Our video feature can upload just about any video format. In general SmugMug can accept most all of the very popular formats like .mov, .AVI, most Mpeg formats, h.264, .m4a, .m4v, and .mts .
Below you can find the supported video formats and also the codecs SmugMug supports. If you do not see your file type or codec listed, you will want to find a converter that can convert the video to a format that SmugMug supports.
Please remember that Power and Pro users are limited to 20 minutes of HD or 20 minutes of SD. Both account levels are limited to 3 GB per file.
FYI: Use our HTML5 uploader in Google Chrome to upload your biggest files.
Important Notes:
- Look here for step-by-step instructions on converting and formatting your video file.
- WMV files may contain some form of Windows Media Video, which we do not support. However WMV is a container. It can contain a number of different codecs (both audio and video), some of which we can support, others we can't. Plenty of WMVs are being uploaded just fine. The same is also true of .MOV files.
- We can't decode and re-encode 5.1 channels of audio (surround sound). SmugMug videos need to have 0, 1, or 2 channels of audio or we barf. Sorry!
- DVI ADPCM, Mono, 44,100 kHz is not supported
- We preserve framerate if the video is at or below 30fps. So 30 fps (PC), 29.97 fps (NTSC), 25 fps (PAL), or 24 fps (film) should all work. Higher than 30, we convert down to 30fps.
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A tip from one of our Dgrin users about Windows Media Professional 10 http://www.dgrin.com/showpost.php?p=802922
- from a Windows Live Movie Maker user: "I believe I was using Windows Live Movie Maker 2009, part of Windows Live Essentials 2009, to edit my videos before this month. Earlier this month my WLE 2009 was updated to WLE 2011, and as a result the videos edited contain format that is not supported by Smugmug. I was able to completely uninstall WLE 2011 and reinstall 2009 on one computer -- it was not an easy process and WLE 2009 download is hard to find. I re-edited a video and it was loaded fine."
Codecs Supported
| Codec | Supported |
|---|---|
| 4xm | Video |
| 8bps | Video |
| VMware video | Video |
| aac | Audio |
| aasc | Video |
| ac3 | Audio |
| adpcm_4xm | Audio |
| adpcm_adx | Audio |
| adpcm_ct | Audio |
| adpcm_ea | Audio |
| adpcm_ima_dk3 | Audio |
| adpcm_ima_dk4 | Audio |
| adpcm_ima_qt | Audio |
| adpcm_ima_smjpeg | Audio |
| adpcm_ima_wav | Audio |
| adpcm_ima_ws | Audio |
| adpcm_ms | Audio |
| adpcm_sbpro_2 | Audio |
| adpcm_sbpro_3 | Audio |
| adpcm_sbpro_4 | Audio |
| adpcm_swf | Audio |
| adpcm_thp | Audio |
| adpcm_xa | Audio |
| adpcm_yamaha | Audio |
| alac | Audio |
| asv1 | Video |
| asv2 | Video |
| atrac 3 | Audio |
| avs | Video |
| bethsoftvid | Video |
| bmp | Video |
| c93 | Video |
| camstudio | Video |
| camtasia | Video |
| cavs | Video |
| cinepak | Video |
| cljr | Video |
| cook | Audio |
| cyuv | Video |
| dca | Audio |
| dnxhd | Video |
| dsicinaudio | Audio |
| dsicinvideo | Video |
| dvbsub | |
| dvdsub | |
| dvvideo | Video |
| dxa | Video |
| ffv1 | Video |
| ffvhuff | Video |
| flac | Audio |
| flashsv | Video |
| flic | Video |
| flv | Video |
| fraps | Video |
| g726 | Audio |
| gif | Video |
| gsm | Audio |
| gsm_ms | Audio |
| h261 | Video |
| h263 | Video |
| h263i | Video |
| h263p | NO |
| h264 | Video |
| huffyuv | Video |
| idcinvideo | Video |
| imc | Audio |
| indeo2 | Video |
| indeo3 | Video |
| interplay_dpcm | Audio |
| interplayvideo | Video |
| jpegls | Video |
| kmvc | Video |
| libtheora | NO |
| ljpeg | NO |
| loco | Video |
| mace3 | Audio |
| mace6 | Audio |
| mdec | Video |
| mjpeg | Video |
| mjpegb | Video |
| mmvideo | Video |
| mp2 | Audio |
| mp3 | Audio |
| mp3adu | Audio |
| mp3on4 | Audio |
| mpc sv7 | Audio |
| mpeg1video | Video |
| mpeg2video | Video |
| mpeg4 | Video |
| mpeg4aac | Audio |
| mpegvideo | video |
| msmpeg4 | Video |
| msmpeg4v1 | Video |
| msmpeg4v2 | Video |
| msrle | Video |
| msvideo1 | Video |
| mszh | Video |
| nuv | Video |
| pam | Video |
| pbm | Video |
| pcm_alaw | Audio |
| pcm_mulaw | Audio |
| pcm_s16be | Audio |
| pcm_s16le | Audio |
| pcm_s24be | Audio |
| pcm_s24daud | Audio |
| pcm_s24le | Audio |
| pcm_s32be | Audio |
| pcm_s32le | Audio |
| pcm_s8 | Audio |
| pcm_u16be | Audio |
| pcm_u16le | Audio |
| pcm_u24be | Audio |
| pcm_u24le | Audio |
| pcm_u32be | Audio |
| pcm_u32le | Audio |
| pcm_u8 | Audio |
| pgm | Video |
| pgmyuv | Video |
| png | Video |
| ppm | Video |
| ptx | Video |
| qdm2 | Audio |
| qdraw | Video |
| qpeg | Video |
| qtrle | Video |
| rawvideo | Video |
| real_144 | Audio |
| real_288 | Audio |
| roq_dpcm | Audio |
| roqvideo | Video |
| rpza | Video |
| rv10 | Video |
| rv20 | Video |
| sgi | Video |
| shorten | Audio |
| smackaud | Audio |
| smackvid | Video |
| smc | Video |
| snow | Video |
| sol_dpcm | Audio |
| sonic | Audio |
| sonicls | NO |
| sp5x | Video |
| svq1 | Video |
| svq3 | Video |
| targa | Video |
| theora | Video |
| thp | Video |
| tiertexseqvideo | Video |
| tiff | Video |
| truemotion1 | Video |
| truemotion2 | Video |
| truespeech | Audio |
| tta | Audio |
| txd | Video |
| ultimotion | Video |
| vc1 | Video |
| vcr1 | Video |
| vmdaudio | Audio |
| vmdvideo | Video |
| vorbis | Audio |
| vp3 | Video |
| vp5 | Video |
| vp6 | Video |
| vp6f | Video |
| vqavideo | Video |
| wavpack | Audio |
| wmav1 | Audio |
| wmav2 | NO |
| wmv1 | Video |
| wmv2 | Video |
| wmv3 | Video |
| wnv1 | Video |
| ws_snd1 | Audio |
| xan_dpcm | Audio |
| xan_wc3 | Video |
| xl | Video |
| xvid | NO |
| zlib | Video |
| zmbv | