See our file size limits, upload rules, and what types of files we support for preview and playback.
- Upload Specifications
- Best Quality Recommendations & Considerations
- Audio Channel Layout Requirements
- File Types Supported for Playback
- Supported Video Codecs
- Supported Audio Codecs
Upload Specifications
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All files should have a container (e.g., name your file “video.mp4” and not “video”) and must be a supported type from the list below.
- If you plan on applying a visible watermark to a video, the video you upload must be a minimum of 5 seconds long. If you plan on applying a forensic watermark, the video must be a minimum of 3 minutes long. Forensic watermarking may fail for videos under 3 minutes. Users will be unable to download any watermarked video (visible or forensic) under 5 seconds long. Visible watermarked videos under 5 seconds will still play within the platform.
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Audio files can contain multiple audio tracks, but MediaSilo can only support 1 channel per track.
Best Quality Recommendations & Considerations
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We recommend you upload files no larger than 30GB. Note that MediaSilo will automatically create proxies of the files you upload to ensure the best possible viewing experience across different browsers and devices. To learn more, please see Uploading Web-Playable Files.
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If the file you upload to MediaSilo meets certain specifications, the file will play in MediaSilo as is, without transcoding. In this case, it’s important to be mindful of different Internet speeds: depending on the strength of your Internet connection, a larger file (over 2K resolution) could result in buffering issues.
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SDR (Standard Dynamic Range) content is recommended. If you have HDR (High Dynamic Range) content, it's recommended that an SDR graded version be uploaded.
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Limit the number of transcodes. You may opt to upload a mezzanine, a re-export from your finishing software, or a less compressed file (ProRes, DNxHR, etc.) instead of an h.264 to retain as much visual quality as possible. Note: transcoding from an h.264 to ProRes or DNxHR file prior to uploading to MediaSilo negates this.
Audio Channel Layout Requirements
While you can upload a file that contains multiple audio streams, all streams should use a stereo channel layout. This ensures that MediaSilo can create the proxy used for playback throughout the app. Using other configurations, like a downmix channel layout, will cause the proxy creation to fail.
Before you upload a file to MediaSilo, consider including a single stereo audio stream. If you choose to keep multiple audio streams, please encode their channel layout as stereo.
File Types Supported for Playback
MediaSilo supports a wide range of file types, including many of the most common video, audio, image, and document formats. The file types listed below are supported for playback or viewing in MediaSilo.
Video Extensions
.mov
.mp4
.m4v
.wmv
.flv
.avi
.mov
.mts
.mkv
.webm
.mpeg
Audio Extensions
.mp3
.wav
.aiff
.m4a
Image Extensions
.jpg/jpeg
.tif/.tiff
.png
.psd
.cr2
.gif
.jp2
.arw
.crw
.dcr
.heic
.heif
.mrw
.nef
.orf
.svg
Document Extensions
.pdf
.doc/docx
.ppt/.pptx
.xls/xlsx
.ai
Other file types, containers, and extensions are supported for transfer through MediaSilo (uploading, sharing, and downloading), but they will not generate previews and cannot be played back in MediaSilo. Some examples of these file types include (but are not limited to):
Archive Extensions
.zip
.rar
.iso
Other Types
.exe
Supported Video Codecs
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Name |
Comments |
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4X Movie |
Used in certain computer games |
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8088flex TMV |
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A64 multicolor |
Creates video suitable to be played on a Commodore 64 (multicolor mode) |
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Amazing Studio PAF Video |
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American Laser Games MM |
Used in games like Mad Dog McCree |
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AMV Video |
Used in Chinese MP3 players |
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ANSI/ASCII art |
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Apple Intermediate Codec |
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Apple MJPEG-B |
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Apple Pixlet |
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Apple ProRes |
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Apple QuickDraw |
Fourcc: qdrw |
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Asus v1 |
Fourcc: ASV1 |
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Asus v2 |
Fourcc: ASV2 |
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ATI VCR1 |
Fourcc: VCR1 |
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ATI VCR2 |
Fourcc: VCR2 |
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Auravision Aura |
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Auravision Aura 2 |
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Autodesk Animator Flic video |
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Autodesk RLE |
Fourcc: AASC |
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Avid 1:1 10-bit RGB Packer |
Fourcc: AVrp |
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AVS (Audio Video Standard) video |
Video encoding used by the Creature Shock game |
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AYUV |
Microsoft uncompressed packed 4:4:4:4 |
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Beam Software VB |
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Bethesda VID video |
Used in some games from Bethesda Softworks |
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Bink Video |
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BitJazz SheerVideo |
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Bitmap Brothers JV video |
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y41p Brooktree uncompressed 4:1:1 12-bit |
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Brute Force & Ignorance |
Used in the game Flash Traffic: City of Angels |
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C93 video |
Codec used in Cyberia game |
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CamStudio |
Fourcc: CSCD |
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CD+G |
Video codec for CD+G karaoke disks |
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CDXL |
Amiga CD video codec |
