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Supported QuickTime File Codecs

Flame supports import of QuickTime® files encoded with any of the following codecs.

NoteQuickTime files exported from QuickTime Pro in Drop-Frame mode may be improperly truncated. This will result in the video and audio frames not matching when imported into Flame.
NoteQuickTime PhotoJPEG files can only be imported. You cannot soft-import QuickTime PhotoJPEG files.

Broadcast CODEC | CODEC Flag | Comment
--- | --- | ---
Component Y’CbCr 10-bit 4:4:4 | v410 | 10-bit Packed
Component Y’CbCr 10-bit 4:2:2 | v210 | 10-bit Packed Blackmagic or AJA-Kona compatible
Component Y’CbCr 8-bit 4:4:4 | v308 | 8-bit Planar
Component Y’CbCrA 8-bit 4:4:4:4 | v408 | 8-bit Planar
Component Video | yuv2 | 8-bit Packed 4:2:2 Blackmagic or AJA-Kona compatible
8-bit Packed YUV 4:2:2 | 2vuy |
DV 25 NTSC | dvc | Although the specifications allow the DV format to be field 1 or 2, the industry standard is "bottom first". Thus, before exporting to Flame, ensure that the clip is Field 2. Reformat, if necessary.
DV 25 PAL | dvcp, dvpp |
DVCPRO 50 NTSC | dv5n |
DVCPRO 50 PAL | dv5p |
DVCPRO HD | dvh1 |
DNxHD | avdn | 8 bits: 36, 145, 220 (and variants) 10 bits: 220x (and variants)
IMX | mxn3, mxn4, mxn5 | 30, 40, 50

File CODEC | CODEC Flag | Comment
--- | --- | ---
PhotoJPEG | RTJ0 | RT PhotoJPEG compatible
MJPEG | MJPG, mjpg, mjpa, mjpb, JPEG, jpeg, dmb1, AVDJ | JPEG compatible
PNG | png | Portable Network Graphic sequence (alpha support only through Gateway library)
PNGA | pngalpha | Portable Network Graphic sequence (with alpha support)
RGB Uncompressed | raw | No alpha support
RGBA Uncompressed | rawalpha | With alpha support
TGA | tga | TARGA

Web CODEC | CODEC Flag | Comment
--- | --- | ---
MPEG-1 | mpg1, MPG1, pim1, PIM1 |
MPEG-4 | mp4v; DivX®; DIV1; div1; MP4S;M4S2; m4s2; xvid; XVID; XviD; DX50; dx50; DIVX; MP4V |
MSMpeg 4v3 (DivX) | DIV1, div1, MPG4, mpg4, DIV2, div2, MP42, mp42, DIV3, div3, DIV4, div4, DIV5, div5, DIV6, div6, MPG3, mpg3, MP43, mp43, AP41, ap41, MJPG |
Quicktime Planar RGB | 8BPS |
Apple® Video | rpza |
Apple Graphics | smc |
Apple Animation | rle | With alpha support
Cinepak | cvid |
H.264 | avc1 |

Audio CODEC | CODEC Flag | Comment
--- | --- | ---
IMA 4:1 | ima4 |
Raw 8-bit audio | rawaudio |
Twos | twos | 16-bit PCM (Big Endian)
Ulaw | ulaw |
Sowt | sowt | 16-bit PCM (Little Endian)
A-law 2:1 | alaw |
16-bit PCM | in16 |
Linear PCM (QT 7) | lpcm |
Ogg Vorbis (qt4l compatible) | vorbis |
Ogg Vorbis (qtcomponents compatible) | vorbis_qt |
MPEG-2 Layer 2 Audio | mp2 |
QDM2 Audio | qdm2 |
Apple lossless | alac |
MS ADPCM | adpcm (ms) |
ADPCM ima WAV | ima adpcm (wav) |
Advanced Audio Codec (AAC) |  | Supported in mp4, m4v, and mov containers.