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iPhone Supported Video and Audio Formats
What video, movie & audio formats will the iPhone play / support?
Apple iPhone is an Internet-connected and multimedia GSM smartphone. You may have known that video contents from iTunes store can be played on iPhone. iPhone will support H.264 (such as videos from iTunes store), MPEG-4 in .mp4, .mov, .m4v formats, and mp3, protected AAC, AAC audible, Apple loss less in .aac, .mp3, .m4a files.
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Supported Movie & Video Formats
- H.264 video, up to 1.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Low-Complexity version of the H.264 Baseline Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats.
- H.264 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Baseline Profile up to Level 3.0 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats.
- MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats.
Supported Music & Audio Formats
- AAC (16 to 320 Kbps)
- Protected AAC (from iTunes Store)
- MP3 (16 to 320 Kbps)
- MP3 VBR
- Audible (formats 2, 3, and 4)
- Apple Lossless
- AIFF
- WAV
iTunes store video format
Video content available from the store used to be encoded as 540 kbit/s Protected MPEG-4 video (H.264) with an approximately 128 kbit/s AAC audio track. Many videos and video podcasts currently require the latest version of QuickTime, QuickTime 7, which is incompatible with older versions of Mac OS (only v10.3.9 and later are supported).
Other video formats
As you know, not every video file can be played on iPhone. If the video / movie formats you want to view are not supported by iPhone, you may be able to convert them into iPhone compatible format with iPhone Video Converter for Mac and DVD to iPhone Converter for Mac
Convert DVD video for iPhone
DVD-Video is a consumer video format used to store digital video on DVD discs, and is currently the dominant consumer video format in Canada, Europe and Australia. Discs using the DVD-Video specification require a DVD drive and a MPEG-2 decoder (e.g., a DVD player, or a DVD computer drive with a software DVD player). DVD to iPhone Converter tools are able to convert DVD video files to iPhone supported video and audio format. Click here to learn how to convert DVD for iPhone on Mac.
Convert AVI video for iPhone
AVI stands for. AVI is known as one of the most popular video formats nowadays, It is a multimedia container format introduced by Microsoft in November 1992 as part of its Video for Windows technology. AVI files can contain both audio and video data in a file container that allows synchronous audio-with-video playback. iPhone Video Converter for Mac is able to convert AVI video to iPhone supported video and audio format on Mac. Click here to learn how to convert video for iPhone on Mac.
Convert FLV video for iPhone
Flash Video is a file format used to deliver video over the Internet using Adobe Flash Player versions. iPhone Video Converter is able to convert FLV to iPhone MP4 format on Mac. Click here to learn how to convert FLV video for iPhone on Mac.
Convert MKV video for iPhone
The Matroska Multimedia Container is an open standard free container format, a file format that can hold an unlimited number of video, audio, picture or subtitle tracks inside a single file. It is intended to serve as a universal format for storing common multimedia content, like movies or TV shows. Matroska file types are .MKV for video (with subtitles and audio), .MKA for audio-only files and .MKS for subtitles only. The most common use of .MKV files is to store HD video files. iPhone Video Converter is able to convert MKV to iPhone supported video and audio format on Mac. Click here to learn how to convert video for iPhone on Mac.
Convert WMV video for iPhone
Windows Media Video (WMV) is a compressed video file format for several proprietary codecs developed by Microsoft. The original codec, known as WMV, was originally designed for Internet streaming applications, as a competitor to RealVideo. The other codecs, such as WMV Screen and WMV Image, cater for specialized content. Through standardization from the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE),WMV has gained adoption for physical-delivery formats such as HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc. iPhone Video Converter is able to convert WMV to iPhone MP4 format on Mac. Click here to learn how to convert WMV video for iPhone on Mac.
