SGI movie

File Format
Name	SGI movie
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Video SGI movie
Extension(s)	.mv, .movie, .sgi
MIME Type(s)	video/x-sgi-movie

SGI movie is a proprietary video file format associated with Silicon Graphics products, including IRIX. Other names for it include SGI video and mv.

The format was supported by programs named movieplayer, capture, and others.

Identification

Files begin with ASCII "MOVI".

Software

• FFmpeg
• XAnim

Sample files

• https://samples.ffmpeg.org/sgi/
• http://www.csb.yale.edu/userguides/image/moviemaker/movie/
• dexvert samples — video/sgiMovie

Links

• SGI movie FAQ
• movieplayer man page