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BPG at a glance
BPG
BPG arrived in the mid-2010s when image engineers were looking for better post-JPEG compression before AVIF and JPEG XL had ecosystem momentum.
TOD at a glance
TOD
TOD appeared with JVC's HD-capable Everio camcorders around 2006 as the high-definition counterpart to the earlier MOD format, using MPEG-2 Transport Stream rather than Program Stream to accommodate HD bitrates.
Format comparison
| Feature | BPG | TOD |
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| File type | Image | Video |
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| Created year | 2014 | 2004 |
| Inventor | Fabrice Bellard | JVC |
| Status | active | legacy |
| Transparency | Not supported | Not supported |
| Animation | Supported | Not supported |
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| Layer support | Not supported | Not supported |
| Camera raw data | Not supported | Not supported |
| HDR support | Supported | Not supported |
| Streaming ready | Not supported | Not supported |
When to use each format
When to use BPG
- Your source file is already in BPG.
- Preserve source expectations before exporting to TOD.
- BPG is commonly used in image workflows.
When to use TOD
- Your target workflow expects TOD.
- Improve delivery compatibility with TOD.
- TOD is commonly used in video workflows.
FAQs
Why convert BPG to TOD?
Convert to TOD when preserving an original JVC Everio recording or when a legacy ingest workflow still expects the camera-native file.
More commonly, convert from TOD into MP4, MOV, or a mezzanine format during home-video migration and archive cleanup.
What changes when converting BPG to TOD?
This conversion changes how the format behaves in downstream tools and delivery environments.
Moving to TOD removes animation support. Moving to TOD removes HDR content.
What should I review after converting BPG to TOD?
Validate output quality on representative files and confirm the target format behaves correctly in the destination workflow.