Supported audio and video formats (Windows Runtime apps)
[This article is for Windows 8.x and Windows Phone 8.x developers writing Windows Runtime apps. If you’re developing for Windows 10, see the latest documentation]
This section lists the audio and video formats that are supported in Windows Store apps using JavaScript and Windows Store apps using C++, C#, or Visual Basic.
Supported audio and video formats
| Media File Container or File Format | File Extension | Media Stream Formats (Codecs) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Video | Audio | ||
|
MPEG-4 |
.3g2 |
H.263 H.264 (Baseline, Main, High) MPEG-4 Part2 SP and ASP |
AAC (LC, HE) |
|
.3gp2 | |||
|
.3gp | |||
|
.3gpp | |||
|
.m4a |
n/a |
ALAC* AAC (LC, HE) MP3 AC3 (DD, DD+) | |
|
.m4v |
H.263 H.264 (Baseline, Main, High) MPEG-4 Part2 SP and ASP | ||
|
.mp4v | |||
|
.mp4 | |||
|
.mov | |||
|
MPEG-2 |
.m2ts (e.g. AVCHD) |
H.264 |
MPEG-2 (L1, L2, stereo-only) MPEG-1 (L1, L2) AAC (LC, HE) AC3 (DD, DD+) |
|
ASF |
.asf |
VC-1 WMV9 |
WMA standard WMA voice WMA lossless WMA Pro AC3 (DD, DD+) |
|
.wm | |||
|
.wmv | |||
|
.wma |
n/a | ||
|
ADTS |
.aac |
n/a |
AAC (LC, HE) |
|
.adt | |||
|
.adts | |||
|
MP3 |
.mp3 |
n/a |
MP3 |
|
WAV |
.wav |
n/a |
PCM MP3 MS ADPCM IMA ADPCM MS DDITT G.711 MS GSM 6.10 AC3 (DD, DD+) |
|
AVI |
.avi |
MPEG-4 Part2 SP and ASP Motion-JPG H.263 uncompressed |
PCM MP3 MS ADPCM IMA ADPCM MS CCITT G.711 MS GSM 6.10 AC3 (DD, DD+) |
|
AC-3 |
.ac3 .ec3 |
n/a |
AC3 (DD, DD+) |
|
FLAC* |
.flac |
n/a |
FLAC |
|
3GP* |
.3gp |
n/a |
AMR-NB |
|
3G2* |
.3g2 |
n/a |
AMR-NB |
|
AMR* |
.amr |
n/a |
AMR-NB |
* Support introduced in Windows 10.