Generally we accept all video files (.mov, .mp4, .m4v, .m2v, .avi, .mpg, .flv, .wmv, .mkv, .webm, .ogv, .mxf, .asf, .vob, .mts)
| Extension | Container | Recommended Video Codecs | Unsupported Video Codecs |
| .mp4 | MPEG-4 | H264/AVC (all profiles) | |
| .mov .qt | Apple QuickTime | H264/AVC, Apple ProRes422 & HQ, Sony XDCAM, HDV, Apple DV (DV25), Apple PhotoJPEG, Sorenson, Avid DNxHD, Avid AVR | Apple Intermediate, Sony DVCAM, Panasonic DVCPro, Apple Animation |
| .flv .f4v | Adobe Flash | H264/AVC, VP6, H263, Sorenson | SWF (vector animation files) |
| .wmv .asf | Windows Media 9 | WMV3 (v9), WMV2 (v8), WMV1 (v7), GoToMeeting (G2M2, G2M3, G2M4) | Microsoft Screen (MSS2), Microsoft Photo Story (WVP2), |
| .mpg .vob .m2v .mp2 | MPEG-2 | MPEG-2 | |
| .m4v | Apple iTunes | H264/AVC | |
| .avi | A/V Interleave | XVID, DIVX, HDV, MiniDV (DV25), Techsmith Camtasia, Huffyuv, Fraps | Panasonic DVCPro, Indeo3 (IV30), MJPEG, Microsoft Video 1 (MS-CRAM) |
| .webm | WebM | VP8 | |
| .ogv .ogg | Ogg | Theora, VP3, Dirac | |
| .mxf | MXF | Sony XDCAM, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 | Panasonic DVCPro |
| .mts | AVCHD | H264/AVC | |
| .mkv | Matroska | H264/AVC | |
| .r3d .rm | Red Raw Video | MJPEG 2000 | |
| .ram .rm | RealVideo | **UNSUPPORTED** | Real G2 (RV20), Real 8 (RV30), Real 10 (RV40) |
More details for our API are available at
http://www.encoding.com/api/doc/source_video_formats
