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MBM (file format)

MBM is shortened from MultiBitMap which, as the name suggests, is a container for a set of bitmap images. The contained bitmaps are not stored verbatim. Rather, each one is stored with a modified bitmap header with no data compression or with 8-, 12-, 16-, or 24-bit RLE compression.

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Multibitmap
Filename extension
.mbm
Internet media typeimage/x-epoc-mbm, application/octet-stream
Type of formatImage
Container forBMP file format
Contained bySymbian installation source
StandardSymbian application

MBM is shortened from MultiBitMap1 which, as the name suggests, is a container for a set of bitmap images. The contained bitmaps are not stored verbatim. Rather, each one is stored with a modified bitmap header with no data compression or with 8-, 12-, 16-, or 24-bit RLE compression.

MBM files are used by lots of Symbian GUI applications to store their graphical content.1

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References

References

  1. "MBM file, 2 ways to open MBM files (2023)". DataTypes.net. Retrieved 2023-03-16.