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Does Orthanc support videos?
author | Sebastien Jodogne <s.jodogne@gmail.com> |
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date | Fri, 22 Apr 2016 14:54:02 +0200 |
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--- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/Sphinx/source/faq/video.rst Fri Apr 22 14:54:02 2016 +0200 @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +Does Orthanc support videos? +============================ + +The answer to this question really depends on what you mean by +"support" and "video": + +* In the world of DICOM, a "video" can either refer to a 2D+t (aka. a + "cine" sequence of individual frames) or a real video (compressed + using H.264 or MPEG2). For instance, ultrasound devices would + generate cine sequences, whereas recent endoscopes would generate + real videos. +* Depending on the context, "support" can mean "*Is Orthanc able to + query/receive/transfer DICOM files?*", or "*Is Orthanc able to + render/play DICOM files?*". + +If you "just" want to **query/receive/transfer** DICOM videos, Orthanc +will work fine either with 2D+t or real videos (because Orthanc is a +`Vendor Neutral Archive +<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vendor_Neutral_Archive>`__). + +If you also want to **play** the videos, to the best of our knowledge, +there is currently no Orthanc plugin for H.264 or MPEG2 (though such a +plugin should be developed in the future). However, if your video is a +2D+t (cine) sequence, Orthanc can already display it inside a Web +browser by at least 2 different means: + +1. The built-in, administrative interface called :ref:`Orthanc + Explorer <orthanc-explorer>` is able to display the individual + frames and manually navigate between them through keyboard. +2. The official `Web viewer plugin + <http://www.orthanc-server.com/static.php?page=web-viewer>`__ will + allow you to use the mouse scroll wheel to display the successive + frames of the video. + +To summarize, if your video is not encoded with MPEG2 or H264, OR if +you do not need to play the video within a Web browser, Orthanc +actually supports video.