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Chinese AVS video |
AVS1-P2, JiZhun profile, encoding through external library libxavs |
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Delphine Software International CIN video |
Codec used in Delphine Software International games |
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Discworld II BMV Video |
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Canopus Lossless Codec |
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Cinepak |
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Cirrus Logic AccuPak |
Fourcc: CLJR |
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CPiA Video Format |
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Creative YUV (CYUV) |
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DFA |
Codec used in Chronomaster game |
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Dirac |
Supported through the native vc2 (Dirac Pro) encoder |
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Deluxe Paint Animation |
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DNxHD |
Aka SMPTE VC3 |
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Duck TrueMotion 1.0 |
Fourcc: DUCK |
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Duck TrueMotion 2.0 |
Fourcc: TM20 |
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Duck TrueMotion 2.0 RT |
Fourcc: TR20 |
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DV (Digital Video) |
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Dxtory capture format |
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Feeble Files/ScummVM DXA |
Codec originally used in Feeble Files game |
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Electronic Arts CMV video |
Used in NHL 95 game |
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Electronic Arts Madcow video |
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Electronic Arts TGV video |
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Electronic Arts TGQ video |
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Electronic Arts TQI video |
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Escape 124 |
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Escape 130 |
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FFmpeg video codec #1 |
Lossless codec (fourcc: FFV1) |
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Flash Screen Video v1 |
Fourcc: FSV1 |
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Flash Screen Video v2 |
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Flash Video (FLV) |
Sorenson H.263 used in Flash |
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FM Screen Capture Codec |
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Forward Uncompressed |
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Fraps |
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Go2Meeting |
Fourcc: G2M2, G2M3 |
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Go2Webinar |
Fourcc: G2M4 |
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H.261 |
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H.263 / H.263-1996 |
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H.263+ / H.263-1998 / H.263 version 2 |
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H.264 / AVC / MPEG-4 AVC / MPEG-4 part 10 |
Encoding supported through external library libx264 and OpenH264 |
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H.265 |
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HEVC |
Encoding supported through external library libx265 and libkvazaar |
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HNM version 4 |
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HuffYUV |
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HuffYUV FFmpeg variant |
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IBM Ultimotion |
Fourcc: ULTI |
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id Cinematic video |
Used in Quake II |
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id RoQ video |
Used in Quake III, Jedi Knight 2, other computer games |
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IFF ILBM |
IFF interleaved bitmap |
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IFF ByteRun1 |
IFF run length encoded bitmap |
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Intel H.263 |
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Intel Indeo 2 |
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Intel Indeo 3 |
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Intel Indeo 4 |
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Intel Indeo 5 |
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Interplay C93 |
Used in the game Cyberia from Interplay |
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Interplay MVE video |
Used in Interplay .MVE files |
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J2K |
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Karl Morton’s video codec |
Codec used in Worms games |
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Kega Game Video (KGV1) |
Kega emulator screen capture codec |
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Lagarith |
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LCL (LossLess Codec Library) MSZH |
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LCL (LossLess Codec Library) ZLIB |
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LOCO |
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LucasArts SANM/Smush |
Used in LucasArts games / SMUSH animations |
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lossless MJPEG |
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MagicYUV Video |
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Mandsoft Screen Capture Codec |
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Microsoft ATC Screen |
Also known as Microsoft Screen 3 |
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Microsoft Expression Encoder Screen |
Also known as Microsoft Titanium Screen 2 |
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Microsoft RLE |
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Microsoft Screen 1 |
Also known as Windows Media Video V7 Screen |
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Microsoft Screen 2 |
Also known as Windows Media Video V9 Screen |
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Microsoft Video 1 |
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Mimic |
Used in MSN Messenger Webcam streams |
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Miro VideoXL |
Fourcc: VP70, VP71 |
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MJPEG (Motion JPEG) |
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Mobotix MxPEG video |
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Motion Pixels video |
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MPEG-1 video |
