# png movie? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 2, 2002, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/png-movie/130588 "2002-10-02T20:57:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![scm1001](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@scm1001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scm1001)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2002, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/png-movie/130588/1 "2002-10-02T20:57:56Z")
I have a file which is with an extension .png. I understood it is a graphics format, but at 1M length I suspect it is a movie. However I can’t get anything to play it. (I have a mac, quicktime 4, IE 5.1, OS 9.1). Any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![black\_rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@black\_rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/black_rabbit)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2002, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/png-movie/130588/2 "2002-10-02T21:52:01Z")
Png _is_ a graphics format, but it _should_ be static, as far as I know. Quick test: Open it through the file menu of your web browser. ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2002, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/png-movie/130588/3 "2002-10-02T21:52:16Z")
.png is an image file ([Portable Network Graphics](http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/)). It’s definitely not a movie format as far as I’m aware. ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2002, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/png-movie/130588/4 "2002-10-02T22:58:55Z")
A PNG file is never an animation. There is a similar format, called [url=http://www.libpng.org/pub/mng/]MNG[/url, which does allow animations to be encoded, but your file shouldn’t be one of these. I’d do what **black455** suggests: open it in a viewer that you know will display PNGs properly, and see if it does display properly. If it doesn’t display properly, I’d suggest scanning it for virii. On second thought, I reccomend doing that first, then trying to display it. ---
**Author:** ![scm1001](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@scm1001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scm1001)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2002, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/png-movie/130588/5 "2002-10-03T15:10:45Z")
I decided to try to get to the bottom of this. Searching the web, I have found movies with a .png attachment, but they are all porno so i can’t link to them here. However searching for google for- png movie rez - will rapidly pick up a few for those who might like to help. No idea (or inclination) how to play them though. The rez part seems to be a needed resource or perhaps codex that is sometimes associated with the files? as far as my original attachment goes, it is not a virus according to my scanner, (being a machead means never having to worry bout virii, especially those with a windows .extension), but won’t play on quicktime or mediaplayer or similar either.