PPM (Flipnote)

File Format
Name	PPM (Flipnote)
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Video PPM (Flipnote)
Extension(s)	.ppm
Released	2008

The PPM (apparently standing for Para Para Manga Koubou) format is the primary format of Nintendo DSI "Flipnotes", user-created video files. It is a "pure" (no separation between container and codec) format that stores video and audio. It can sometimes be found alongside the LST and PLS formats. In Flipnote 3D, the successor to the original Flipnote software, it was succeeded by the KWZ format.

Identification

PPM files begin with the ASCII magic number PARA.

Software

• Hatenatools
  • Peter Sundt's Flipnote-Player (GUI)
• Flipnote.js (Javascript library)
  • James Daniels's Flipnote-Player (GUI)
• PPM-Parser (Can apparently only extract individual video frames, not audio)

Links

• Page on DSiBrew
• Documentation by Peter B. Sundt (Modified version of the DSiBrew description)
• Documentation by the "Flipnote Collective"
• Wikipedia:Flipnote Studio