Supported codecs and containers

For 2.4.33 and newer.

Abbreviations:

D - Non realtime decoding, Import, File ingest

E - Non realtime encoding, Export

P - Realtime playback

R - Realtime recording

SD video codecs and containers

Container	DV/DVCPRO	IMX (30/40/50)	MPEG2 (I-Frame/ Long GOP)	H264 L(I-Frame, Long GOP)	PRORES (HQ/SD/LT)
AVI	D E P R	D E P R	D E P R	D E P R	D E P R
MOV	D E P R	D E P R	D E P R	D E P R	D E P R
MP4	D E P R	D E P R	D E P R
DV	D E P R
MPG	D E P R	D E P R
MXF-D10	D E P R
FLV	D E P R
MXF-OP1A	D E P R	D E P R	D E P R	D E P R	D E P R
GXF	D E P R	D E P R
TS	D E P R	D E P R

HD video codecs and containers

Container	DVCPROHD100	XDCAM (EX/ HD/ HD422)	MPEG2 (I-Frame/Long GOP)	H264 L(I-Frame, Long GOP)	PRORES (HQ/SD/LT)	AVCI (50/100)	DNxHD
AVI	D E P R	D E P R	D E P R	D E P R	D E P R	D E P R	D E P R
MOV	D E P R	D E P R	D E P R	D E P R	D E P R	D E P R	D E P R
MP4	D E P R	D E P R	D E P R	D E P R
DV	D E P R
MPG	D E P R	D E P R
FLV	D E P R
MXF-OP1A	D E P R	D E P R	D E P R	D E P R	D E P R	D E P R	D E P R
GXF	D E P R	D E P R	D E P R
TS	D E P R	D E P R

UHD video codecs and containers

Actual codec support depends on the frame rate.

Container	X264 (10bit, 8bit)	XAVC (I-frames, Long GOP)	PRORES (SQ,HQ)	PRORES (444)	DNxHR (SQ,HQ)	DNxHR (HQX)	HEVC (10bit,8bit)	HEVC (nvenc)
MOV	D E P R	D E P R	D E P R	D E	D E P R	D E P	D E P	R
MP4	D E P R	D E P R	D E P	R
AVI	D E P R	D E P R	D E P R	D E	D E P R	D E P	D E P	R
TS	D E R	D E R	D E	R
MXF-OP1a	D E P R	D E P R	D E P R	DE	D E P R	DEP

Video codecs with transparency support

TGA Sequence

PNG Sequence

QuickTime RLE

Skylark JPGA

Audio codecs

RAW PCM

ADPCM

MPEG 1 Layer II

MPEG 1 Layer III

Dolby AC-3

AAC

Ogg Vorbis

Still Images

JPEG

TGA

PNG

Codecs and containers compatibility

Container	Codec
AVI	DV25, DVCPRO25, DVCPRO50, DVCPROHD100, HDV, IMX (30/40/50), XDCAM EX (SP/HQ), XDCAM HD(LP/SP/HQ/422), MPEG2, AVCHD, H264, AVCI (50/100), DNXHD, PRORES (HQ/SD/LT/PX), HEVC
MOV	DV25, DVCPRO25, DVCPRO50, DVCPROHD100, HDV, IMX (30/40/50), XDCAM EX (SP/HQ), XDCAM HD(LP/SP/HQ/422), MPEG2, AVCHD, H264, AVCI (50/100), DNXHD, PRORES (HQ/SD/LT/PX), HEVC
MP4	HDV. IMX (30/40/50). XDCAM EX (SP/HQ), XDCAM HD(LP/SP/HQ/422), MPEG2, AVCHD, H264, AVCI (50/100), HEVC
DV/DIFF	DV25, DVCPRO25, DVCPRO50, DVCPROHD100
MPEG2 PS (MPG)	MPEG2
MXF-D10	IMX (30/40/50)
FLV	AVCHD, H264
MXF-OP1a before 2.6.x	DV25, DVCPRO25, DVCPRO50, DVCPROHD100, HDV, XDCAM EX (SP/HQ), XDCAM HD(LP/SP/HQ/422), MPEG2
MXF-OP1a after 2.6.x	DV25, DVCPRO50, DVCPROHD100 IMX-30/40/50, XDCAM-EX, XDCAM-HD, XDCAM-HD422, MPEG2 I-Frames, MPEG2 Long-Gop AVC-Intra 50, AVC-Intra 100, XAVC I-Frames, XAVC Long-Gop H264 I-Frames, H264 Long-Gop DNXHD, DNXHR PRORES
GXF	DV25, DVCPRO25, DVCPRO50, DVCPROHD100, XDCAM EX (SP/HQ), XDCAM HD(LP/SP/HQ/422), MPEG2
MPEG2 TS (TS)	MPEG2, H264, HEVC