# Read images, audio or video Acquire / file A variant of [Read another file format](https://meridian.online/operations/read-another-file-format). Load image, audio or video files as pixels, samples or frames. Page: ## Status Not built yet. arcform does not do this yet. [Its place on the roadmap](https://meridian.online/roadmap#read-another-file-format) ## What other tools call it Meridian's classification; an independent blind rating agreed on 95.7% of 324 rows (variant, version 3). - Alteryx Designer: [`Image Input`](https://help.alteryx.com/current/en/designer/tools/alteryx-intelligence-suite/computer-vision/image-input.html) (read 2026-09-27) - KNIME Analytics Platform: [`Read Images`](https://api.hub.knime.com/nodes/*1Q6x1iNhocnmQf8s?details=full) (read 2026-09-27) - mlpack: [`BMP`](https://www.mlpack.org/doc/user/load_save.html) (read 2026-09-27) - mlpack: [`GIF`](https://www.mlpack.org/doc/user/load_save.html) (read 2026-09-27) - mlpack: [`JPG`](https://www.mlpack.org/doc/user/load_save.html) (read 2026-09-27) - mlpack: [`MP3`](https://www.mlpack.org/doc/user/load_save.html) (read 2026-09-27) - mlpack: [`PGM`](https://www.mlpack.org/doc/user/load_save.html) (read 2026-09-27) - mlpack: [`PIC`](https://www.mlpack.org/doc/user/load_save.html) (read 2026-09-27) - mlpack: [`PNG`](https://www.mlpack.org/doc/user/load_save.html) (read 2026-09-27) - mlpack: [`PNM`](https://www.mlpack.org/doc/user/load_save.html) (read 2026-09-27) - mlpack: [`PPM`](https://www.mlpack.org/doc/user/load_save.html) (read 2026-09-27) - mlpack: [`PSD`](https://www.mlpack.org/doc/user/load_save.html) (read 2026-09-27) - mlpack: [`TGA`](https://www.mlpack.org/doc/user/load_save.html) (read 2026-09-27) - mlpack: [`WAV`](https://www.mlpack.org/doc/user/load_save.html) (read 2026-09-27) - mlpack: [`mlpack_image_converter`](https://www.mlpack.org/doc/user/bindings/cli.html) (read 2026-09-27) - RapidMiner Studio: [`Process Images from Webcam`](https://docs.rapidminer.com/latest/studio/operators/extensions/Image%20Processing/data_access/process_webcam.html) (read 2026-09-27) - RapidMiner Studio: [`Read Image`](https://docs.rapidminer.com/latest/studio/operators/extensions/Image%20Processing/data_access/read_image.html) (read 2026-09-27) - RapidMiner Studio: [`Read Image from Webcam`](https://docs.rapidminer.com/latest/studio/operators/extensions/Image%20Processing/data_access/read_from_webcam.html) (read 2026-09-27) - RapidMiner Studio: [`Read Video`](https://docs.rapidminer.com/latest/studio/operators/extensions/Image%20Processing/data_access/read_video.html) (read 2026-09-27) - VisiData: [`png (loader)`](https://github.com/saulpw/visidata/blob/7609212ec2febafa9caba7183cbebfaf49627909/visidata/loaders/png.py#L7) (read 2026-09-23)