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PMD at a glance
PMD
The .pmd extension appeared in Sony's prosumer and professional recording device output alongside other Sony-proprietary formats like MQV, serving as a companion metadata or media descriptor file.
VDA at a glance
VDA
The Truevision line grew out of EPICenter-era PC graphics boards, and several board names ended up surviving as filename extensions even when the underlying raster structure stayed close to the wider TGA family.
Format comparison
| Feature | PMD | VDA |
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| File type | Video | Image |
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| Created year | 2004 | 1987 |
| Inventor | Sony | Truevision |
| Status | legacy | active |
| Transparency | Not supported | Not supported |
| Animation | Not supported | Not supported |
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| 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
- Your source file is already in PMD.
- Preserve source expectations before exporting to VDA.
- PMD is commonly used in video workflows.
When to use VDA
- Your target workflow expects VDA.
- Improve delivery compatibility with VDA.
- VDA is commonly used in image workflows.
FAQs
Why convert PMD to VDA?
Convert to VDA when recovering or preserving historical Truevision-era graphics assets, or when normalizing a legacy image collection before moving it into PNG, TIFF, or another contemporary raster format.
What changes when converting PMD to VDA?
This conversion changes how the format behaves in downstream tools and delivery environments.
Moving to VDA removes streaming delivery.
What should I review after converting PMD to VDA?
Validate output quality on representative files and confirm the target format behaves correctly in the destination workflow.