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What formats does the MediaElement support?

In C# what formats does the MediaElement support?

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Jermain Defo Avatar asked Feb 08 '15 13:02

Jermain Defo


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Below is a rollup list of formats codecs supported by the MediaElement. These encodings are supported regardless of the file name extension.

Source: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc189080(v=vs.95).aspx

  • Video
    • Raw Video
    • RGBA format
      • Uncompressed 32 bit Alpha Red, Green, Blue.
      • On Windows Phone 7, the alpha channel is ignored.
    • YV12 format- YCrCb(4:2:0)
      • Uncompressed YCrCb(4:2:0).
      • Not supported on Windows Phone 7.
    • RGBA - 32 bit Alpha Red, Green, Blue
    • Windows Media Video and VC-1 formatsWMV1: Windows Media Video 7
      • Supports Simple, Main, and Advanced Profiles.
      • Supports only progressive (non-interlaced) content.
    • WMV2: Windows Media Video 8
    • WMV3: Windows Media Video 9
      • Supports Simple and Main Profiles.
      • Supports only progressive (non-interlaced) content.
    • WMVA: Windows Media Video Advanced Profile, non-VC-1
    • WVC1: Windows Media Video Advanced Profile, VC-1
      • Supports Advanced Profile.
      • Supports only progressive (non-interlaced) content.
    • H264 (ITU-T H.264 / ISO MPEG-4 AVC) formats
      • Supports H.264 and MP43 codecs.
      • Supports Base, Main, and High Profiles.
      • Windows Phone 7 supports up to Level 3.0.
      • Note that level 3.0 defines the maximum supported resolution for 30fps as 720x480. Other frame rates have different maximum supported resolutions.
      • Supports only progressive (non-interlaced) content.
      • Supports only 4:2:0 chroma subsampling profiles.
      • Desktop Silverlight only supports the Annex B NAL format (i.e. start codes).
      • Note, that media libraries, such as the SmoothStreamingMediaElement, support the AVC NAL format by programmatically converting AVC NALs to Annex B NALs. As Silverlight supports partial encryption of H.264 samples, this conversion can occur on encrypted content as well if the NAL headers are not encrypted. The Annex B NAL format is described in MPEG-4 Part 10.
      • Supports PlayReady DRM with Mp4 (H264 and AAC-LC)
    • H.263 format
      • Not supported by desktop versions of Silverlight.
      • Not supported by the MediaStreamSource class in Windows Phone 7.
    • MPEG-4 Part 2 format
      • Supports Simple and Advanced Profiles.
  • Audio
    • PCM / WAV format"1". This is Linear 8 or 16 bit Pulse Code Modulation. Roughly speaking, this is WAV format.
      • This is Linear 8 or 16 bit Pulse Code Modulation. Roughly speaking, this is WAV format.
    • Microsoft Windows Media Audio Standard formats."353" - Microsoft Windows Media Audio v7, v8 and v9.x Standard (WMA Standard)
    • Microsoft Windows Media Audio Professional formats."354" - Microsoft Windows Media Audio v9.x and v10 Professional (WMA Professional)
      • Supports full fidelity decoding of WMA 10 Professional Low Bit Rate (LBR) modes in the 32-96 kbps range.
      • Multichannel (5.1 and 7.1 surround) audio content is automatically mixed down to stereo.
      • 24 bit audio will return silence.
      • Sampling Rates beyond 48000 return an invalid format error code in same-domain and a 4001 in cross-domain scenarios.
    • MP3 "85" -– (ISO MPEG-1 Layer III) format (MP3).
    • AAC"255" - (ISO Advanced Audio Coding) (AAC)format.
      • Supports Low Complexity (AAC-LC) decoding at full fidelity (up to 48 kHz).
      • High Efficiency (HE-AAC) encoded content. will decode only at half fidelity (up to 24 kHz).
        1. HE-AAC v1 (AAC+) and HE-AAC v2 (eAAC+) supported.
        2. Desktop Silverlight will decode only at half fidelity (up to 24 kHz).
      • Multichannel (5.1 surround) audio content is not supported.
    • AMR-NB (Adaptive Multi-Rate Narrow Band) format
      • Not supported by desktop versions of Silverlight.
      • Not supported by the MediaStreamSource class.
  • Additional Restrictions
    • The following codec formats are not supported on any Silverlight platform:
      • Windows Media Screen
      • Windows Media Audio Professional Lossless
      • Windows Media Voice
    • Windows Phone 7 does not support dynamic changes in video frame size
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Nikolay Kostov Avatar answered Nov 08 '22 23:11

Nikolay Kostov