Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem (DECE) Graphic
image/vnd.dece.graphic
Released 2011
· by Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem (DECE) LLC
The image/vnd.dece.graphic MIME type is an obsolete, vendor-specific identifier created by the Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem (DECE) for the UltraViolet digital video platform. It was used within Common File Format (CFF) XML manifests to declare graphic assets such as movie posters, cover art, and chapter thumbnails. The underlying file data was typically standard JPEG or PNG, but the unique MIME type allowed UltraViolet DRM systems to properly classify the assets.
Technical Specifications
.jpg.png.uvi
DCT (JPEG)DEFLATE (PNG)
image/jpegimage/png
Magic Bytes & HTTP Headers
ÿØÿ (If JPEG) / ‰PNG (If PNG)
Browser Support Matrix
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Advantages & Limitations
- Allowed the UltraViolet DRM ecosystem to easily distinguish structural UI/cover graphic assets from actual encrypted video tracks in a Common File Format container
- Completely obsolete since the 2019 shutdown of UltraViolet
- Unnecessary abstraction, as the underlying files were just standard JPEGs or PNGs
- Causes modern strict MIME-type validators to fail if they rely on the Content-Type header
Developer Code Snippets
File Detection Steps
How to programmatically detect a image/vnd.dece.graphic
file by reading its raw bytes:
- 1 Because the underlying files are standard JPEGs or PNGs, magic byte detection will identify them as 'image/jpeg' or 'image/png'.
- 2 The 'image/vnd.dece.graphic' type is only found in legacy XML asset manifests or HTTP headers from deprecated UltraViolet servers.
Software Support
Conversion Tools
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JSON API
All data on this page is available as a free, open JSON API. Use it in your project, documentation, or tooling.
GET https://freewebptojpg.com/mime/image/dece-graphic.json
Open JSON
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the DECE graphic format?
DECE (Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem) was the consortium behind UltraViolet, a cloud-based digital rights locker for movies. The image/vnd.dece.graphic MIME type was used in their manifests to identify movie metadata images, like cover art.
Is image/vnd.dece.graphic a unique image format?
No. Structurally, the files labeled with this MIME type were almost always standard JPEG or PNG files. The MIME type was strictly used for content negotiation and asset classification within the UltraViolet ecosystem.
Is the UltraViolet (DECE) format still used?
No. The UltraViolet service officially shut down in July 2019, making this MIME type completely obsolete. Assets can simply be renamed to .jpg or .png and opened in standard image viewers.