Electronic Arts Formats
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- Extensions: ASF, CMV, DCT, TGI, TGV, TGQ, WVE, UV, UV2, MAD, VP6
- Company: Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts, the video game publishing empire, and the various constituent development houses under its umbrella, have deployed a number of multimedia formats in its games.
EA multimedia formats are comprised of a series of blocks with the following format:
bytes 0-3 block type FourCC bytes 4-7 block size bytes 8.. block payload
It is important to note that there is no consistent byte order for multi-byte numbers.
Chunk Types
- Electronic Arts SEAD: SEAD, SNDC, SEND
- Electronic Arts 1SNx: 1SNh, 1SNd, 1SNl, 1SNe
- Electronic Arts SCxl: SCHl, SCCl, SCDl, SCLl, SCEl
- Electronic Arts MVI: MVIh, MVIf, MVIe
- Electronic Arts TGV: kVGT, fVGT
- Electronic Arts DCT: mTCD
- Electronic Arts TGQ: TGQs
- Electronic Arts TQI: pIQT
- Electronic Arts MAD: MADk, MADm, MADe
- Electronic Arts VP6: MVhd, MV0K, MV0F
Games Using Electronic Arts Multimedia Formats
Name | File Ext | Video Codec | Audio Codec | Byte Order |
---|---|---|---|---|
CyberMage: Darklight Awakening | tgv | TGV | 1SNx/EACS/pcm_s8 | le |
Need for Speed | tgv | TGV | 1SNx/EACS/pcm_s8 | le |
Privateer 2: The Darkening | tgv | TGV | SEAD/adpcm_ima_ea_sead | le |
NBA Live 96 | tgv | TGV | 1SNh/EACS/adpcm_ima_ea_eacs | le |
Need for Speed 2 | dct | DCT | SCHl/PT/adpcm_ea | le |
Need for Speed 2 (Demo) | uv | TGQ | SCHl/PT/adpcm_ea | le |
Warcraft II: The Dark Saga (Sega Saturn) | tgq | TGQ | ? | be |
Crusader: No Remorse (Sega Saturn) | tgq | TGQ | 1SNh/EACS/mulaw | be |
Wing Commander: Prophecy | wve | TQI | SCHl/PT/adpcm_ea | le |
NBA Live 99 | mad | MAD | SCHl/PT/adpcm_ea | le |
Need for Speed 3: Hot Pursuit | mad | MAD | SCHl/PT/adpcm_ea | le |
Need for Speed 4: High Stakes | mad | MAD | SCHl/PT/adpcm_ea | le |
Need for Speed 5: Porsche | mad | MAD | SCHl/PT/adpcm_ea_r1 | le |
Need for Speed 6: Hot Pursuit 2 | mad | MAD | SCHl/PT/adpcm_ea_r1 | le |
FIFA 2005 | mad | MAD | SCHl/PT/adpcm_ea_r1, SCHl/PT/adpcm_ea_r3 | le |
Need for Speed: Underground 2 | vp6 | VP6 | SCHl/GSTR/adpcm_ea_r3 | le |
Need for Speed: Most Wanted | vp6 | VP6 | SCHl/GSTR/adpcm_ea_r3 | le |