Supported Input and Output Formats

Support Matrixes

Bitmovin encodes MPEG-DASH, Apple HLS, Smooth Streaming, progressive TS, and progressive MP4 streams. With these formats you can reach all major devices. The streams can be played back with all major multimedia players and with the Bitmovin Player that provides you maximum device reach.

As seen below, Bitmovin supports a multitude of formats. To navigate the complexity of supported formats, and their combinations, 3 different support matrixes are provided and updated regularly:

Disclaimer: Due to the complexity of combinations one can use with the Bitmovin Encoding product, those matrixes are for guidance only and can't be seen as promise or fact. Nor can they serve as basis for any claims. In doubt, please contact Bitmovin support via the support form in your dashboard.

Input Formats

Video Codecs

FeatureVODLive
MPEG-1 Video
MPEG-2 Video
MPEG-4 Video
H.261
H.262
H.263
H.264/AVC
H.265/HEVC
VP6
VP8
VP9
DNxHD
DNxHR
Theora
XDCAM
XDCAM HD422
XDCAM IMX
DV
DVCPRO
DVCPRO HD
ProRes
AVCHD
AVCIntra
Cineform HD
Intel Indeo
JPEG2000 (J2K)
WMV
Dolby Vision

Audio Codecs

FeatureVODLive
AAC
MP3
AC3 / Dolby Digital
E-AC3 / Dolby Digital Plus
FLAC
Vorbis
PCM
WAV
Dolby Atmos
IPCM
Dolby E*

* = certain restrictions apply

File Formats

FeatureVODLive
MP4
MKV
MOV
AVI
FLV
MPEG2 TS
MPEG2 PS
MXF
LXF
GXF
3GP
WebM
MPG
QuickTime

Streaming Formats

FeatureVODLive
Apple HLS
RTMP Push
SRT (listener and caller modes)
Zixi

Output Formats

DRM

FeatureVODLive
Google Widevine
Microsoft PlayReady
Apple Fairplay
Marlin

Output Streaming Formats

FeatureVODLive
MPEG-DASH
Apple HLS
Smooth Streaming
DASH-IF Live Media Ingest Protocol

Container Formats

FeatureVODLive
Progressive MP4
Fragmented MP4
MOV
MPEG2-TS
WebM
CMAF

Video Codecs

FeatureVODLive
H.262/MPEG-2 Video (XDCAM HD 422)
H.264/AVC
H.265/HEVC (SDR and HDR)
VP8
VP9
AV1
MJPEG
Dolby Vision

Audio Codecs

FeatureVODLive
AAC
HE-AAC v1
HE-AAC v2
Dolby Digital
Dolby Digital Plus
Dolby Atmos
MP2
MP3
Vorbis
Opus
DTS:HD and DTS:X