Supported Codecs and File Types for Windows Azure Media Encoder
This document contains a list of the most common import and export file formats that you can use with the Microsoft's default media encoder, Windows Azure Media Encoder. You can use the Media Encoder with Windows Azure Media Services to support many types of encoding. For more information about processing operations and encoding assets, see Process Assets with the Media Services SDK for .NET.
The following codecs and formats are provided:
Media Encoder Import Formats
The following section lists the codecs and file format that are supported for import.
Video Codecs
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H.264 (Baseline, Main, and High Profiles)
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MPEG-1
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MPEG-2 (Simple and Main Profile)
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MPEG-4 v2 (Simple Visual Profile and Advanced Simple Profile)
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VC-1 (Simple, Main, and Advanced Profiles)
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Windows Media Video (Simple, Main, and Advanced Profiles)
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DV (DVC, DVHD, DVSD, DVSL)
Audio Codecs
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AC-3 (Dolby Digital audio)
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AAC (AAC-LC, HE-AAC v1 with AAC-LC core, and HE-AAC v2 with AAC-LC core)
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MP3
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Windows Media Audio (Windows Media Audio Standard, Windows Media Audio Professional, and Windows Media Audio Lossless)
Video File Formats
| File Format | File Extensions |
|---|---|
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3GPP, 3GPP2 |
.3gp, .3g2, .3gp2 |
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Advanced Systems Format (ASF) |
.asf |
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Advanced Video Coding High Definition (AVCHD) [MPEG-2 Transport Stream] |
.mts, .m2ts |
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Audio-Video Interleaved (AVI) |
.avi |
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Digital camcorder MPEG-2 (MOD) |
.mod |
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Digital video (DV) camera file |
.dv |
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DVD transport stream (TS) file |
.ts |
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DVD video object (VOB) file |
.vob |
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Expression Encoder Screen Capture Codec file |
.xesc |
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MP4 |
.mp4 |
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MPEG-1 System Stream |
.mpeg, .mpg |
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MPEG-2 video file |
.m2v |
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Smooth Streaming File Format (PIFF 1.3) |
.ismv |
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Windows Media Video (WMV) |
.wmv |
Audio File Formats
| File Format | File Extensions |
|---|---|
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AC-3 (Dolby Digital) audio |
.ac3 |
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Audio Interchange File Format (AIFF) |
.aiff |
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Broadcast Wave Format |
.bwf |
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MP3 (MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3) |
.mp3 |
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MP4 audio |
.m4A |
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MPEG-4 audio book |
.m4b |
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WAVE file |
.wav |
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Windows Media Audio |
.wma |
Image File Formats
These image file formats are for leaders, trailers, and overlays.
| File Format | File Extensions |
|---|---|
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Bitmap |
.bmp |
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GIF, Animated GIF |
.gif |
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JPEG |
.jpeg, .jpg |
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PNG |
.png |
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TIFF |
.tif |
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WPF Canvas XAML |
.xaml |
Media Encoder Export Formats
The following table lists the codecs and file formats that are supported for export.
| File Format | Video Codec | Audio Codec |
|---|---|---|
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Windows Media (*.wmv; *.wma) |
VC-1 (Advanced, Main, and Simple Profiles) |
Windows Media Audio Standard, Windows Media Audio Professional, Windows Media Audio Voice, Windows Media Audio Lossless |
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MP4 (*.mp4) |
H.264 (High, Main, and Baseline Profiles) |
AAC-LC, HE-AAC v1, HE-AAC v2 |
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Smooth Streaming File Format (PIFF 1.1) (*.ismv; *.isma) |
VC-1 (Advanced Profile) H.264 (High, Main, and Baseline Profiles) |
Windows Media Audio Standard, Windows Media Audio Professional AAC-LC, HE-AAC v1, HE-AAC v2 |
For additional supported codecs and filters in Media Services, see Windows Media Foundation Codecs and Windows DirectShow Filters.
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