Morae File Types
The following table describes files types used with Morae.
FILE EXTENSION DESCRIPTION
RDG Save a recording created in Morae Recorder to create a file with an .rdg extension.
Create one recording per participant.
The recording (.rdg) file includes video (camera and screen), logged markers and
tasks, selected event streams (camera, microphone, keystrokes, screen text and
mouse clicks) and study configuration information.
If you do not move all of the rollover files (.r02, .r03, etc.) to a common folder
with the .rdg file, Manager cannot import the recording. For more information,
see
File Rollover for Long Recording.
MRCFG In Morae, you create a study configuration (.mrcfg) that contains your study
information, including task definitions, marker definitions and satisfaction surveys.
The study configuration file also contains recording information, including how you
want to start and stop Recorder, what events you want to capture, who will log tasks
in Observer and how you want to process the recordings.
MPR In Manager, use a project file (.mpr) to organize your recordings and studies and
analyze data across recordings and studies.
MPCA Export and import project components (recordings and Title clips) to share your
analysis with another user. You can bring all of your analysis from recordings in one
project into another project using a Morae project component archive.
MGSRCH Once you have created and run a couple of searches, you may find that you use one
or more of them repeatedly. To make the analysis process more efficient, you can
save your most commonly used search profiles in a Morae Manager Search Profile
(.mgsrch) file.
CSV Save the following data in Manager as a .csv file to open in other applications such
as Microsoft Excel:
• Search results from the Analyze tab.
• Graph data from the Graph tab.
TXT Save the Log from Observer after a session is finished in a .txt format. Import the .txt
of the file into Microsoft Excel or other applications for review or to print the Log.
The file is tab-delimited so if you open the file in Excel, it will open with the
data in columns that match the Log.
WMV Record content displayed in Observer and save the video as a .wmv file to
immediately playback and share the recording session.
Produce a highlight video in Manager as either .avi or .wmv format.
AVI Produce a highlight video in Manager as either .avi or .wmv format.
BMP Save a graph or screenshot from Recorder as a bitmap image (.gif) to use in other
applications such as Microsoft Word or PowerPoint.
EMF Save a graph as an bitmap image (.emf) to use in other applications such as
Microsoft Word or PowerPoint.
Pack and Show
EXE
Use Pack and Show to package the Morae Player along with your AVI video in a
single self-extracting zipped .exe file for clients or team members to view. You do not
have to worry about codec installation or know which media player is installed on a
client’s system.
