        |`'VfW '`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
|File name extensions       |.avi                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|metadata handling          |All Microsoft-defined “tombstone” data is transferred to the imported movie’s user data. Metadata fields that have QuickTime equivalents are mapped as follows: `'ICOP'` maps to `kUserDataTextCopyright`, `'ISBJ'` maps to `kUserDataTextInformation`, `'INAM'` maps to `kUserDataTextFullName`, `'ICRD'` maps to `'©day'`, `'IMED'` maps to `'©fmt'`, `'ISRC'` maps to `'©src'`. Where no QuickTime equivalent exists, the metadata item’s four-character code is modified by replacing the initial `I` with the symbol `©`. All other characters remain unchanged.|
|Software required          |QuickTime 3                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |

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