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Understanding Media Types and Formats

VIDIZMO holds capabilities of ingesting various media types within its enterprise CMS, and processing them into playable formats irrespective of any device, platform or browser you are using. Here, you will learn about how each transcoding service provided by VIDIZMO offers its own set of supported formats for every media type included within the enterprise portal.

Supported Media Types

Below is a list of media types supported in VIDIZMO:

  1. Video
  2. Audio
  3. Image
  4. Document
  5. Closed Captions
  6. Continuous GeoSpatial Data Extracted from Drones

Video

Generally we accept all video files (.mov, .mp4, .m4v, .m2v, .avi, .mpg, .flv, .wmv, .mkv, .webm, .ogv, .mxf, .asf, .vob, .mts). All uploaded videos are encoded into multiple pre-configured formats and resolutions to allow playback on various devices, browsers and bandwidth conditions. A Typical 1080p uploaded video will be encoded into 1080p, 720p, 480p, 360p, 240p in MPEG4, HLS , WebM and Microsoft Smooth Streaming formats to ensure playback on all devices, browsers in all bandwidth conditions. Following is a more detailed chart of video formats accepted by various VIDIZMO Products.

Supported File Formats for Video

FormatsEncoding SupportDecoding Support
3dostrX
4xmX
8088flex TMVX
AAXX
AAX
ACT VoiceX
Adobe FilmstripXX
Audio IFF (AIFF)XX
American Laser Games MMX
3GPP AMRXX
Amazing Studio Packed Animation FileX
Apple HTTP Live StreamingX
Artworx Data FormatX
Interplay ACMX
ADPX
AFCX
ADS/SS2X
APNGXX
ASFXX
ASTXX
AVIXX
AviSynthX
AVRX
AVSX
Beam Software SIFFX
Bethesda Softworks VIDX
Binary textX
BinkX
Bitmap Brothers JVX
Brute Force & IgnoranceX
BFSTMX
BRSTMX
BWFXX
codec2 (raw)XX
codec2 (.c2 files)XX
CRI ADXXX
Discworld II BMVX
Interplay C93X
Delphine Software International CINX
Digital Speech Standard (DSS)X
Canopus HQX
Canopus HQAX
Canopus HQXX
CD+GX
Phantom CineX
Cineform HDX
Commodore CDXLX
Core Audio FormatXX
CRC testing formatX
Creative VoiceXX
CRYO APCX
D-Cinema audioXX
Deluxe Paint AnimationX
DCSTRX
DFAX
DirectDraw SurfaceX
DSD Stream File (DSF)X
DV videoXX
DXAX
Electronic Arts cdataX
Electronic Arts MultimediaX
Ensoniq Paris Audio FileX
FFM (FFserver live feed)XX
Flash (SWF)XX
Flash 9 (AVM2)XX
FLI/FLC/FLX animationX
Flash Video (FLV)XX
framecrc testing formatX
FunCom ISSX
G.723.1XX
G.726X
G.729 BITXX
G.729 rawX
GENHX
GIF AnimationXX
GXFXX
HNMX
iCEDraw FileX
ICOXX
id Quake II CIN videoX
id RoQXX
IEC61937 encapsulationXX
IFFX
IFVX
iLBCXX
Interplay MVEX
Iterated Systems ClearVideoX
IV8X
IVF (On2)XX
Internet Video RecordingX
IRCAMXX
LATMXX
LMLM4X
LOASX
LRCXX
LVFX
LXFX
Magic Lantern Video (MLV)X
MatroskaXX
Matroska audioX
VIDIZMO Encoder metadataXX
MAXIS XAX
MD StudioX
Metal Gear Solid: The Twin SnakesX
Megalux FrameX
Mobotix .mxgX
Monkey’s AudioX
Motion Pixels MVIX
MOV/QuickTime/MP4XX
MP2XX
MP3XX
MPEG-1 SystemXX
MPEG-PS (program stream)XX
MPEG-TS (transport stream)XX
MPEG-4XX
MSFX
Mirillis FIC videoX
MIDI Sample Dump StandardX
MIME multipart JPEGX
MSN TCP webcamX
MTVX
MusepackX
Musepack SV8X
Material eXchange Format (MXF)XX
Material eXchange Format (MXF), D-10 MappingXX
NC camera feedX
NIST SPeech HEader REsourcesX
Computerized Speech Lab NSPX
NTT TwinVQ (VQF)X
Nullsoft Streaming VideoX
NuppelVideoX
NUTXX
OggXX
Playstation Portable PMPX
Portable Voice FormatX
TechnoTrend PVAX
QCPX
raw ADTS (AAC)XX
raw AC-3XX
raw AMR-NBX
raw AMR-WBX
raw aptXXX
raw aptX HDXX
raw Chinese AVS videoXX
raw CRI ADXXX
raw DiracXX
raw DNxHDXX
raw DTSXX
raw DTS-HDX
raw E-AC-3XX
raw FLACXX
raw GSMX
raw H.261XX
raw H.263XX
raw H.264XX
raw HEVCXX
raw Ingenient MJPEGX
raw MJPEGXX
raw MLPX
raw MPEGX
raw MPEG-1X
raw MPEG-2X
raw MPEG-4XX
raw NULLX
raw videoXX
raw id RoQX
raw SBCXX
raw ShortenX
raw TAKX
raw TrueHDXX
raw VC-1XX
raw PCM A-lawXX
raw PCM mu-lawXX
raw PCM Archimedes VIDCXX
raw PCM signed 8 bitXX
raw PCM signed 16 bit big-endianXX
raw PCM signed 16 bit little-endianXX
raw PCM signed 24 bit big-endianXX
raw PCM signed 24 bit little-endianXX
raw PCM signed 32 bit big-endianXX
raw PCM signed 32 bit little-endianXX
raw PCM signed 64 bit big-endianXX
raw PCM signed 64 bit little-endianXX
raw PCM unsigned 8 bitXX
raw PCM unsigned 16 bit big-endianXX
raw PCM unsigned 16 bit little-endianXX
raw PCM unsigned 24 bit big-endianXX
raw PCM unsigned 24 bit little-endianXX
raw PCM unsigned 32 bit big-endianXX
raw PCM unsigned 32 bit little-endianXX
raw PCM 16.8 floating point little-endianX
raw PCM 24.0 floating point little-endianX
raw PCM floating-point 32 bit big-endianXX
raw PCM floating-point 32 bit little-endianXX
raw PCM floating-point 64 bit big-endianXX
raw PCM floating-point 64 bit little-endianXX
RDTX
REDCODE R3DX
RealMediaXX
RedirectorX
RedSparkX
Renderware TeXture DictionaryX
Resolume DXVX
RL2X
RPL/ARMovieX
Lego Mindstorms RSOXX
RSDX
RTMPXX
RTPXX
RTSPXX
Sample Dump eXchangeX
SAPXX
SBGX
SDPX
SERX
Sega FILM/CPKXX
Silicon Graphics MovieX
Sierra SOLX
Sierra VMDX
SmackerX
SMJPEGXX
SMPTE 337M encapsulationX
SmushX
Sony OpenMG (OMA)XX
Sony PlayStation STRX
Sony Wave64 (W64)XX
SoX native formatXX
SUN AU formatXX
SUP raw PGS subtitlesXX
SVAGX
TDSCX
Text filesX
THPX
Tiertex Limited SEQX
True AudioXX
VAGX
VC-1 test bitstreamXX
Vidvox HapXX
VivoX
VPKX
WAVXX
WavPackXX
WebMXX
Windows Televison (WTV)XX
Wing Commander III movieX
Westwood Studios audioX
Westwood Studios VQAX
Wideband Single-bit Data (WSD)X
WVEX
XMVX
XVAGX
xWMAX
eXtended BINary text (XBIN)X
YUV4MPEG pipeXX
Psygnosis YOPX

X means that the feature in that column (encoding / decoding) is supported.

ExtensionContainerRecommended Video CodecsUnsupported Video Codecs
.mp4MPEG-4H264/AVC (all profiles), H.265/HEVC
.mov .qtApple QuickTimeH264/AVC, Apple ProRes422 & HQ, Sony XDCAM, Sony DVCAM, HDV, Panasonic DVCPro, Apple DV (DV25), Apple PhotoJPEG, Sorenson, Avid DNxHD, Avid AVRApple Intermediate, Apple Animation
.flv .f4vAdobe FlashH264/AVC, Flix VP6, H263, SorensonSWF (vector animation files)
.wmv .asfWindows Media 9WMV3 (v9), WMV2 (v8), WMV1 (v7), GoToMeeting (G2M2, G2M3, G2M4)Microsoft Screen (MSS2), Microsoft Photo Story (WVP2)
.mpg .vob .m2v .mp2MPEG-2MPEG-2
.m4vApple iTunesH264/AVC
.aviA/V InterleaveXVID, DIVX, HDV, MiniDV (DV25), Techsmith Camtasia, Huffyuv, Fraps, Panasonic DVCProIndeo3 (IV30), MJPEG, Microsoft Video 1 (MS-CRAM)
.webmWebMGoogle VP8, VP9
.ogv .oggOggTheora, VP3, Dirac
.mxfMXFSony XDCAM, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, Panasonic DVCPro
.mtsAVCHDH264/AVC
.mkvMatroskaH264/AVC
.r3d .rmRed Raw VideoMJPEG 2000
.ram .rmRealVideo**UNSUPPORTED**Real G2 (RV20), Real 8 (RV30), Real 10 (RV40)
.mj2Motion JPEG2000Motion JPEG 2000 Codec

.secAVCAdvance video codec--
.davDHAVAdvance video codec--
.h264MPEG-4H264/AVC (all profiles), H.265/HEVC--
.dceDCE fileFMP4/MPEG4--
.dv5MPEG-4Advance video codec--
.blkMPEG-4Advance video codec--
.264MPEG-4H264/AVC (all profiles), H.265/HEVC--
.dgaFMP4/MPEG4Advance video codec--
.binMPEG-4Advance video codec--
.NVFFMP4/MPEG4Advance video codec--

Supported Video Codecs

NameEncodingDecoding
4X MovieX
8088flex TMVX
A64 multicolorX
Amazing Studio PAF VideoX
American Laser Games MMX
AMV VideoXX
ANSI/ASCII artX
Apple Intermediate CodecX
Apple MJPEG-BX
Apple PixletX
Apple ProResXX
Apple QuickDrawX
Asus v1XX
Asus v2XX
ATI VCR1X
ATI VCR2X
Auravision AuraX
Auravision Aura 2X
Autodesk Animator Flic videoX
Autodesk RLEX
AV1EE
Avid 1:1 10-bit RGB PackerXX
AVS (Audio Video Standard) videoX
AYUVXX
Beam Software VBX
Bethesda VID videoX
Bink VideoX
BitJazz SheerVideoX
Bitmap Brothers JV videoX
y41p Brooktree uncompressed 4:1:1 12-bitXX
Brute Force & IgnoranceX
C93 videoX
CamStudioX
CD+GX
CDXLX
Chinese AVS videoEX
Delphine Software International CIN videoX
Discworld II BMV VideoX
Canopus Lossless CodecX
CinepakX
Cirrus Logic AccuPakXX
CPiA Video FormatX
Creative YUV (CYUV)X
DFAX
DiracEX
Deluxe Paint AnimationX
DNxHDXX
Duck TrueMotion 1.0X
Duck TrueMotion 2.0X
Duck TrueMotion 2.0 RTX
DV (Digital Video)XX
Dxtory capture formatX
Feeble Files/ScummVM DXAX
Electronic Arts CMV videoX
Electronic Arts Madcow videoX
Electronic Arts TGV videoX
Electronic Arts TGQ videoX
Electronic Arts TQI videoX
Escape 124X
Escape 130X
VIDIZMO Encoder video codec #1XX
Flash Screen Video v1XX
Flash Screen Video v2XX
Flash Video (FLV)XX
FM Screen Capture CodecX
Forward UncompressedX
FrapsX
Go2MeetingX
Go2WebinarX
Gremlin Digital VideoX
H.261XX
H.263 / H.263-1996XX
H.263+ / H.263-1998 / H.263 version 2XX
H.264 / AVC / MPEG-4 AVC / MPEG-4 part 10EX
HEVCXX
HNM version 4X
HuffYUVXX
HuffYUV VIDIZMO Encoder variantXX
IBM UltimotionX
id Cinematic videoX
id RoQ videoXX
IFF ILBMX
IFF ByteRun1X
Infinity IMM4X
Intel H.263X
Intel Indeo 2X
Intel Indeo 3X
Intel Indeo 4X
Intel Indeo 5X
Interplay C93X
Interplay MVE videoX
J2KXX
Karl Morton’s video codecX
Kega Game Video (KGV1)X
LagarithX
LCL (LossLess Codec Library) MSZHX
LCL (LossLess Codec Library) ZLIBEE
LOCOX
LucasArts SANM/SmushX
lossless MJPEGXX
MagicYUV VideoXX
Mandsoft Screen Capture CodecX
Microsoft ATC ScreenX
Microsoft Expression Encoder ScreenX
Microsoft RLEX
Microsoft Screen 1X
Microsoft Screen 2X
Microsoft Video 1X
MimicX
Miro VideoXLX
MJPEG (Motion JPEG)XX
Mobotix MxPEG videoX
Motion Pixels videoX
MPEG-1 videoXX
MPEG-2 videoXX
MPEG-4 part 2XX
MPEG-4 part 2 Microsoft variant version 1X
MPEG-4 part 2 Microsoft variant version 2XX
MPEG-4 part 2 Microsoft variant version 3XX
Newtek SpeedHQX
Nintendo Gamecube THP videoX
NuppelVideo/RTjpegX
On2 VP3X
On2 VP4X
On2 VP5X
On2 VP6X
On2 VP7X
VP8EX
VP9EX
Pinnacle TARGA CineWave YUV16X
ProresX
Q-team QPEGX
QuickTime 8BPS videoX
QuickTime Animation (RLE) videoXX
QuickTime Graphics (SMC)X
QuickTime video (RPZA)X
R10K AJA Kona 10-bit RGB CodecXX
R210 Quicktime Uncompressed RGB 10-bitXX
Raw VideoXX
RealVideo 1.0XX
RealVideo 2.0XX
RealVideo 3.0X
RealVideo 4.0X
Renderware TXD (TeXture Dictionary)X
RL2 videoX
ScreenPressorX
ScreenpressoX
Screen Recorder Gold CodecX
Sierra VMD videoX
Silicon Graphics Motion Video Compressor 1 (MVC1)X
Silicon Graphics Motion Video Compressor 2 (MVC2)X
Silicon Graphics RLE 8-bit videoX
Smacker videoX
SMPTE VC-1X
SnowXX
Sony PlayStation MDEC (Motion DECoder)X
Sorenson Vector Quantizer 1XX
Sorenson Vector Quantizer 3X
Sunplus JPEG (SP5X)X
TechSmith Screen Capture CodecX
TechSmith Screen Capture Codec 2X
TheoraEX
Tiertex Limited SEQ videoX
Ut VideoXX
v210 QuickTime uncompressed 4:2:2 10-bitXX
v308 QuickTime uncompressed 4:4:4XX
v408 QuickTime uncompressed 4:4:4:4XX
v410 QuickTime uncompressed 4:4:4 10-bitXX
VBLE Lossless CodecX
VMware Screen Codec / VMware VideoX
Westwood Studios VQA (Vector Quantized Animation) videoX
Windows Media ImageX
Windows Media Video 7XX
Windows Media Video 8XX
Windows Media Video 9X
Wing Commander III / XanX
Wing Commander IV / XanX
Winnov WNV1X
WMV7XX
YAMAHA SMAFXX
Psygnosis YOP VideoX
yuv4XX
ZeroCodec Lossless VideoX
ZLIBXX
Zip Motion Blocks VideoXX

Audio

Just like the video formats, VIDIZMO supports a range of audio files using VIDIZMO Encoder, Microsoft Azure Media Encoder, Encoding.com etc:

VIDIZMO On-Premise Encoder

Generally supports all audio formats uploaded with the video. Here is an exhaustive list of Audio Codecs supported by VIDIZMO's On Premise Encoder:

NameEncodingDecoding
8SVX exponentialX
8SVX fibonacciX
AACEXX
AAC+EIX
AC-3IXIX
ADPCM 4X MovieX
APDCM Yamaha AICAX
ADPCM CDROM XAX
ADPCM Creative TechnologyX
ADPCM Electronic ArtsX
ADPCM Electronic Arts Maxis CDROM XSX
ADPCM Electronic Arts R1X
ADPCM Electronic Arts R2X
ADPCM Electronic Arts R3X
ADPCM Electronic Arts XASX
ADPCM G.722XX
ADPCM G.726XX
ADPCM IMA AMVX
ADPCM IMA Electronic Arts EACSX
ADPCM IMA Electronic Arts SEADX
ADPCM IMA FuncomX
ADPCM IMA QuickTimeXX
ADPCM IMA Loki SDL MJPEGX
ADPCM IMA WAVXX
ADPCM IMA WestwoodX
ADPCM ISS IMAX
ADPCM IMA DialogicX
ADPCM IMA Duck DK3X
ADPCM IMA Duck DK4X
ADPCM IMA RadicalX
ADPCM MicrosoftXX
ADPCM MS IMAXX
ADPCM Nintendo Gamecube AFCX
ADPCM Nintendo Gamecube DTKX
ADPCM Nintendo THPX
APDCM PlaystationX
ADPCM QT IMAXX
ADPCM SEGA CRI ADXXX
ADPCM Shockwave FlashXX
ADPCM Sound Blaster Pro 2-bitX
ADPCM Sound Blaster Pro 2.6-bitX
ADPCM Sound Blaster Pro 4-bitX
ADPCM VIMAX
ADPCM Westwood Studios IMAX
ADPCM YamahaXX
AMR-NBEX
AMR-WBEX
Amazing Studio PAF AudioX
Apple lossless audioXX
aptXXX
aptX HDXX
ATRAC1X
ATRAC3X
ATRAC3+X
ATRAC9X
Bink AudioX
CELTE
codec2EE
Delphine Software International CIN audioX
Digital Speech Standard - Standard Play mode (DSS SP)X
Discworld II BMV AudioX
COOKX
DCA (DTS Coherent Acoustics)XX
Dolby EX
DPCM id RoQXX
DPCM InterplayX
DPCM Squareroot-Delta-ExactX
DPCM Sierra OnlineX
DPCM SolX
DPCM XanX
DSD (Direct Stream Digital), least significant bit firstX
DSD (Direct Stream Digital), most significant bit firstX
DSD (Direct Stream Digital), least significant bit first, planarX
DSD (Direct Stream Digital), most significant bit first, planarX
DSP Group TrueSpeechX
DST (Direct Stream Transfer)X
DV audioX
Enhanced AC-3XX
EVRC (Enhanced Variable Rate Codec)X
FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec)XIX
G.723.1XX
G.729X
GSMEX
GSM Microsoft variantEX
IAC (Indeo Audio Coder)X
iLBC (Internet Low Bitrate Codec)EE
IMC (Intel Music Coder)X
Interplay ACMX
MACE (Macintosh Audio Compression/Expansion) 3:1X
MACE (Macintosh Audio Compression/Expansion) 6:1X
MLP (Meridian Lossless Packing)XX
Monkey’s AudioX
MP1 (MPEG audio layer 1)IX
MP2 (MPEG audio layer 2)IXIX
MP3 (MPEG audio layer 3)EIX
MPEG-4 Audio Lossless Coding (ALS)X
Musepack SV7X
Musepack SV8X
Nellymoser AsaoXX
On2 AVC (Audio for Video Codec)X
OpusEX
PCM A-lawXX
PCM mu-lawXX
PCM Archimedes VIDCXX
PCM signed 8-bit planarXX
PCM signed 16-bit big-endian planarXX
PCM signed 16-bit little-endian planarXX
PCM signed 24-bit little-endian planarXX
PCM signed 32-bit little-endian planarXX
PCM 32-bit floating point big-endianXX
PCM 32-bit floating point little-endianXX
PCM 64-bit floating point big-endianXX
PCM 64-bit floating point little-endianXX
PCM D-Cinema audio signed 24-bitXX
PCM signed 8-bitXX
PCM signed 16-bit big-endianXX
PCM signed 16-bit little-endianXX
PCM signed 24-bit big-endianXX
PCM signed 24-bit little-endianXX
PCM signed 32-bit big-endianXX
PCM signed 32-bit little-endianXX
PCM signed 16/20/24-bit big-endian in MPEG-TSX
PCM unsigned 8-bitXX
PCM unsigned 16-bit big-endianXX
PCM unsigned 16-bit little-endianXX
PCM unsigned 24-bit big-endianXX
PCM unsigned 24-bit little-endianXX
PCM unsigned 32-bit big-endianXX
PCM unsigned 32-bit little-endianXX
PCM ZorkX
QCELP / PureVoiceX
QDesign Music Codec 1X
QDesign Music Codec 2X
RealAudio 1.0 (14.4K)XX
RealAudio 2.0 (28.8K)X
RealAudio 3.0 (dnet)IXX
RealAudio LosslessX
RealAudio SIPR / ACELP.NETX
SBC (low-complexity subband codec)XX
ShortenX
Sierra VMD audioX
Smacker audioX
SMPTE 302M AES3 audioXX
SonicXX
Sonic losslessXX
SpeexEE
TAK (Tom’s lossless Audio Kompressor)X
True Audio (TTA)XX
TrueHDXX
TwinVQ (VQF flavor)X
VIMAX
VorbisEX
Voxware MetaSoundX
WavPackXX
Westwood Audio (SND1)X
Windows Media Audio 1XX
Windows Media Audio 2XX
Windows Media Audio LosslessX
Windows Media Audio ProX
Windows Media Audio VoiceX
Xbox Media Audio 1X
Xbox Media Audio 2X
GTL codecX

