Formats & Codecs

| Supported file types

Zencoder offers unmatched input compatibility with over 99.9% of codecs and formats supported. We offer encoding to all of the most popular output formats for mobile and web publishing.

Input Formats & Codecs

Zencoder supports dozens of video and audio codecs for input for industry-leading format compatibility. Please contact us with specific questions.

Output Formats & Codecs

Web Output Formats & Codecs

  • HEVC/H.265
  • H.264
  • MPEG-4
  • Theora
  • VP9
  • VP8
  • VP6
  • WMV
  • WebM
  • FLV
  • WMV (wmv, wma)
  • OGG (ogg, oga, ogv, ogx)
  • 3GP (3gp, 3gp2, 3g2, 3gpp, 3gpp2)
  • MP4 (mp4, m4a, m4v, f4v, f4a, m4b, m4r, f4b, mov)

Adaptive Streaming Output Formats & Codecs

  • HEVC/H.265
  • H.264
  • VP9
  • TS
  • HLS
  • MSS
  • MPEG-DASH

Audio Output Formats & Codecs

  • MP3
  • AAC
  • Vorbis
  • WMA