Avalon Media System uses FFmpeg which supports many common and uncommon source formats and codecs that can be ingested and transcoded to the kind of video or audio file that you want.*
Supported Common Source Formats
AAC, AC3, AIFF, APE, AU, AVI, AVR, DTS, FLAC, IFF, MOV, MP4, M4A, M4V, 3GP, 3G2, MJ2, MOV, MP3, MPEG, OGG, PAF, PVF, RM, W64, WAV, WMV, WMA
Supported Video Source Codecs
012v, 4xm, 8bps, aasc, amv, anm, ansi, asv1, asv2, aura, aura2, avrn, avrp, avs, avui, ayuv, bethsoftvid, bfi, binkvideo, bintext, bmp, bmv_video, brender_pix, c93, cavs, cdgraphics, cdxl, cinepak, cljr, cllc, cmv, cpia, cscd, cyuv, dfa, dirac, dnxhd, dpx, dsicinvideo, dvvideo, dxa, dxtory, escape124, escape130, exr, ffv1, ffvhuff, flashsv, flashsv2, flic, flv1, fraps, frwu, gif, h261, h263, h263i, h263p, h264, huffyuv, idcin, idf, iff_byterun1, iff_ilbm, indeo2, indeo3, indeo4, indeo5, interplayvideo, jpeg2000, jpegls, jv, kgv1, kmvc, lagarith, loco, mad, mdec, mimic, mjpeg, mjpegb, mmvideo, motionpixels, mpeg1video, mpeg2video, mpeg4, msa1, msmpeg4v1, msmpeg4v2, msmpeg4v3, msrle, mss1, mss2, msvideo1, mszh, mts2, mvc1, mvc2, mxpeg, nuv, paf_video, pam, pbm, pcx, pgm, pgmyuv, pictor, png, ppm, prores, ptx, qdraw, qpeg, qtrle, r10k, r210, rawvideo, rl2, roq, rpza, rv10, rv20, rv30, rv40, sanm, sgi, sgirle, smackvideo, smc, snow, sp5x, sunrast, svq1, svq3, targa, targa_y216, tgq, tgv, theora, thp, tiertexseqvideo, tiff, tmv, tqi, truemotion1, truemotion2, tscc, tscc2, txd, ulti, utvideo, v210, v210x, v308, v408, v410, vb, vble, vc1, vc1image, vcr1, vixl, vmdvideo, vmnc, vp3, vp5, vp6, vp6a, vp6f, vp8, wmv1, wmv2, wmv3, wmv3image, wnv1, ws_vqa, xan_wc3, xan_wc4, xbin, xbm, xface, xwd, y41p, yop, yuv4, zerocodec, zlib, zmbv
Supported Audio Source Codecs
8svx_exp, 8svx_fib, aac, aac_latm, ac3, adpcm_4xm, adpcm_adx, adpcm_afc, adpcm_ct, adpcm_ea, adpcm_ea_maxis_xa, adpcm_ea_r1, adpcm_ea_r2, adpcm_ea_r3, adpcm_ea_xas, adpcm_g722, adpcm_g726, adpcm_ima_amv, adpcm_ima_apc, adpcm_ima_dk3, adpcm_ima_dk4, adpcm_ima_ea_eacs, adpcm_ima_ea_sead, adpcm_ima_iss, adpcm_ima_oki, adpcm_ima_qt, adpcm_ima_smjpeg, adpcm_ima_wav, adpcm_ima_ws, adpcm_ms, adpcm_sbpro_2, adpcm_sbpro_3, adpcm_sbpro_4, adpcm_swf, adpcm_thp, adpcm_xa, adpcm_yamaha, alac, amr_nb, amr_wb, ape, atrac1, atrac3, binkaudio_dct, binkaudio_rdft, bmv_audio, comfortnoise, cook, dsicinaudio, dts, eac3, evrc, flac, g723_1, g729, gsm, gsm_ms, iac, imc, interplay_dpcm, mace3, mace6, mlp, mp1, mp2, mp3, mp3adu, mp3on4, mp4als, musepack7, musepack8, nellymoser, paf_audio, pcm_alaw, pcm_bluray, pcm_dvd, pcm_f32be, pcm_f32le, pcm_f64be, pcm_f64le, pcm_lxf, pcm_mulaw, pcm_s16be, pcm_s16be_planar, pcm_s16le, pcm_s16le_planar, pcm_s24be, pcm_s24daud, pcm_s24le, pcm_s24le_planar, pcm_s32be, pcm_s32le, pcm_s32le_planar, pcm_s8, pcm_s8_planar, pcm_u16be, pcm_u16le, pcm_u24be, pcm_u24le, pcm_u32be, pcm_u32le, pcm_zork, qcelp, qdm2, ra_144, ra_288, ralf, roq_dpcm, s302m, shorten, sipr, smackaudio, sol_dpcm, sonic, tak, truehd, truespeech, tta, twinvq, vima, vmdaudio, vorbis, wavesynth, wavpack, westwood_snd1, wmalossless, wmapro, wmav1, wmav2, wmavoice, xan_dpcm
* This documentation was generated from a list of file formats and codecs that can be recognized and decoded by Avalon's versions of FFmpeg and MediaInfo, two necessary components of the Matterhorn processing workflow. We have not tested each format and codec individually, and this list is subject to change based on the versions of FFmpeg and MediaInfo implemented in Avalon for transcoding files and supports almost any audio or video file type. The full list of supported file formats for FFmpeg can be found at https://ffmpeg.org//general.html#Supported-File-Formats_002c-Codecs-or-Features.