Focus Supported Video Formats
Focus uses FFMPEG as a codec to create and playback media. The most commonly used formats are MP4 and MOV.
Below is a comprehensive list of the file extensions FFMPEG support.
| Extension | Application |
|---|---|
| 3dostr | 3DO STR |
| 4xm | 4X Technologies |
| aa | Audible AA format files |
| aac | raw ADTS AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) |
| ac3 | raw AC-3 |
| acm | Interplay ACM |
| act | ACT Voice file format |
| adf | Artworx Data Format |
| adp | ADP |
| ads | Sony PS2 ADS |
| adx | CRI ADX |
| aea | MD STUDIO audio |
| afc | AFC |
| aiff | Audio IFF |
| aix | CRI AIX |
| alaw | PCM A-law |
| alias_pix | Alias/Wavefront PIX image |
| amr | 3GPP AMR |
| anm | Deluxe Paint Animation |
| apc | CRYO APC |
| ape | Monkey's Audio |
| apng | Animated Portable Network Graphics |
| aqtitle | AQTitle subtitles |
| asf | ASF (Advanced / Active Streaming Format) |
| asf_o | ASF (Advanced / Active Streaming Format) |
| ass | SSA (SubStation Alpha) subtitle |
| ast | AST (Audio Stream) |
| au | Sun AU |
| avi | AVI (Audio Video Interleaved) |
| avr | AVR (Audio Visual Research) |
| avs | AVS |
| bethsoftvid | Bethesda Softworks VID |
| bfi | Brute Force & Ignorance |
| bfstm | BFSTM (Binary Cafe Stream) |
| bin | Binary text |
| bink | Bink |
| bit | G.729 BIT file format |
| bmp_pipe | piped bmp sequence |
| bmv | Discworld II BMV |
| boa | Black Ops Audio |
| brender_pix | BRender PIX image |
| brstm | BRSTM (Binary Revolution Stream) |
| c93 | Interplay C93 |
| caf | Apple CAF (Core Audio Format) |
| cavsvideo | raw Chinese AVS (Audio Video Standard) video |
| cdg | CD Graphics |
| cdxl | Commodore CDXL video |
| cine | Phantom Cine |
| concat | Virtual concatenation script |
| data | raw data |
| daud | D-Cinema audio |
| dcstr | Sega DC STR |
| dds_pipe | piped dds sequence |
| dfa | Chronomaster DFA |
| dirac | raw Dirac |
| dnxhd | raw DNxHD (SMPTE VC-3) |
| dpx_pipe | piped dpx sequence |
| dsf | DSD Stream File (DSF) |
| dsicin | Delphine Software International CIN |
| dss | Digital Speech Standard (DSS) |
| dts | raw DTS |
| dtshd | raw DTS-HD |
| dv | DV (Digital Video) |
| dvbsub | raw dvbsub |
| dvbtxt | dvbtxt |
| dxa | DXA |
| ea | Electronic Arts Multimedia |
| ea_cdata | Electronic Arts cdata |
| eac3 | raw E-AC-3 |
| epaf | Ensoniq Paris Audio File |
| exr_pipe | piped exr sequence |
| f32be | PCM 32-bit floating-point big-endian |
| f32le | PCM 32-bit floating-point little-endian |
| f64be | PCM 64-bit floating-point big-endian |
| f64le | PCM 64-bit floating-point little-endian |
| ffm | FFM (FFserver live feed) |
| ffmetadata | FFmpeg metadata in text |
| film_cpk | Sega FILM / CPK |
| filmstrip | Adobe Filmstrip |
| flac | raw FLAC |
| flic | FLI/FLC/FLX animation |
| flv | FLV (Flash Video) |
| frm | Megalux Frame |
| fsb | FMOD Sample Bank |
| g722 | raw G.722 |
| g723_1 | raw G.723.1 |