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MPEG-2 video |
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MPEG-4 part 2 |
Libxvidcore can be used alternatively for encoding. |
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MPEG-4 part 2 Microsoft variant version 1 |
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MPEG-4 part 2 Microsoft variant version 2 |
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MPEG-4 part 2 Microsoft variant version 3 |
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Newtek SpeedHQ |
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Nintendo Gamecube THP video |
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NuppelVideo/RTjpeg |
Video encoding used in NuppelVideo files |
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On2 VP3 |
Still experimental |
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On2 VP5 |
Fourcc: VP50 |
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On2 VP6 |
Fourcc: VP60, VP61, VP62 |
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On2 VP7 |
Fourcc: VP70, VP71 |
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VP8 |
Fourcc: VP80, encoding supported through external library libvpx |
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VP9 |
Encoding supported through external library libvpx |
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Pinnacle TARGA CineWave YUV16 |
Fourcc: Y216 |
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Prores |
Fourcc: apch, apcn, apcs, apco |
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Q-team QPEG |
Fourcc: QPEG, Q1.0, Q1.1 |
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QuickTime 8BPS video |
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QuickTime Animation (RLE) video |
Fourcc: 'rle' |
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QuickTime Graphics (SMC) |
Fourcc: 'smc' |
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QuickTime video (RPZA) |
Fourcc: rpza |
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R10K AJA Kona 10-bit RGB Codec |
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R210 Quicktime Uncompressed RGB 10-bit |
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Raw Video |
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RealVideo 1.0 |
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RealVideo 2.0 |
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RealVideo 3.0 |
Still far from ideal |
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RealVideo 4.0 |
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Renderware TXD (TeXture Dictionary) |
Texture dictionaries used by the Renderware Engine |
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RL2 video |
Used in some games by Entertainment Software Partners |
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ScreenPressor |
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Screenpresso |
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Screen Recorder Gold Codec |
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Sierra VMD video |
Used in Sierra VMD files |
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Silicon Graphics Motion Video Compressor 1 (MVC1) |
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Silicon Graphics Motion Video Compressor 2 (MVC2) |
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Silicon Graphics RLE 8-bit video |
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Smacker video |
Video encoding used in Smacker |
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SMPTE VC-1 |
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Snow |
Experimental wavelet codec (fourcc: SNOW) |
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Sony PlayStation MDEC (Motion DECoder) |
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Sorenson Vector Quantizer 1 |
Fourcc: SVQ1 |
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Sorenson Vector Quantizer 3 |
Fourcc: SVQ3 |
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Sunplus JPEG (SP5X) |
Fourcc: SP5X |
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TechSmith Screen Capture Codec |
Fourcc: TSCC |
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TechSmith Screen Capture Codec 2 |
Fourcc: TSC2 |
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Theora |
Encoding supported through external library libtheora |
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Tiertex Limited SEQ video |
Codec used in DOS CD-ROM FlashBack game |
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Ut Video |
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v210 QuickTime uncompressed 4:2:2 10-bit |
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v308 QuickTime uncompressed 4:4:4 |
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v408 QuickTime uncompressed 4:4:4:4 |
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v410 QuickTime uncompressed 4:4:4 10-bit |
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VBLE Lossless Codec |
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VMware Screen Codec / VMware Video |
Codec used in videos captured by VMware |
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Westwood Studios VQA (Vector Quantized Animation) video |
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Windows Media Image |
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Windows Media Video 7 |
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Windows Media Video 8 |
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Windows Media Video 9 |
Not completely working |
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Wing Commander III / Xan |
Used in Wing Commander III .MVE files |
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Wing Commander IV / Xan |
Used in Wing Commander IV |
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Winnov WNV1 |
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WMV7 |
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YAMAHA SMAF |
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Psygnosis YOP Video |
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yuv4 |
libquicktime uncompressed packed 4:2:0 |
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ZeroCodec Lossless Video |
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ZLIB |
Part of LCL, encoder experimental |
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Zip Motion Blocks Video |
Encoder works only in PAL8. |
Supported Audio Codecs
|
Name |
Comments |
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8SVX exponential |
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8SVX fibonacci |
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AAC |
Encoding supported through internal encoder and external library libfdk-aac |
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AAC+ |
