H.265 ⁽⁵⁾

AAC/AC3/MP3

H.264

AAC/AC3/MP3

Profiles:
Baseline@L1, L1.1, L1.2, L1.3
Baseline@L2, L2.1, L2.2 ⁽³⁾
Baseline@L3, L3.1, L3.2
Baseline@L4, L4.1, L4.2
Baseline@L5, L5.1, L5.2
Baseline@L6, L6.1, L6.2 ⁽⁴⁾

Main@L1, L1.1, L1.2, L1.3
Main@L2, L2.1, L2.2 ⁽³⁾
Main@L3, L3.1, L3.2
Main@L4, L4.1, L4.2
Main@L5, L5.1, L5.2
Main@L6, L6.1, L6.2 ⁽⁴⁾

High@L1, L1.1, L1.2, L1.3
High@L2, L2.1, L2.2 ⁽³⁾
High@L3, L3.1, L3.2
High@L4, L4.1, L4.2
High@L5, L5.1, L5.2
High@L6, L6.1, L6.2 ⁽⁴⁾

High10⁽¹⁾@L1, L1.1, L1.2, L1.3
High10⁽¹⁾@L2, L2.1, L2.2 ⁽³⁾
High10⁽¹⁾@L3, L3.1, L3.2
High10⁽¹⁾@L4, L4.1, L4.2
High10⁽¹⁾@L5, L5.1, L5.2
High10⁽¹⁾@L6, L6.1, L6.2 ⁽⁴⁾

MPEG-2

AAC/AC3/MP3

Profiles:
Main@High

MPEG-4

AAC/AC3/MP3

Profiles:
Visual Simple@L0, L5, L6

XDCAM EX

AAC/AC3/MP3

^{(1) HDR playback is not supported yet
(2) Shows incorrect colors
(3) The level defines the maximum resolution and bitrate. Anything less than level 3 is not relevant for broadcast environments
(4) Known as CPU intensive
(5) Requires ClipPlayer Pro license}

AVC

AAC LC

Profiles:
High@L1, L1.2
High@L2.1
High@L3, L3.1
High@L4, L4.2
High@L5

MPEG Video 2

Mpeg Audio , Layer2

Profiles:
Main@Main
Main@High, High 1440

MPEG Video 2 Transport Stream

Mpeg Audio , Layer2

Profiles:
Main@Main
Main@High 1440

MPEG Video 1 ⁽¹⁾

Mpeg Audio, Layer1

^{(1) known as very low quality}

Lagarith

PCM

supports Alpha

uncompressed

PCM

RGB +Alpha
UYVY 422

Newtek Codecs

Speed HQ 420
Speed HQ 4224 Alpha
Speed HQ 4224 DCT Alpha
Speed HQ 4444 ⁽²⁾
Speed HQ 4444 DCT ⁽²⁾

DVCAM
DV50
DVPAL
DVCPro
DVCPro100

PCM

Profiles: 420, 422

411

JPEG

PCM

Intel IYUV

PCM

Matrox Mpeg2 i-Frame
Matrox Mpeg2 i-Frame HD

PCM

alpha not supported
alpha not supported

Mpeg-4 Visual

MPEG Audio Layer 3

Simple@L1

^{(2) Shows incorrect colors}

Animation ⁽³⁾

PCM

DV25
DV50
DVC Pro

PCM

ProRes

PCM

422: HQ/LT/Proxy

4444:

DNxHD

PCM

SQ 8bit
HQ 8bit
HQX 10bit

DNxHR

PCM

SQ 8bit
HQ 8bit
LB 8 bit
HQX 10bit ⁽¹⁾
444 10bit ⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾

AVC

AAC/PCM

Profiles:
Baseline@L4.1
High@L3, L3.2
High@L4, L4.1, L4.2

uncompressed ⁽³⁾

PCM

RGB
YUV 422 8bit

Apple JPEG

PCM

HAP ⁽⁴⁾

AAC/PCM ⁽⁵⁾

HAP, HAP Alpha, HAP Q

^{(1) HDR playback is not supported yet
(2) Shows incorrect colors
(3) Known as extremely I/O intensive
(4) Requires ClipPlayer Pro license
(5) HAP is a pure image compression codec. Audio is based on the stream inside the container.}

DV, DVCPro, DVCPro HD

PCM

IMX

PCM

Class 30/40/50

DNxHD

PCM

Matrox MPEG iFrame

PCM

alpha not supported

MPEG 2

PCM

Profiles:
Main@Main
Main@High, High 1440

XDCam/XDCAM HD

PCM

Class 18/25/35
4:2:2 50

XDCam EX

PCM

Class 18/35

AVC Intra

PCM

Class 50/100/200

AVC Long GOP

PCM

4:2:0 Class 6/Class 12/Class 25
4:2:2 Class 25

XAVC Intra ⁽⁴⁾

PCM

Class 100/Class 200

XAVC Intra 2K ⁽⁴⁾

PCM

Class 100

XAVC Long GOP ⁽⁴⁾

PCM

25MBit/35MBit/50MBit

^{(4) Known as extremely CPU intensive}

Windows Media V7

WMA Pro

Profiles:
V7
V8
V9, V9 Advanced, V9 Screen

MPEG-4 Visual (Microsoft)

n/a

MPEG-4 Visual (Microsoft)

n/a

MPEG-4

AAC

Profiles:
Visual Simple@L2, L6

AVC

n/a

Profiles:
High@L4, L5.1

VP9

opus

VP8

opus

H.263

Profiles:
Baseline@1.0

AVC

opus/aac

Profiles:
Baseline@L1

vp6f

Mpeg Audio Layer 3

Sorenson Spark

Mpeg Audio Layer 3

AVC

Vorbis, opus, aac

Profiles:
High@L1.2
High@L2.1
High@L3, L3.1
High@L4
High@L5

AVC (H264)

AAC, opus, aac, eac3

High@L4

MPEG-2

AAC

MPEG-4 Visual

AAC

Simple@L1

Theora

AAC

VP8

AAC

VP9

AAC

R3D

RED camera container

OGV

Ogg Video File

F4V

Flash Video

MJPEG

Motion JPEG

RM

Real Media Video

SWF

Small Web Format / Shockwave

WTV

Windows Recorded TV Show

AVI

Ross Expression

AVI

huffyuv

AVI

Cinepak

AVI

FMP4

AVI

M701

AVI

xVid

AVI

Microsoft RLE

AVI

Microsoft Video1

AVI

YUV 10bit V210

MOV

AIVM

MOV

ProRes 4444 XQ

MOV

GoPro Cineform

MOV

uncompressed YUV 422 10bit

V210

MP4

AV1