Supported Formats & Devices

bitcodin supports a variety of input formats and some of the major ones a listed below. If your targeted input format is not listed, just try our service, the possibility is very high that it is supported. Anyway, if your format is not supported, we are continuously integrating new input formats based on requests of our customers.

Excerpt of Supported Input Formats

Output Formats – MPEG-DASH & Apple HLS – Two formats to rule them all!

bitcodin generates MPEG-DASH & Apple HLS streams that enable your content to be played back on all major devices with players that are compatible to the MPEG-DASH & Apple HLS standards. Additionally, our bitdash player supports both protocols and consists of a MPEG-DASH HTML5 and Flash implementation.

Device Coverage

Video Codecs

Audio Codecs

Subtitles

Container Formats

Streaming Protocols

Device Coverage

Device	DASH HTML5	DASH Flash	DASH Native	DASH Overall	Apple HLS
Chrome >= 30
Chrome < 30
Safari 8
Safari < 8
Firefox
IE 11 Windows 8
IE <= 11
HbbTV 1.5
Samsung Smart TV 2012+
LG Smart TV 2012+
Sony TV 2012+
Philips NetTV 4.1+
ChromeCast
Android >= 4.0 with Chrome
Android >= 4.1 with ExoPlayer
Windows Phone 8
iOS
Apple TV
Mac OS

Video Codecs

Codec	Supported
H.264 / AVC / MPEG-4 AVC / MPEG-4 part 10

Audio Codecs

Codec	Supported
Advanced Audio Coding (AAC)

Subtitles

Format	Supported
The Web Video Text Tracks Format (WebVTT)

Container Formats

Format	Supported
MP4
MPEG-2 TS

Streaming Protocols

Format	Supported
MPEG-DASH
Apple HTTP Live Streaming