Encoding supported through external library libfdk-aac |
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AC-3 |
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ADPCM 4X Movie |
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APDCM Yamaha AICA |
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ADPCM CDROM XA |
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ADPCM Creative Technology |
16 -> 4, 8 -> 4, 8 -> 3, 8 -> 2 |
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ADPCM Electronic Arts |
Used in various EA titles |
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ADPCM Electronic Arts Maxis CDROM XS |
Used in Sim City 3000 |
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ADPCM Electronic Arts R1 |
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ADPCM Electronic Arts R2 |
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ADPCM Electronic Arts R3 |
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ADPCM Electronic Arts XAS |
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ADPCM G.722 |
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ADPCM G.726 |
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ADPCM IMA AMV |
Used in AMV files |
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ADPCM IMA Electronic Arts EACS |
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ADPCM IMA Electronic Arts SEAD |
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ADPCM IMA Funcom |
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ADPCM IMA QuickTime |
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ADPCM IMA Loki SDL MJPEG |
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ADPCM IMA WAV |
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ADPCM IMA Westwood |
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ADPCM ISS IMA |
Used in FunCom games |
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ADPCM IMA Dialogic |
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ADPCM IMA Duck DK3 |
Used in some Sega Saturn console games |
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ADPCM IMA Duck DK4 |
Used in some Sega Saturn console games |
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ADPCM IMA Radical |
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ADPCM Microsoft |
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ADPCM MS IMA |
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ADPCM Nintendo Gamecube AFC |
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ADPCM Nintendo Gamecube DTK |
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ADPCM Nintendo THP |
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APDCM Playstation |
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ADPCM QT IMA |
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ADPCM SEGA CRI ADX |
Used in Sega Dreamcast games |
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ADPCM Shockwave Flash |
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ADPCM Sound Blaster Pro 2-bit |
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ADPCM Sound Blaster Pro 2.6-bit |
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ADPCM Sound Blaster Pro 4-bit |
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ADPCM VIMA |
Used in LucasArts SMUSH animations |
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ADPCM Westwood Studios IMA |
Used in Westwood Studios games like Command and Conquer |
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ADPCM Yamaha |
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AMR-NB |
Encoding supported through external library libopencore-amrnb |
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AMR-WB |
Encoding supported through external library libvo-amrwbenc |
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Amazing Studio PAF Audio |
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Apple lossless audio |
QuickTime fourcc 'alac' |
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aptX |
Used in Bluetooth A2DP |
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ATRAC1 |
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ATRAC3 |
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ATRAC3+ |
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Bink Audio |
Used in Bink and Smacker files in many games |
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CELT |
Decoding supported through external library libcelt |
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Delphine Software International CIN audio |
Codec used in Delphine Software International games |
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Digital Speech Standard - Standard Play mode (DSS SP) |
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Discworld II BMV Audio |
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COOK |
All versions except 5.1 are supported. |
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DCA (DTS Coherent Acoustics) |
Supported extensions: XCh, XXCH, X96, XBR, XLL, LBR (partially) |
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Dolby E |
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DPCM id RoQ |
Used in Quake III, Jedi Knight 2, and other computer games |
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DPCM Interplay |
Used in various Interplay computer games |
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DPCM Squareroot-Delta-Exact |
Used in various games |
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DPCM Sierra Online |
Used in Sierra Online game audio files |
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DPCM Sol |
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DPCM Xan |
Used in Origin's Wing Commander IV AVI files |
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DSD (Direct Stream Digitial) least significant bit first |
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DSD (Direct Stream Digitial) most significant bit first |
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DSD (Direct Stream Digitial) least significant bit first planar |
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DSD (Direct Stream Digitial) most significant bit first planar |
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DSP Group TrueSpeech |
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DST (Direct Stream Transfer) |
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DV audio |
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Enhanced AC-3 |
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EVRC (Enhanced Variable Rate Codec) |
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FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) |
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G.723.1 |
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G.729 |
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GSM |
Encoding supported through external library libgsm |
