A special chart style that uses 8 directional notes (left, up-left, up, up-right, right, down-right, down, & down-left) which typically correspond to 8 infrared hand sensors placed in a circular layout.

A static banner image

A static background image

A static image of the CD jacket/album cover art

A plain-text file with the extension .LRC which contains the lyrics to the simfile’s song, set against time stamps for when those lyrics will be displayed.

An .ini file containing the additional meta data used by EKS-D ParaMania for information such as crediting a choreography source, dancers, video source, freestyle visualization VJ, etc. as well as settings for specific ParaMania features.

[DEPRECIATED in favor of paramania.ini] A plain-text file containing the additional meta data used by EKS-D ParaMania for information such as crediting a choreography source, dancers, video source, freestyle visualization VJ, etc.

A separate file comprising a short audio preview loop, usually consisting of approximately 32 beats of the song’s chorus. Audio preview files will often correspond with footage showcased in a preview video file.

A short video preview loop, usually consisting of approximately 32 beats of the song’s chorus, demonstrating an example of the parapara dance’s choreography.

A static image, typically the logo for a series, group, or organization a song, dance, or video can be attributed to

A video background featuring a visualization, PV/music video, or other non-dance video to be placed behind parapara freestyle and non-parapara charts.

A video background featuring dancer(s) performing an alternate parapara dance choreography if one is featured in the simfile.

A video background featuring dancer(s) performing the parapara dance choreography corresponding to the chart.