| g729 | G.729 raw format demuxer |
| genh | GENeric Header |
| gif | GIF Animation |
| gsm | raw GSM |
| gxf | GXF (General eXchange Format) |
| h261 | raw H.261 |
| h263 | raw H.263 |
| h264 | raw H.264 video |
| hevc | raw HEVC video |
| hls,applehttp | Apple HTTP Live Streaming |
| hnm | Cryo HNM v4 |
| ico | Microsoft Windows ICO |
| idcin | id Cinematic |
| idf | iCE Draw File |
| iff | IFF (Interchange File Format) |
| ilbc | iLBC storage |
| image2 | image2 sequence |
| image2pipe | piped image2 sequence |
| ingenient | raw Ingenient MJPEG |
| ipmovie | Interplay MVE |
| ircam | Berkeley/IRCAM/CARL Sound Format |
| iss | Funcom ISS |
| iv8 | IndigoVision 8000 video |
| ivf | On2 IVF |
| ivr | IVR (Internet Video Recording) |
| j2k_pipe | piped j2k sequence |
| jacosub | JACOsub subtitle format |
| jpeg_pipe | piped jpeg sequence |
| jpegls_pipe | piped jpegls sequence |
| jv | Bitmap Brothers JV |
| live_flv | live RTMP FLV (Flash Video) |
| lmlm4 | raw lmlm4 |
| loas | LOAS AudioSyncStream |
| lrc | LRC lyrics |
| lvf | LVF |
| lxf | VR native stream (LXF) |
| m4v | raw MPEG-4 video |
| matroska,webm | Matroska / WebM |
| mgsts | Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes |
| microdvd | MicroDVD subtitle format |
| mjpeg | raw MJPEG video |
| mjpeg_2000 | raw MJPEG 2000 video |
| mlp | raw MLP |
| mlv | Magic Lantern Video (MLV) |
| mm | American Laser Games MM |
| mmf | Yamaha SMAF |
| mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 | QuickTime / MOV |
| mp3 | MP3 (MPEG audio layer 3) |
| mpc | Musepack |
| mpc8 | Musepack SV8 |
| mpeg | MPEG-1 Systems / MPEG program stream |
| mpegts | MPEG-TS (MPEG-2 Transport Stream) |
| mpegtsraw | raw MPEG-TS (MPEG-2 Transport Stream) |
| mpegvideo | raw MPEG video |
| mpjpeg | MIME multipart JPEG |
| mpl2 | MPL2 subtitles |
| mpsub | MPlayer subtitles |
| msf | Sony PS3 MSF |
| msnwctcp | MSN TCP Webcam stream |
| mtaf | Konami PS2 MTAF |
| mtv | MTV |
| mulaw | PCM mu-law |
| musx | Eurocom MUSX |
| mv | Silicon Graphics Movie |
| mvi | Motion Pixels MVI |
| mxf | MXF (Material eXchange Format) |
| mxg | MxPEG clip |
| nc | NC camera feed |
| nistsphere | NIST SPeech HEader REsources |
| nsv | Nullsoft Streaming Video |
| nut | NUT |
| nuv | NuppelVideo |
| ogg | Ogg |
| oma | Sony OpenMG audio |
| paf | Amazing Studio Packed Animation File |
| pam_pipe | piped pam sequence |
| pbm_pipe | piped pbm sequence |
| pcx_pipe | piped pcx sequence |
| pgm_pipe | piped pgm sequence |
| pgmyuv_pipe | piped pgmyuv sequence |
| pictor_pipe | piped pictor sequence |
| pjs | PJS (Phoenix Japanimation Society) subtitles |
| pmp | Playstation Portable PMP |
| png_pipe | piped png sequence |
| ppm_pipe | piped ppm sequence |
| psd_pipe | piped psd sequence |
| psxstr | Sony Playstation STR |
| pva | TechnoTrend PVA |
| pvf | PVF (Portable Voice Format) |
| qcp | QCP |
| qdraw_pipe | piped qdraw sequence |
| r3d | REDCODE R3D |
