Young County District Court, Texas Document Format Requirements

CRITICAL

Audio exhibits may not exceed 100 MB.

Audio exhibits may not exceed 100 MB.

CRITICAL

Video files may not exceed 5 GB.

Video files may not exceed 5 GB.

CRITICAL

Media must use one of the listed file formats; exhibits already in a listed format need not be converted, while other exhibits must be converted to a listed format.

Media must be submitted in a file format from the following list: .avi, .wmv, .wav, .mpg, .mid, .asf, .mpeg, .mpl, .mp2, .mp3, .mp4, .m4v, .mpg, .ogg, .oga, .ogv, .webm. If an exhibit is in one of the foregoing formats with the associated extensions, the sponsoring party does not have to convert it to one of the above-referenced formats. If it is not in one of the above-referenced formats, the sponsoring party shall convert it to one of the above-referenced formats.

CRITICAL

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

Only segments offered as an exhibit can be on the audio or video media.

CRITICAL

An audio recording must be included in the record as an .mp3 file, Unif. Format Manual for Tex. Reporters’ Records § 8.9, or in a format supported by one of the following media players if the original is natively supported by that player: Quick Time (Apple), VLC media player (VideoLAN Organization), or Windows media player (Microsoft), JCIT Technology Standards § 3.2.A.

An audio recording must be included in the record as an .mp3 file, Unif. Format Manual for Tex. Reporters’ Records § 8.9, or in a format supported by one of the following media players if the original is natively supported by that player: Quick Time (Apple), VLC media player (VideoLAN Organization), or Windows media player (Microsoft), JCIT Technology Standards § 3.2.A.

CRITICAL

Video exhibits must be included as .mp4 files or in a listed player-supported format when the original is natively supported by that player.

A video recording must be included in the record as an .mp4 file, Unif. Format Manual for Tex. Reporters’ Records § 8.10, or in a format supported by one of the following media players if the original is natively supported by that player: Quick Time (Apple), VLC media player (VideoLAN Organization), or Windows media player (Microsoft), JCIT Technology Standards § 3.2.A.

CRITICAL

Format

PDF

Text-document exhibits must be text-searchable PDFs, preferably converted directly and scanned only if necessary.

Exhibits in the form of text documents must be prepared in text-searchable Portable Document Format (PDF), preferably by converting the document directly into a PDF file, but may be scanned if necessary.

CRITICAL

Photographic exhibits must appear as images in the computer file, captured digitally or scanned from a print.

Photographs must be included within the computer file as images, either by capturing photographs directly with a digital camera or by scanning from a photographic print.

CRITICAL

The sponsoring party must submit audio or video media in an accepted Court of Appeals format, converting it if necessary.

When introducing an audio or video CD/DVD/Media storage device, the Court ORDERS that the sponsoring party of such media shall ensure that it is in a format that may be uploaded and accepted by the appropriate Court of Appeals applying its current guidelines. Media must be submitted in a file format from the following list: .avi, .wmv, .wav, .mpg, .mid, .asf, .mpeg, .mpl, .mp2, .mp3, .mp4, .m4v, .mpg, .ogg, .oga, .ogv, .webm. If an exhibit is in one of the foregoing formats with the associated extensions, the sponsoring party does not have to convert it to one of the above-referenced formats. If it is not in one of the above-referenced formats, the sponsoring party shall convert it to one of the above-referenced formats.

CRITICAL

Audio exhibits may not exceed 100 MB.

Audio exhibits may not exceed 100 MB.

CRITICAL

Video files may not exceed 5 GB.

Video files may not exceed 5 GB.

CRITICAL

Audio or video media may contain only the segments offered as exhibits; those segments must be copied to separate media rather than submitting unoffered segments.

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

CRITICAL

If the Court of Appeals cannot open an offered exhibit during an appeal, the sponsoring party must provide the court reporter with the exhibit in an acceptable format.

If at any time in the future the case is on appeal and the Court of Appeals cannot open an exhibit that was offered, the sponsoring party that offered the exhibit will be responsible for providing the court reporter with the exhibit that is in the acceptable format.

WARNING

Written, audio, and video exhibits must be in a form acceptable to appellate courts.

All exhibits, whether written, audio or video must be in a form acceptable by Appellate Courts.

WARNING

If an appellate court cannot open an offered exhibit, the sponsoring party must provide the court reporter with that exhibit in an acceptable format.

If at any time in the future the case is on appeal and the Court of Appeals cannot open an exhibit that was offered, the sponsoring party that offered the exhibit will be responsible for providing the court reporter with the exhibit that is in the acceptable format.

WARNING

Documentary exhibits should conform as closely as possible to the specified technology standards.

Documentary exhibits should also conform as closely as possible to section 3.1 of the most recent Technology Standards promulgated by the Judicial Committee on Information Technology and approved by the Supreme Court of Texas.