{
 "id": "3gp",
 "name": "3GP",
 "family": "3gp-and-3g2",
 "category": "audio",
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   "3gp",
   "3gpp"
  ],
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   "video/3gpp",
   "audio/3gpp"
  ],
  "puid": [
   "fmt/357"
  ],
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   "Q27863097"
  ],
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    "hex": "667479703367",
    "notes": "3GPP Audio/Video File"
   }
  ],
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   {
    "name": "3GPP Audio/Video File",
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     {
      "position": "bof",
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     }
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   "writes": false
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   "name": "Adobe Photoshop Album",
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   "writes": false
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   "name": "Adobe Premiere Pro",
   "url": "http://adobe.com/products/premiere",
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   "writes": false,
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  {
   "name": "Android",
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   "writes": true,
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  {
   "name": "Apache Tika",
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   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "Apache Software License 2.0",
   "open_source": true
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  {
   "name": "Awave Studio",
   "url": "https://www.fmjsoft.com/awavestudio.html#main",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": true
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  {
   "name": "Creator NXT 2",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123202026",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": true
  },
  {
   "name": "ExifTool",
   "url": "https://exiftool.org/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "Artistic License / GNU General Public License, version 1.0 or later",
   "open_source": true
  },
  {
   "name": "Final Cut Pro X",
   "url": "https://www.apple.com/final-cut-pro/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "proprietary license"
  },
  {
   "name": "GStreamer",
   "url": "https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "GNU Library General Public License, version 2.0 or later",
   "open_source": true
  },
  {
   "name": "Movavi Video Editor",
   "url": "https://www.movavi.com/videoeditor/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "proprietary license"
  },
  {
   "name": "NVivo",
   "url": "https://lumivero.com/products/nvivo/",
   "reads": false,
   "writes": true,
   "license": "proprietary license"
  },
  {
   "name": "PhotoRec",
   "url": "http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "GNU General Public License",
   "open_source": true
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  {
   "name": "Pinnacle Studio 17 Ultimate",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123246373",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": true
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  {
   "name": "Q207902",
   "url": "https://www.adobe.com/acrobat.html",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": true,
   "license": "proprietary license"
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  {
   "name": "Q50938515",
   "url": "https://joinpeertube.org/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "GNU Affero General Public License, version 3.0 or later",
   "open_source": true
  },
  {
   "name": "SonicStage",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1564939",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "freeware"
  },
  {
   "name": "Veblr",
   "url": "https://veblr.com",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false
  },
  {
   "name": "VideoStudio X7",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113644652",
   "reads": false,
   "writes": true
  },
  {
   "name": "VLC media player",
   "url": "https://www.videolan.org/vlc/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1 or later",
   "open_source": true
  },
  {
   "name": "Windows Media Player, version 12",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28018460",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false
  },
  {
   "name": "YouTube",
   "url": "https://www.youtube.com/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "end-user license agreement"
  },
  {
   "name": "YouTube App",
   "url": "https://m.youtube.com",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "end-user license agreement / proprietary license"
  },
  {
   "name": "YouTube Space Rio",
   "url": "https://www.youtubespacerio.com",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false
  },
  {
   "name": "FFmpeg",
   "url": "https://ffmpeg.org",
   "license": "LGPL-2.1-or-later / GPL-2.0-or-later",
   "open_source": true,
   "reads": true,
   "writes": true,
   "via": "3gp-and-3g2"
  },
  {
   "name": "ImageMagick",
   "url": "https://imagemagick.org",
   "license": "ImageMagick License",
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   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
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  },
  {
   "name": "Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q121759405",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": true,
   "via": "3gp-and-3g2"
  },
  {
   "name": "Adobe After Effects",
   "url": "https://www.adobe.com/products/aftereffects",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "proprietary license",
   "via": "3gp-and-3g2"
  },
  {
   "name": "aTube Catcher",
   "url": "https://www.atube.me/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "via": "3gp-and-3g2"