| rawvideo | raw video |
| realtext | RealText subtitle format |
| redspark | RedSpark |
| rl2 | RL2 |
| rm | RealMedia |
| roq | raw id RoQ |
| rpl | RPL / ARMovie |
| rsd | GameCube RSD |
| rso | Lego Mindstorms RSO |
| rtp | RTP output |
| rtsp | RTSP output |
| s16be | PCM signed 16-bit big-endian |
| s16le | PCM signed 16-bit little-endian |
| s24be | PCM signed 24-bit big-endian |
| s24le | PCM signed 24-bit little-endian |
| s32be | PCM signed 32-bit big-endian |
| s32le | PCM signed 32-bit little-endian |
| s8 | PCM signed 8-bit |
| sami | SAMI subtitle format |
| sap | SAP output |
| sbg | SBaGen binaural beats script |
| scc | Scenarist Closed Captions |
| sdp | SDP |
| sdr2 | SDR2 |
| sds | MIDI Sample Dump Standard |
| sdx | Sample Dump eXchange |
| sgi_pipe | piped sgi sequence |
| shn | raw Shorten |
| siff | Beam Software SIFF |
| sln | Asterisk raw pcm |
| smjpeg | Loki SDL MJPEG |
| smk | Smacker |
| smush | LucasArts Smush |
| sol | Sierra SOL |
| sox | SoX native |
| spdif | IEC 61937 (used on S/PDIF - IEC958) |
| srt | SubRip subtitle |
| stl | Spruce subtitle format |
| subviewer | SubViewer subtitle format |
| subviewer1 | SubViewer v1 subtitle format |
| sunrast_pipe | piped sunrast sequence |
| sup | raw HDMV Presentation Graphic Stream subtitles |
| svag | Konami PS2 SVAG |
| swf | SWF (ShockWave Flash) |
| tak | raw TAK |
| tedcaptions | TED Talks captions |
| thp | THP |
| tiertexseq | Tiertex Limited SEQ |
| tiff_pipe | piped tiff sequence |
| tmv | 8088flex TMV |
| truehd | raw TrueHD |
| tta | TTA (True Audio) |
| tty | Tele-typewriter |
| txd | Renderware TeXture Dictionary |
| u16be | PCM unsigned 16-bit big-endian |
| u16le | PCM unsigned 16-bit little-endian |
| u24be | PCM unsigned 24-bit big-endian |
| u24le | PCM unsigned 24-bit little-endian |
| u32be | PCM unsigned 32-bit big-endian |
| u32le | PCM unsigned 32-bit little-endian |
| u8 | PCM unsigned 8-bit |
| v210 | Uncompressed 4:2:2 10-bit |
| v210x | Uncompressed 4:2:2 10-bit |
| vag | Sony PS2 VAG |
| vc1 | raw VC-1 video |
| vc1test | VC-1 test bitstream |
| vivo | Vivo |
| vmd | Sierra VMD |
| vobsub | VobSub subtitle format |
| voc | Creative Voice |
| vpk | Sony PS2 VPK |
| vplayer | VPlayer subtitles |
| vqf | Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) TwinVQ |
| w64 | Sony Wave64 |
| wav | WAV / WAVE (Waveform Audio) |
| wc3movie | Wing Commander III movie |
| webm_dash_manifest | WebM DASH Manifest |
| webp_pipe | piped webp sequence |
| webvtt | WebVTT subtitle |
| wsaud | Westwood Studios audio |
| wsd | Wideband Single-bit Data (WSD) |
| wsvqa | Westwood Studios VQA |
| wtv | Windows Television (WTV) |
| wv | raw WavPack |
| wve | Psion 3 audio |
| xa | Maxis XA |
| xbin | eXtended BINary text (XBIN) |
| xmv | Microsoft XMV |
| xpm_pipe | piped xpm sequence |
| xvag | Sony PS3 XVAG |
| xwma | Microsoft xWMA |
| yop | Psygnosis YOP |
| yuv4mpegpipe | YUV4MPEG pipe |