Livestream Studio can accept most common video format files.
The codecs listed below are from “Supported media formats in Media Foundation (Windows).” Supported media formats in Media Foundation (Windows). Microsoft, 28 Nov. 2012. Web. 7 Feb. 2013: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd757927%28v=vs.85%29.aspx.
Please note that Studio does not support Apple-only based formats (e.g. ProRes).
File Containers:
| Format | File Extensions | Media Source |
Media Sink | Requires |
| 3GP | .3g2, .3gp, .3gp2, .3gpp |
MPEG-4 File Source |
3GP File Sink | Windows 7 |
| Advanced Streaming Format (ASF) | .asf, .wma, .wmv |
ASF Media Source |
ASF Media Sink |
Windows Vista |
| Audio Data Transport Stream (ADTS). | .aac, .adts | ADTS File Source |
None | Windows 7 |
| AVI | .avi | AVI File Source |
None | Windows 7 |
| MP3 | .mp3 | MP3 File Source |
MP3 File Sink | File source: Windows Vista File sink: Windows 7 |
| MPEG-4 | .m4a, .m4v, .mov, .mp4 |
MPEG-4 File Source |
MPEG-4 File Sink |
Windows 7 |
| Synchronized Accessible Media Interchange (SAMI) | .sami, .smi | SAMI Media Source |
None | Windows Vista |
| WAVE | .wav | AVI File Source |
None | Windows 7 |
Audio Codecs
| Format | Decoder | Encoder | Requires |
| μ-law Coding | Audio Compression Manager (ACM) μ-law Codec | None | Windows Vista |
| Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) |
AAC Decoder | AAC Encoder | Windows 7 |
| MP3 | Windows Media MP3 Decoder |
None | Windows Vista |
| GSM 6.10 | ACM GSM 6.10 Codec |
None | Windows Vista |
| Windows Media Audio (WMA) |
Windows Media Audio Decoder Windows Media Audio Voice Decoder | Windows Media Audio Decoder Windows Media Audio Voice Decoder | Windows Vista |
Media Foundation provides wrappers for several ACM codecs listed in the previous table. However, Media Foundation does not support arbitrary ACM codecs.
Video Codecs
| Format | Decoder | Encoder | Requires |
| DV Video | DV Video Decoder | None | Windows 7 |
| H.264 | H.264 Video Decoder |
H.264 Video Encoder |
Windows 7 |
| MJPEG | MJPEG Decoder |
None | Windows 7 |
| MPEG-4 Part 2 | MPEG-4 Part 2 Video Decoder |
None | Windows 7 |
| MPEG-4 v1/v2/v3 | Windows Media MPEG-4 V3 Decoder Windows Media MPEG4 V1/V2 Decoder |
None | Windows Vista |
| Windows Media Video (WMV) |
Windows Media Video 9 Decoder Windows Media Video 9 Screen Decoder | Windows Media Video 9 Encoder Windows Media Video 9 Screen Encoder Windows Media Video 7/8 En- coder | Windows Vista |