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MediaView plays video files, displays static images, tracks objects, and measures distances.
Playing Videos
For AVI files, MediaView supports the following compression formats by default: MJPEG/MJPG, CVID (cinepak), uncompressed 24-bit color, and RLE 8-bit color.

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Import an aeroelastic finite element model with Nastran Bulk Data format.
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Media Files
MediaView plays video files, displays static images, tracks objects, and measures distances.
- Supported File Types
- Media Browser
  The MediaView Media Browser is located on the tab area sidebar and allows you to view and edit media files.
- Adjust the View
  Control the view and display of your media file in the modeling window.
- Measures
  Use the Measures panel to create a vector across any portion of a static or movie image and display the value of the vector in pixels.
- Playing Videos
  For AVI files, MediaView supports the following compression formats by default: MJPEG/MJPG, CVID (cinepak), uncompressed 24-bit color, and RLE 8-bit color.
  - Obtain a List of Installed Codes
- External Video Decoder
  MediaView can open video files which were unreadable in previous versions by using external programs as format translators, which create an AVI file using the MJPEG codec.
- Altair Movie Format
  The Altair Movie Format (AMF) specification is a digital video format.
- Tracing
  Trace key points and objects in your video and set up a tracking system on an object in the video.
- Format
  Apply annotations, headers, and footers to your video.
- Compare
  Compare video frames or overlay frames with other videos or images to watch them in flips.
Tabulate Results
Use TableView to create an Excel-like spreadsheet.
Text Files
TextView math scripts reference vector data from HyperGraph windows to automate data processing and data summary.
Publishing and Reporting
Create, define, and export reports.

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Playing Videos

For AVI files, MediaView supports the following compression formats by default: MJPEG/MJPG, CVID (cinepak), uncompressed 24-bit color, and RLE 8-bit color.

An AVI file can contain many other compression formats, and it is possible that some of these formats will not play in MediaView, even if these files are playable in general media viewing tools. There are an infinite number of these formats, and we cannot include all of the necessary compressor/decompressor modules (codecs) with MediaView for general and legal reasons. It is possible that these and other file formats, like WMV, MPG (MJPEG), MP4, Media Encoder 64-bit, and so on, can be played in MediaView, but the required codec and possibly other components need to be installed on your system. Most of codecs can be downloaded from the internet.

If you have a video that does not play in MediaView automatically:

Read videos by converting their codec into MJPEG:
1. From the Preferences dialog, activate the option File > Preferences > Media > Always Convert to MJPEG.
2. See *ConverterOutputSettings() to learn more about configuring converter output settings.
Read videos without converting:
Download the necessary codecs and install them separately. MediaView can read most AVI files with newer codecs, such as Xvid, on Windows. Most of the commercial or open source 64-bit encoders, such as ffdshow tryouts 64-bit, ensure all necessary codecs are available. You must also activate the necessary codecs inside the ffdshow video decoder configuration. To obtain the decoders for WMV formats, install Windows Media Encoder 64-bit from the Microsoft download/support pages.

Playing on Windows: Activate the necessary codecs inside the ffdshow video decoder configuration. Then, read the video file in MediaView.
Playing on Linux: There is no simple way to install external codecs on Linux, so you must use the MJPEG converter that is included in MediaView. On Linux, it is enabled by default (File > Preferences > Media).