Supported data format
List of file formats supported by BV Workbench Version 4.
| GSD | RAW | TIFF/BigTIFF | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Format designed for BV Analyzer. Has many custom fields and user settings hard coded in the file structure. Analog data can also be embedded (MiCAM only). | New format designed for image with multiple regions and extensible metadata. Uses less disk space than other formats when regions of interest are small. | Standard file format. BV Workbench will switch to BigTIFF automatically when the file is larger than 4 GB. |
| Pixel bit depth | 14 bit | 8 to 16 bits | 8 or 16 bits |
| Max frames / file | 65,535 (6.5 seconds at 10,000 fps) | 4,294,967,295 | - |
| Max file size | - | - | 4GB (Standard TIFF), 2^64 bytes (BigTIFF) |
| Compression | X | 〇 (In future version) | 〇 (In future version) |
| Regions support | X | 〇 | X |
| BV Analyzer backward compatibility | 〇 | X | △ (Standard TIFF only <= 4GB) |
| BV Workbench support | Basic write support only. Automatically splits files when the number of frames is over the maximum. | 〇 | 〇 |
| File open | 〇 | 〇 | 〇 |
| File save | X | 〇 | 〇 |