Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve 18 Supported Codecs

Video

Format

File Ex.

Alpha Exports

Codec

Passthrough(1)

Decode

Encode

Apple ProRes

imf

–

–

422, 422 HQ, 4444, 4444 XQ

422, 422 HQ, 4444, 4444 XQ

mov

4444

Yes

422, 422 HQ, 422 LT, 422 Proxy,

4444, 4444 XQ

422, 422 HQ, 422 LT, 422 Proxy,

4444, 4444 XQ

mxf Op1A, mxf Op‑Atom

4444

–

422, 422 HQ, 422 LT, 422 Proxy,

4444, 4444 XQ

–

ArriRaw

ari, arx

–

–

12‑bit, 16bit

–

mxf Op1A

–

–

Yes

–

Avid 1:1

mxf Op1A, mxf Op‑Atom

–

–

Yes

8 bit (1080i, NTSC, PAL),

10‑bit RGB (1080p, 1080i)

Blackmagic

braw

–

–

Yes

–

Canon

mxf Op1A

–

–

XF‑AVC, XF‑AVC Intra, XF‑HEVC

–

xml OpAtom

–

–

XF‑AVC, XF‑AVC Intra, XF‑HEVC

–

mts

–

–

C100 8 bit, C100 Mk2,

XA15, XA11, XA35, XA30

–

mov

–

–

C200 RAW, XF‑AVC Intra, XF‑MPEG

–

Cintel Raw

cri

–

–

Yes

–

DNxHD

mov,

mxf Op1A, mxf Op‑Atom

–

Yes

Yes

720p (100/85/55/45 8‑bit,

145/120/75/60 8‑bit, 220/185/110/90

10‑bit, 220/185/110/90 8‑bit),

1080i (100 8‑bit, 145/120/115 8‑bit,

220/185/175 10‑bit, 220/185/175

8‑bit, Thin Raster 145/120/115 8‑bit), 1080p (100/85/80 8‑bit, 145/120/115

8‑bit, 220/185/175 10‑bit,

220/185/175 8‑bit, 36 8‑bit, 444)

DNxHR

mov,

mxf Op1A, mxf Op‑Atom

Yes (except LB)

Yes

Yes

444 (10‑bit, 12‑bit),

HQX (10‑bit, 12‑bit), HQ, LB, SQ

GoPro CineForm

avi

RGB 16‑bit

Yes

Native, YUV 10‑bit, RGB 16‑bit

YUV 10‑bit

mov

–

Yes

Native, YUV 10‑bit, RGB 16‑bit

YUV 10‑bit, RGB 16‑bit

Grass Valley

avi

–

Yes

HQ, HQX, Lossless

HQ, HQX

mov

–

Yes

HQ, HQX, Lossless

HQ, HQX

H.264

mov

–

–

Yes, GPU accelerated

Yes, GPU accelerated

mp4

–

–

Yes, GPU accelerated

Yes, GPU accelerated

H.265

mov

–

–

Yes, GPU accelerated

Yes, GPU accelerated

mp4

–

–

Yes, GPU accelerated

Yes, GPU accelerated

AV1

mov, mp4

–

–

Yes

–

Video

Format

File Ex.

Alpha Exports

Codec

Passthrough(1)

Decode

Encode

IMF and DCP

dcp

–

–

Native DCP,

Kakadu jpeg2000 formats

easyDCP(3) 2K and 4K DCI, Kakadu formats.

Studio for >=4k

imf

–

–

Native IMF, IMP,

Apple ProRes formats, Kakadu jpeg2000 formats (including Dolby P3D65)

Apple ProRes formats, Kakadu jpeg2000 formats. Studio for >=4k/Dolby P3D65. easyDCP(3) RGB and YUV422

JPEG2000 video

mov,

mxf Op1A, mxf Op‑Atom

–

for IMFs

Yes

Native, Kakadu RGB, YUV422 and YUV444 (8‑bit, 10‑bit, 12‑bit each). Studio for >=4k

mj2

–

–

Yes

Kakadu RGB

MPEG

mts

–

–

AVCHD and HDV

–

m2ts

–

–

AVCHD

–

mxf Op1A, mxf Op‑Atom

–

–

MPEG2, D‑10 IMX

–

mov

–

–

MPEG2, MPEG4, MPEG IMX variants

–

Nikon RAW

nev

–

–

Yes

–

Panasonic

mxf Op1B

–

–

P2 DVC Pro

–

mov

–

–

AVC‑Intra 50M and 100 M:

720p (24/25/30/50/60), 1080i (50/60),

1080p (24/25/30/50/60), DVCPRO: NTSC, PAL, DVCPRO50: NTSC, PAL, DVCPRO: 720p (50/60), 1080i (50/60), 1080p (25/30)

–

SHV

–

–

8‑bit, Studio only; 10‑bit

Studio only

vrw

–

–

Yes

–

Phantom CINE

cine

–

–

Yes

–

RED

r3d

–

–

Yes, GPU accelerated

–

Sony

mov

–

for XAVC

XAVC, XAVC Intra, XDCAM 35MB VBR: 720p EX (24/25/30/50/60),

1080i EX (50/60), 1080p EX (24/25/30),

1080p HD (24/25/30), XDCAM HD422 (50MB CBR): 420p (50/60), 1080i (50/60), 1080p (24 /25/30)

–

mxf Op1A

–

for XAVC

mxf Op‑Atom, CV X‑OCN LT/ST/XT, F5/F55 X‑OCN LT/ST, F5/F55 Raw

SQ/SQ Lite, F65 Raw HFR/SQ/SQ Lite, FS700 Raw SQ/SQ Lite, XAVC, XAVC Intra, XDCAM MPEG2, Cine

AltaV, Cine AltaV2

XDCAM MPEG2, MPEG4 225M ‑ 422, 422 ‑ 720p, MPEG4 450M ‑ 422, 444.

Studio only: XAVC Intra CBG 50, 100, 300, 480 M/s; XAVC Intra VBR 100,

300, 480 M/s; XAVC Long 10b ‑ 25,

35, 50, 100, 140, 200 M/s; XAVC Long

8b ‑ 10, 100, 150 M/s; XAVC S Long 8b

(420) ‑ 50, 60, 60A, 100, 100A, 150 M/s

mxf Op‑Atom

–

for XAVC

mxf Op‑Atom, CV X‑OCN LT/ST/XT, F5/F55 X‑OCN LT/ST, F5/F55 Raw

SQ/SQ Lite, F65 Raw HFR/SQ/SQ Lite, FS700 Raw SQ/SQ Lite, XAVC, XAVC

Intra XDCAM MPEG2, Cine AltaV, Cine AltaV2

XDCAM MPEG2

Video‌‌

Format

File Ex.

Alpha Exports

Codec

Passthrough(1)

Decode

Encode

Uncompressed

avi

argb

Yes

Uncompressed (BGRA 8‑bit, RGB 10‑bit, YUV 422 8/10‑bit)

Uncompressed

(RGB 10‑bit, YUV 422 8/10‑bit)

mov

–

Yes

Uncompressed (ARGB/BGRA 8‑bit, RGB 8/10‑bit, YUV 422 8/10‑bit)

Uncompressed (ARGB/BGRA 8‑bit, RGB 8/10‑bit, YUV 422 8/10‑bit)

mxf Op1A

–

Yes

Uncompressed (RGB 10‑bit, UYVY 8/10‑bit)

–

mxf Op‑Atom

–

Yes

Uncompressed (RGB 10‑bit, UYVY 8/10‑bit)

–

VP9

mov

–

–

Yes

YUV 420 and 422 (8‑bit, 10‑bit, 12‑bit each)

Video – Miscellaneous

Format

File Ex.

Alpha Exports

Codec

Passthrough(1)

Decode

Encode

AVI

avi

–

–

DV and PhotoJPEG

–

MKV

mkv

–

–

H.264, H.265 and VP9

–

MXF AVC

mxf Op1A, mxf Op‑Atom

–

–

Yes

Studio only: AVC Intra 720p and 1080p (class 50/100/200), 2K, QFHD

and 4K (class 100)

QuickTime

mov

–

–

Animation QuickTime, HDV 720p (24/25/30/50/60), 1080i (50/60), 1080p (24/25/30), DV ‑ PAL, MotionJPEG,

PhotoJPEG

PhotoJPEG

Still and Sequence Formats

Format

File Ex.

Alpha Exports

Codec

Passthrough(1)

Decode

Encode

Action Cam Raw

cdx

–

–

Yes

–

Cineon

cin

–

–

Yes

RGB 10‑bit

Canon Raw

crm

–

–

Yes

–

rmf

–

–

Yes

–

cr2

–

–

Yes

–

Digital Negative

dng

–

–

Yes

–

Digital Picture Exchange

dpx

RGBA

–

Yes

Alpha 8‑bit, RGB 10/12/16‑bit/ 16‑half‑float, RGBA 8‑bit

OpenEXR(4)

exr

RGBA

–

Yes

RGB/RGBA float/half‑float (Uncompressed, ZIP,DWAA,DWAB, PIZ,RLE)

HEIF

heic

–

–

Yes

–

JPEG2000

j2c

–

Yes

Yes

Kakadu RGB, YUV422 and YUV444 (8‑bit, 10‑bit, 12‑bit each)

Studio for >=4k/HT‑J2K

Still and Sequence Formats‌

Format

File Ex.