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GSM Microsoft variant |
Encoding supported through external library libgsm |
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IAC (Indeo Audio Coder) |
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iLBC (Internet Low Bitrate Codec) |
Encoding and decoding supported through external library libilbc |
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IMC (Intel Music Coder) |
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Interplay ACM |
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MACE (Macintosh Audio Compression/Expansion) 3:1 |
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MACE (Macintosh Audio Compression/Expansion) 6:1 |
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MLP (Meridian Lossless Packing) |
Used in DVD-Audio discs |
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Monkey’s Audio |
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MP1 (MPEG audio layer 1) |
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MP2 (MPEG audio layer 2) |
Encoding also supported through external library TwoLAME |
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MP3 (MPEG audio layer 3) |
Encoding supported through external library LAME; ADU MP3 and MP3onMP4 also supported |
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MPEG-4 Audio Lossless Coding (ALS) |
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Musepack SV7 |
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Musepack SV8 |
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Nellymoser Asao |
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On2 AVC (Audio for Video Codec) |
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Opus |
Encoding supported through external library libopus |
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PCM A-law |
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PCM mu-law |
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PCM signed 8-bit planar |
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PCM signed 16-bit big-endian planar |
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PCM signed 16-bit little-endian planar |
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PCM signed 24-bit little-endian planar |
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PCM signed 32-bit little-endian planar |
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PCM 32-bit floating point big-endian |
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PCM 32-bit floating point little-endian |
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PCM 64-bit floating point big-endian |
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PCM 64-bit floating point little-endian |
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PCM D-Cinema audio signed 24-bit |
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PCM signed 8-bit |
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PCM signed 16-bit big-endian |
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PCM signed 16-bit little-endian |
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PCM signed 24-bit big-endian |
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PCM signed 24-bit little-endian |
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PCM signed 32-bit big-endian |
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PCM signed 32-bit little-endian |
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PCM signed 16/20/24-bit big-endian in MPEG-TS |
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PCM unsigned 8-bit |
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PCM unsigned 16-bit big-endian |
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PCM unsigned 16-bit little-endian |
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PCM unsigned 24-bit big-endian |
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PCM unsigned 24-bit little-endian |
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PCM unsigned 32-bit big-endian |
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PCM unsigned 32-bit little-endian |
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PCM Zork |
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QCELP / PureVoice |
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QDesign Music Codec 1 |
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QDesign Music Codec 2 |
There are still some distortions. |
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RealAudio 1.0 (14.4K) |
Real 14400 bit/s codec |
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RealAudio 2.0 (28.8K) |
Real 28800 bit/s codec |
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RealAudio 3.0 (dnet) |
Real low bitrate AC-3 codec |
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RealAudio Lossless |
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RealAudio SIPR / ACELP.NET |
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Shorten |
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Sierra VMD audio |
Used in Sierra VMD files |
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Smacker audio |
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SMPTE 302M AES3 audio |
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Sonic |
Experimental codec |
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Sonic lossless |
Experimental codec |
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Speex |
Supported through external library libspeex |
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TAK (Tom’s lossless Audio Kompressor) |
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True Audio (TTA) |
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TrueHD |
Used in HD-DVD and Blu-Ray discs |
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TwinVQ (VQF flavor) |
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VIMA |
Used in LucasArts SMUSH animations |
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Vorbis |
A native but very primitive encoder exists |
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Voxware MetaSound |
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WavPack |
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Westwood Audio (SND1) |
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Windows Media Audio 1 |
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Windows Media Audio 2 |
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Windows Media Audio Lossless |
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Windows Media Audio Pro |
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Windows Media Audio Voice |
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Xbox Media Audio 1 |
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Xbox Media Audio 2 |
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