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DPX: Digital Moving-Picture Exchange

The DPX file format or Digital Moving-Picture Exchange is specified in SMPTE 268M-1994 and is a pixel-based (raster) image format in which each content frame is a separate data file linked by metadata to play in the correct sequence.

NARA's DPX files are identified as PUID fmt/193 in the PRONOM database.

Record Type Product Category Choice of Product Type
Digital Moving Images from Film-based Source Material Preservation Master Motion Picture Film Maximum Capture - 4K [MPD-P1] DPX: Digital Moving-Picture Exchange
Digital Moving Images from Film-based Source Material Preservation Master Motion Picture Film Maximum Capture - 2K [MPD-P3] DPX: Digital Moving-Picture Exchange
Digital Moving Images from Film-based Source Material Preservation Master Motion Picture Film Maximum - Soundtrack Image Data [MPD-P5] DPX: Digital Moving-Picture Exchange
Digital Moving Images from Film-based Source Material Reproduction Master HD DPX [MPD-R1] DPX: Digital Moving-Picture Exchange

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