Home & Studio
Formats & playback.
Video, audio, storage, and playback support for Home and Studio.
Everyday formats, in both editions.
Home retains broad consumer compatibility, including older camera recordings and lossless music. Studio includes all of these formats.
- Modern video
- H.264, H.265/HEVC, AV1, VP8, and VP9.
- Older video and home cameras
- MPEG-1/2, MPEG-4/DivX/Xvid, VC-1/WMV, Theora, older Flash video, DV, and ordinary Motion JPEG.
- Containers and disc folders
- MP4/M4V, MOV, MKV, AVI, WebM, supported MPEG/TS/MTS/M2TS formats, WMV, FLV, 3GP, and Blu-ray BDMV folders.
- Music and general audio
- MP3, AAC, ALAC, FLAC, Vorbis, Opus, WMA, WAV, AIFF/AIF/AIFC, and PCM.
- Film and TV audio
- AC-3, E-AC-3, DTS variants, TrueHD, LPCM, and MPEG audio. Output and channel preservation depend on the playback method and device.
Studio additions
Production and archival media.
- Camera RAW
- Blackmagic RAW (.braw) and RED REDCODE (.r3d), using Default playback in the native apps.
- Editing and production
- ProRes, DNxHD/DNxHR, CineForm, JPEG 2000, Hap, and the MXF container.
- Specialized archives
- FFV1, HuffYUV, Lagarith, Ut Video, SpeedHQ, QuickTime Animation, Apple Intermediate Codec, and supported uncompressed video.
- ARRI sidecar metadata
- Metadata associated with .ari and .arx files. This does not include ARRIRAW playback.
A MOV file can belong to either edition.
H.264 in MOV belongs in Home. ProRes in MOV requires Studio, including ProRes recorded on a personal camera. MOV, MKV, and AVI remain available in Home; the codec inside also matters.
Where your media lives.
| Source | Home | Studio |
|---|---|---|
| Local folders & external drives | Included | Included |
| SMB/NAS | Included | Included |
| Native S3 connection | Not included | Included |
| Native Dropbox connection | Not included | Included |
Home can read ordinary local folders synchronized by another application. Direct S3 and Dropbox connections are Studio features. Remote BRAW preparation may download the complete source to the Server; RED can use remote SDK reads.
Choose the playback method.
Default adapts the stream to the connection. Original preserves compatible source media through direct playback or remuxing.
- Default
- The Server decodes and streams media for the native Player. This is the supported path for BRAW and R3D on iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, and Mac.
- Original
- Available in both editions for compatible media. Direct File and Remux HLS availability depend on the source, selected tracks, and device. BRAW and R3D cannot use Original.
- Web and Apple Watch
- Use supported playback paths for those clients. BRAW and R3D do not currently play in the browser or on Apple Watch.
- 4K, HDR, and surround
- Included in both editions where the source, playback method, and device support them. These are not Studio-only features.
Studio audio monitoring
Listen to the stereo pair you need.
Left Only and Right Only send the selected side to both ears. Mono Mix combines the pair. Swap exchanges left and right.
- Available during
- Default playback, offline packages, and supported Direct File playback.
- Not applied during
- Remux HLS or external AirPlay video. Mono sources pass through unchanged.
- Scope
- Monitoring acts on the decoded stereo pair. It does not select arbitrary channels from the original multichannel source before downmixing. The setting resets for each new item.
Normal audio-track and language selection remains available in Home and Studio.