DVI

This article is about the Intel DVI graphic/video/audio format; see DVI (Device Independent File Format) for PostScript DVI.

File Format
Name	DVI
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Graphics DVI
Extension(s)	.dvi, .imr, .img, .imb, .imy, .imi, .imq, .imm, .ima, .imc, .i8, .i16, .cmy, .cmi, .cmq, .c16

DVI (Intel DVI, Digital Video Interactive) is an image, video, and audio file format created by Intel in conjunction with multimedia hardware of their design.

File extensions

DVI files come in a number of different extensions depending on their contents.

= For image files

• .IMR Red channel
• .IMG Green channel
• .IMB Blue channel
• .IMY Y luminance channel
• .IMI I color channel
• .IMQ Q color channel
• .IMM Monochrome or gray scale
• .IMA Alpha channel
• .IMC Color map
• .I8 Device-dependent data
• .I16 Device-dependent uncompressed 16-bit data
• .CMY Y luminance channel (compressed 8-bit)
• .CMI I color channel (compressed 8-bit)
• .CMQ Q color channel (compressed 8-bit)
• .C16 Device-dependent data (compressed 16-bit)

Format description

• File format description (fileformat.info)

Other links

• Wikipedia: Digital Video Interactive