X means that the feature in that column (encoding / decoding) is supported.

E means that support is provided through an external library.

I means that an integer-only version is available, too (ensures high performance on systems without hardware floating point support).

Azure Media Services

  • Audio formats in input containers Media Encoder Standard supports carrying the following audio formats in input containers:
    • MXF, GXF, and QuickTime files, which have audio tracks with interleaved stereo or 5.1 sample or
    • MXF, GXF, and QuickTime files where the audio is carried as separate PCM tracks but the channel mapping (to stereo or 5.1) can be deduced from the file metadata
  • Input Audio Codecs Supported
    • AAC (AAC-LC, AAC-HE, and AAC-HEv2; up to 5.1)
    • MPEG Layer 2
    • MP3 (MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3)Windows Media Audio
    • WAV/PCM
    • FLAC (Native Flac, Free Lossless Audio Codec)
    • Opus
    • Vorbis
    • AMR (adaptive multi-rate)

Encoding.com

Following is the list of audio formats supported by Encoding.com:

  • MP3
  • AAC
  • HE-AAC
  • AC3 (Dolby Digital)
  • EAC3 (Dolby Digital Plus)
  • Vorbis
  • WMA
  • PCM

Read Supported Video Formats to know more about what Encoding.com offers.

Image

Following is the list of image formats supported by VIDIZMO:

NameEncodingDecoding
.Y.U.VXX
Alias PIXXX
animated GIFXX
APNGXX
BMPXX
BRender PIXX
DPXXX
EXRX
FITSXX
JPEGXX
JPEG 2000XX
JPEG-LSXX
LJPEGX
PAMXX
PBMXX
PCXXX
PGMXX
PGMYUVXX
PGXX
PICX
PNGXX
PPMXX
PSDX
PTXX
SGIXX
Sun RasterfileXX
TIFFXX
Truevision TargaXX
WebPEX
XBMXX
XFaceXX
XPMX
XWDXX

X means that the feature in that column (encoding / decoding) is supported.

E means that support is provided through an external library.

I means that an integer-only version is available, too (ensures high performance on systems without hardware floating point support).

Document

VIDIZMO supports a vast variety of documents playback, a few of them are given below. To see the exhaustive list of supported document formats click here.

  • Microsoft Word files (*.doc, *.docx, *.rtf, *.txt, *.wri, *.log)
  • Microsoft Excel files (*.xls, *.xlsx, *.xlw, *.xlc)
  • Microsoft PowerPoint files (*.ppt, *.pptx, *.pps)
  • HTML files (*.htm, *.html, *.shtm, *.shtml, *.mht, *.mhtml)
  • Adobe PDF files (*.pdf)
  • PostScript files (*.ps)
  • AutoCAD files (*.dwg, *.dxf)
  • Any other printable documents

Closed Captions

VIDIZMo has support for following Closed Caption files.

  • WebVTT

Continuous GeoSpatial Data

VIDIZMO supports KLV data extracted from drones in the following file formats:

  • SRT