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PMD at a glance
PMD
Convert to PMD when maintaining compatibility with a Sony-centered production workflow, preserving source media from a professional ingest system, or migrating archived broadcast assets that were originally wrapped for structured editorial exchange.
JPEG 2000 at a glance
JPEG 2000
Archival-grade image storage requiring extended JPEG 2000 capabilities, multi-component professional imaging, and complex document imaging workflows.
Format comparison
| Feature | PMD | JPEG 2000 |
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| File type | Video | Image |
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| Compression / quality | depends | depends |
| File size characteristics | large | medium |
| Compatibility | moderate | broad |
| Editability | limited | moderate |
| Created year | 2004 | 2004 |
| Inventor | Sony | ISO/IEC (JPEG committee) |
| Status | legacy | active |
| Transparency | Not supported | Not supported |
| Animation | Not supported | Supported |
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| Archival suitability | moderate | moderate |
| Metadata handling | moderate | moderate |
| Delivery profile | strong | strong |
| Workflow fit | delivery | delivery |
| Layer support | Not supported | Not supported |
| Camera raw data | Not supported | Not supported |
| HDR support | Not supported | Not supported |
| Streaming ready | Supported | Not supported |
When to use each format
When to use PMD
- editing
- mastering
- streaming delivery
- Integrates Sony-specific production metadata into the recording workflow.
When to use JPEG 2000
- capture ingest
- editing
- web or print delivery
- Richer packaging than baseline JP2.
FAQs
Why convert PMD to JPEG 2000?
Archival-grade image storage requiring extended JPEG 2000 capabilities, multi-component professional imaging, and complex document imaging workflows.
What changes when converting PMD to JPEG 2000?
This conversion changes how the format behaves in downstream tools and delivery environments.
Size profile changes from large in PMD to medium in JPEG 2000. Editability profile changes from limited in PMD to moderate in JPEG 2000. Compatibility profile changes from moderate in PMD to broad in JPEG 2000.
Moving to JPEG 2000 adds animation support. Moving to JPEG 2000 removes streaming delivery.
What should I review after converting PMD to JPEG 2000?
Check the exported file for Even more niche than basic JPEG 2000 in everyday tooling.; Complexity and uneven support limit casual interoperability.; Usually appears in specialist pipelines rather than general-purpose publishing..