Freestone County District Court, Texas Document Format Requirements

CRITICAL

The sponsoring party must ensure audio or video media is in a format that can be uploaded and accepted by the appropriate court of appeals under its guidelines.

When introducing an audio or video CD/DVD/Media storage device, the Court orders that the sponsoring party of the media shall ensure it is in a format that may be uploaded and accepted by the appropriate court of appeals and their guidelines.

CRITICAL

Audio exhibits may not exceed 100 Mb.

Audio exhibits may not exceed 100 Mb.

CRITICAL

Video files may not exceed 2 GB.

Video files may not exceed 2 GB.

CRITICAL

Audio or video media must use one of the listed extensions; media with another extension must be converted, while listed extensions need not be converted to .mp3 or .mp4.

A list of valid extensions that the media must be submitted in are: .avi, .wmv, .ogg, .oga, .ogv, .webm. If an exhibit has any of those extensions, the sponsoring party does not have to convert it to a .mp3 or .mp4 file. If it does not have any of those extensions, the sponsoring party shall convert it.

CRITICAL

Audio or video exhibit media may contain only the segments being offered as exhibits.

Only segments offered as an exhibit can be on the audio or video media (i.e., a DVD of jail phone calls with 50 calls, if only certain calls are being offered, copy only those calls onto a separate disk and offer that disk as an exhibit, not all 50 calls).

CRITICAL

Format

PDF

Document exhibits must be in PDF format.

Documents: PDF

CRITICAL

Audio and video exhibits must use an accepted file extension; other files must be converted to an acceptable format, and the media may contain only the offered exhibit.

**Audio and Video files:** A list of valid extensions that these files must be submitted in are: .avi, .wmv, .wav, .mpg, .mid, .asf, .mpeg, .mp1, .mp2, .mp3, .mp4, .mp4v, .mpg, .ogg, .oga, .ogv, .webm. If an exhibit has any of those extensions, the sponsoring party is not required to convert it to a .mp3 or .mp4 file. If it does not have any of those extensions, the sponsoring party shall convert it to an acceptable format. Nothing other than what is offered as an Exhibit may be included on the audio or video media.

WARNING

If the Court of Appeals cannot open an offered exhibit while the case is on appeal, the sponsoring party must provide the court reporter with the exhibit in the format required by that court.

If at any time in the future the case in on appeal and the Court of Appeals cannot open the exhibit that was offered, the sponsoring party that offered the exhibit will be responsible to provide the court reporter with the exhibit that is in the acceptable format as required by the appropriate court of appeals.

WARNING

Exhibits designated for the reporter’s record must be arranged numerically, bound together as far as practicable, and accompanied by an index briefly identifying each exhibit.

Any exhibits designated by the parties for inclusion in the reporter's record shall be arranged in numerical order and firmly bound together so far as practicable, together with an index consisting of a brief description identifying each exhibit.

WARNING

The appendix and transcription must conform to applicable specifications of the Supreme Court or Court of Criminal Appeals and comply with the cited appellate-record order and uniform format manual.

The form of the appendix and transcription shall conform to any specifications of the Supreme Court and/or the Court of Criminal Appeals and comply with the Order Directing the Form of the Appellate Record and the Uniform Format Manual for Texas Reporters' Records.

INFO

Physical evidence may be submitted as a photograph.

**Physical evidence** may be submitted via a photograph.