Alpha Exports

Codec

Passthrough(1)

Decode

Encode

JPEG

jpg

–

–

Yes

–

JPEG‑HT

jph

–

–

Yes

–

Nikon Electronic

nef

–

–

Yes

–

Portable Network Graphics

png

–

–

Yes

–

Adobe Photoshop

psd

–

–

Yes

–

TARGA

tga

–

–

Yes

–

Tagged Image(4)

tif, tiff

RGBA

–

Yes

RGB 8‑bit, RGB/RGBA 16‑bit,

XYZ 16‑bit (Uncompressed/LZW)

Audio

Format

File Ex.

Alpha Exports

Codec

Passthrough(1)

Decode

Encode

WAV

wav

–

–

Independent Uncompressed PCM 16/24/32‑bit

Linear PCM 16/24/32‑bit

Audio Interchange

aiff

–

–

Independent Uncompressed PCM 16/24/32‑bit

–

Mpeg audio

mp3

–

–

Constant bit rate

Constant bit rate

Advanced audio coding

aac/m4a

–

–

CBR, VBR, average

CBR, VBR, average

Free

lossless audio

flac

–

–

Yes

–

Embedded audio in video containers

mov, mxf, r3d, mp4, avi, etc.

–

–

All decodable audio formats listed above, with valid header metadata

Linear PCM 16/24/32‑bit, AAC (based on container)

u‑law

mov

–

–

Yes

–

IMF audio formats

mxf op1a

–

–

Yes

Linear PCM, Dolby Atmos(5)

OPUS

mov, mp4

–

–

Yes

–

AC‑3

ac3

–

–

Yes

–

Video

Format

File Ex.

Alpha Exports

Codec

Passthrough(1)

Decode

Encode

Apple ProRes

imf

–

–

422, 422 HQ, 4444, 4444 XQ

–

mov

4444

Yes

422, 422 HQ, 422 LT, 422 Proxy,

4444, 4444 XQ

–

mxf Op1A, mxf Op‑Atom

4444

–

422, 422 HQ, 422 LT, 422 Proxy,

4444, 4444 XQ

–

ArriRaw

ari, arx

–

–

12‑bit, 16bit

–

mxf Op1A

–

–

Yes

–

Avid 1:1

mxf Op1A, mxf Op‑Atom

–

–

Yes

8 bit (1080i, NTSC, PAL),

10‑bit RGB (1080p, 1080i)

Blackmagic

braw

–

–

Yes

–

Canon

mxf Op1A

–

–

XF‑AVC, XF‑AVC Intra, XF‑HEVC

–

xml OpAtom

–

–

XF‑AVC, XF‑AVC Intra, XF‑HEVC

–

mts

–

–

C100 8 bit, C100 Mk2, XA15, XA11, XA35, XA30

–

mov

–

–

C200 RAW, XF‑AVC Intra, XF‑MPEG

–

Cintel Raw

cri

–

–

Yes

–

DNxHD

mov,

mxf Op1A, mxf Op‑Atom

–

Yes

Yes

720p (100/85/55/45 8‑bit,

145/120/75/60 8‑bit, 220/185/110/90

10‑bit, 220/185/110/90 8‑bit),

1080i (100 8‑bit, 145/120/115 8‑bit,

220/185/175 10‑bit, 220/185/175

8‑bit, Thin Raster 145/120/115 8‑bit), 1080p (100/85/80 8‑bit, 145/120/115

8‑bit, 220/185/175 10‑bit,

220/185/175 8‑bit, 36 8‑bit, 444)

DNxHR

mov,

mxf Op1A, mxf Op‑Atom

Yes (except LB)

Yes

Yes

444 (10‑bit, 12‑bit), HQX (10‑bit, 12‑bit), HQ, LB, SQ

GoPro CineForm

avi

RGB 16‑bit

Yes

Native, YUV 10‑bit, RGB 16‑bit

YUV 10‑bit

mov

–

Yes

Native, YUV 10‑bit, RGB 16‑bit

YUV 10‑bit, RGB 16‑bit

Grass Valley

avi

–

Yes

HQ, HQX, Lossless

HQ, HQX

mov

–

Yes

HQ, HQX, Lossless

HQ, HQX

H.264

mov

–

–

Yes, GPU accelerated in Studio

Yes, GPU accelerated in Studio

mp4

–

–

Yes, GPU accelerated in Studio

Yes, GPU accelerated in Studio

H.265

mov

–

–

Yes, GPU accelerated in Studio

Yes, GPU Accelerated. Additional profiles in Studio

mp4

–

–

Yes, GPU accelerated in Studio

Studio only. GPU Accelerated.