  },
  {
   "name": "EZ CD Audio Converter",
   "url": "https://www.poikosoft.com/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "via": "3gp-and-3g2"
  },
  {
   "name": "Freemake Video Converter",
   "url": "http://www.freemake.com/free_video_converter/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "freeware",
   "via": "3gp-and-3g2"
  },
  {
   "name": "MAXQDA",
   "url": "http://www.maxqda.com/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "proprietary license",
   "via": "3gp-and-3g2"
  },
  {
   "name": "Media Player (Windows 11)",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q109616196",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "via": "3gp-and-3g2"
  },
  {
   "name": "Microsoft Photos",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26328552",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "Microsoft end-user license agreement",
   "via": "3gp-and-3g2"
  },
  {
   "name": "OpenPuff",
   "url": "https://embeddedsw.net/OpenPuff_Steganography_Home.html",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "GNU Lesser General Public License",
   "open_source": true,
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  },
  {
   "name": "PhotoModeler",
   "url": "http://www.photomodeler.com",
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   "writes": false,
   "license": "proprietary license",
   "via": "3gp-and-3g2"
  },
  {
   "name": "VideoStudio Pro X5",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110977928",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": true,
   "via": "3gp-and-3g2"
  },
  {
   "name": "Xilisoft Video Converter 3",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q122229367",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "via": "3gp-and-3g2"
  },
  {
   "name": "xine",
   "url": "https://xine.sourceforge.net/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "GNU General Public License",
   "open_source": true,
   "via": "3gp-and-3g2"
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 "projects": [
  {
   "name": "File Formats Wiki",
   "url": "http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/3GP",
   "kind": "wiki"
  },
  {
   "name": "PRONOM fmt/357",
   "url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/PRONOM/fmt/357",
   "kind": "format-doc"
  },
  {
   "name": "Wikidata Q27863097",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27863097",
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 ],
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   "pronom",
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 },
 "updated": "2026-10-24",
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   "to": "flac-free-lossless-audio-codec-1-2-1",
   "tool": "FFmpeg",
   "command": "ffmpeg -i in.3g2 out.flac",
   "fidelity": "partial",
   "losses": "Audio track only: the video is dropped.",
   "url": "https://ffmpeg.org",
   "via": "3gp-and-3g2"
  },
  {
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   "tool": "FFmpeg",
   "command": "ffmpeg -i in.3g2 out.wav",
   "fidelity": "partial",
   "losses": "Audio track only: the video is dropped.",
   "url": "https://ffmpeg.org",
   "via": "3gp-and-3g2"
  },
  {
   "to": "mpeg-1-2-audio-layer-3",
   "tool": "FFmpeg",
   "command": "ffmpeg -i in.3g2 out.mp3",
   "fidelity": "lossy",
   "losses": "Lossy re-encoding.",
   "url": "https://ffmpeg.org",
   "via": "3gp-and-3g2"
  },
  {
   "to": "ogg",
   "tool": "FFmpeg",
   "command": "ffmpeg -i in.3g2 out.ogg",
   "fidelity": "lossy",
   "losses": "Lossy re-encoding.",
   "url": "https://ffmpeg.org",
   "via": "3gp-and-3g2"
  },
  {
   "to": "mpeg-4-part-14",
   "tool": "FFmpeg",
   "command": "ffmpeg -i in.3g2 out.mp4",
   "fidelity": "lossy",
   "losses": "Re-encoded with lossy codecs by default; try `-c copy` to remux without re-encoding when the codecs fit the container.",
   "url": "https://ffmpeg.org",
   "via": "3gp-and-3g2"
  },
  {
   "to": "matroska-1-4",
   "tool": "FFmpeg",
   "command": "ffmpeg -i in.3g2 out.mkv",
   "fidelity": "lossy",
   "losses": "Re-encoded with lossy codecs by default; try `-c copy` to remux without re-encoding when the codecs fit the container.",
   "url": "https://ffmpeg.org",
   "via": "3gp-and-3g2"
  },
  {
   "to": "webm",
   "tool": "FFmpeg",
   "command": "ffmpeg -i in.3g2 out.webm",
   "fidelity": "lossy",
   "losses": "Re-encoded with lossy codecs by default; try `-c copy` to remux without re-encoding when the codecs fit the container.",
   "url": "https://ffmpeg.org",
   "via": "3gp-and-3g2"
  },
  {
   "to": "portable-network-graphics",
   "tool": "ImageMagick",
   "command": "convert in.3g2 out.png",
   "fidelity": "lossless",
   "losses": "Pixels kept; some metadata, colour profiles or layers may be dropped.",
   "url": "https://imagemagick.org",
   "via": "3gp-and-3g2"
  },
  {
   "to": "tagged-image-file-format",
   "tool": "ImageMagick",
   "command": "convert in.3g2 out.tif",
   "fidelity": "lossless",
   "losses": "Pixels kept; some metadata, colour profiles or layers may be dropped.",
   "url": "https://imagemagick.org",
   "via": "3gp-and-3g2"
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  {
   "to": "jpeg-file-interchange-format-1-02",
   "tool": "ImageMagick",
   "command": "convert in.3g2 out.jpg",
   "fidelity": "lossy",
   "losses": "Lossy compression.",
   "url": "https://imagemagick.org",
   "via": "3gp-and-3g2"
  },
  {
   "to": "webp",
   "tool": "ImageMagick",
   "command": "convert in.3g2 out.webp",
   "fidelity": "lossy",
   "losses": "Lossy compression.",
   "url": "https://imagemagick.org",
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  },
  {
   "to": "gif",
   "tool": "ImageMagick",
   "command": "convert in.3g2 out.gif",
   "fidelity": "lossy",
   "losses": "Reduced to 256 colours.",
   "url": "https://imagemagick.org",
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