- Extension
- .usm
- .jpc
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Video
- Raster Image
- Developer
- CRI Middleware
- Joint Photographic Experts Group
- Description
- CRI USM Video is a proprietary video container format developed by CRI Middleware for use in video games. It stores compressed audio and video streams, often using CRI's own codecs, and is commonly used for cutscenes and in-game video playback. It is prevalent in many console and PC games developed in Japan.
- Image format that uses JPEG 2000 advanced wavelet compression; supports color depths of 8, 24, and 32 bits per pixel; also supports grayscale, RGB, YCbCr, XYZ, and Lab color spaces.
- MIME Type
- video/usm
- image/jp2