AV1

mov, mp4

–

–

Yes, GPU accelerated

Yes, GPU accelerated on Intel graphics

Video

Format

File Ex.

Alpha Exports

Codec

Passthrough(1)

Decode

Encode

IMF and DCP

dcp

–

–

Native DCP, Kakadu jpeg2000 formats

easyDCP(3) 2K and 4K DCI, Kakadu 2K DCI.

Kakadu 4K DCI with Studio only

imf

–

–

Native IMF, IMP, Apple ProRes formats, Kakadu jpeg2000 formats (including Dolby P3D65)

Kakadu jpeg2000 formats. Studio for >=4k/Dolby P3D65. easyDCP(3) RGB and YUV422

JPEG2000 video

mov,

mxf Op1A, mxf Op‑Atom

–

for IMFs

Yes

Native, Kakadu RGB, YUV422 and YUV444 (8‑bit, 10‑bit, 12‑bit each). Studio for >=4k

mj2

–

–

Yes

Kakadu RGB

MPEG

mts

–

–

AVCHD and HDV

–

m2ts

–

–

AVCHD

–

mxf Op1A, mxf Op‑Atom

–

–

MPEG2, D‑10 IMX

–

mov

–

–

MPEG2, MPEG4, MPEG IMX variants

MPEG4

Nikon RAW

nev

–

–

Yes

–

Panasonic

mxf Op1B

–

–

P2 DVC Pro

–

mov

–

–

AVC‑Intra 50M and 100 M; 720p (24/25/30/50/60), 1080i (50/60), 1080p (24/25/30/50/60), DVCPRO: NTSC, PAL, DVCPRO50: NTSC, PAL, DVCPRO: 720p (50/60), 1080i (50/60), 1080p (25/30)

–

SHV

–

–

8‑bit, Studio only; 10‑bit

Studio only

vrw

–

–

Yes

–

Phantom CINE

cine

–

–

Yes

–

RED

r3d

–

–

Yes, GPU accelerated

–

Sony

mov

–

for XAVC

XAVC, XAVC Intra, XDCAM 35MB VBR: 720p EX (24/25/30/50/60), 1080i

EX (50/60), 1080p EX (24/25/30), 1080p HD (24/25/30), XDCAM HD422 (50MB CBR): 720p (50/60), 1080i (50/60), 1080p (24/25/30)

–

mxf Op1A

–

for XAVC

mxf Op‑Atom, CV X‑OCN LT/ST/XT F5/F55 X‑OCN LT/ST, F5/F55 Raw SQ/

SQ Lite, F65 Raw HFR/SQ/SQ Lite, FS700 Raw SQ/SQ Lite, XAVC, XAVC

Intra, XDCAM MPEG2, Cine AltaV, Cine AltaV2

XDCAM MPEG2, MPEG4 225M ‑ 422, 422 ‑ 720p, MPEG4 450M ‑ 422, 444

Studio only: XAVC Intra CBG 50, 100, 300, 480 M/s; XAVC Intra VBR 100,

300, 480 M/s; XAVC Long 10b ‑ 25,

35, 50, 100, 140, 200 M/s; XAVC Long

8b ‑ 10, 100, 150 M/s; XAVC S Long 8b

(420) ‑ 50, 60, 60A, 100, 100A, 150 M/s

mxf Op‑Atom

–

for XAVC

mxf Op‑Atom, CV X‑OCN LT/ST/XT, F5/F55 X‑OCN LT/ST, F5/F55 Raw SQ/

SQ Lite, F65 Raw HFR/SQ/SQ Lite, FS700 Raw SQ/SQ Lite, XAVC, XAVC

Intra, XDCAM MPEG2, Cine AltaV,

Cine AltaV2

XDCAM MPEG2

Video‌‌

Format

File Ex.

Alpha Exports

Codec

Passthrough(1)

Decode

Encode

Uncompressed

avi

argb

Yes

Uncompressed (BGRA 8‑bit, RGB 10‑bit, YUV 422 8/10‑bit)

Uncompressed

(RGB 10‑bit, YUV 422 8/10‑bit)

mov

–

Yes

Uncompressed (ARGB/BGRA 8‑bit, RGB 8/10‑bit, YUV 422 8/10‑bit)

Uncompressed (ARGB/BGRA 8‑bit, RGB 8/10‑bit, YUV 422 8/10‑bit)

mxf Op1A

–

Yes

Uncompressed (RGB 10‑bit, UYVY 8/10‑bit)

–

mxf Op‑Atom

–

Yes

Uncompressed (RGB 10‑bit, UYVY 8/10‑bit)

–

VP9

mov

–

–

Yes

–

Video – Miscellaneous

Format

File Ex.

Alpha Exports

Codec

Passthrough(1)

Decode

Encode

AVI

avi

–

–

DV and PhotoJPEG

–

MKV

mkv

–

–

H.264, H.265 and VP9

–

MXF AVC

mxf Op1A, mxf Op‑Atom

–

–

Yes

Studio only: AVC Intra 720p and 1080p (class 50/100/200), 2K, QFHD and 4K (class 100)

QuickTime

mov

–

–

Animation QuickTime, HDV 720p (24/25/30/50/60), 1080i (50/60), 1080p (24/25/30), DV ‑ PAL,

MotionJPEG, PhotoJPEG

PhotoJPEG

Still and Sequence Formats

Format

File Ex.

Alpha Exports

Codec

Passthrough(1)

Decode

Encode

Action Cam Raw

cdx

–

–

Yes

–

Cineon

cin

–

–

Yes

RGB 10‑bit

Canon Raw

crm

–

–

Yes

–

rmf

–

–

Yes

–

cr2

–

–

Yes

–

Digital Negative

dng

–

–

Yes

–

Digital Picture Exchange

dpx

RGBA

–

Yes

Alpha 8‑bit, RGB 10/12/16‑bit/ 16‑half‑float, RGBA 8‑bit

OpenEXR(4)

exr

RGBA

–

Yes

RGB/RGBA float/half‑float (Uncompressed, ZIP, DWAA, DWAB, PIZ, RLE)

HEIF

heic

–

–

Studio only

–

JPEG2000

j2c

–

Yes

Yes

Kakadu RGB, YUV422 and

YUV444 (8‑bit, 10‑bit, 12‑bit each). Studio for >=4k

Still and Sequence Formats‌

Format

File Ex.

Alpha Exports

Codec

Passthrough(1)

Decode

Encode

JPEG

jpg

–

Yes

Yes

–

JPEG‑HT

jph

–

–

Yes

–

Nikon Electronic

nef

–

–

Yes

–

Portable Network Graphics

png

–

–

Yes

–

Adobe Photoshop

psd

–

–

Yes

–

TARGA

tga

–

–

Yes

–

Tagged Image(4)

tif, tiff

RGBA

–

Yes

RGB 8‑bit, RGB/RGBA 16‑bit,

XYZ 16‑bit (Uncompressed/LZW)

Audio

Format

File Ex.

Alpha Exports

Codec

Passthrough(1)

Decode

Encode

WAV

wav

–

–

Independent Uncompressed PCM 16/24/32‑bit

Linear PCM 16/24/32‑bit

Audio Interchange

aiff

–

–

Independent Uncompressed PCM 16/24/32‑bit

–

Mpeg audio

mp3

–

–

Constant bit rate

Constant bit rate

Advanced audio coding

aac/m4a

–

–

CBR, VBR, average

CBR, VBR, average

Free

lossless audio

flac

–

–

Yes

–

Embedded audio in video containers

mov, mxf, r3d, mp4, avi, etc.

–

–

All decodable audio formats listed above, with valid header metadata

Linear PCM 16/24/32‑bit, AAC (based on container), mp3 (based on container)

u‑law

mov

–

–

Yes

–

IMF audio formats

mxf op1a

–

–

Yes

Linear PCM, Dolby Atmos(5)

OPUS

mov, mp4

–

–

Yes

–

AC‑3

ac3

–

–

Yes

–

Video

Format

File Ex.

Alpha Exports

Codec

Passthrough(1)

Decode

Encode

Apple ProRes

imf

–

–

422, 422 HQ, 4444, 4444 XQ

–

mov

4444

Yes

422, 422 HQ, 422 LT, 422 Proxy,

4444, 4444 XQ

422, 422 HQ, 422 LT, 422 Proxy,

4444, 4444 XQ (2)

mxf Op1A, mxf Op‑Atom

4444

–

422, 422 HQ, 422 LT, 422 Proxy,

4444, 4444 XQ

–

ArriRaw

ari, arx

–

–

12‑bit, 16bit

–

mxf Op1A

–

–

Yes

–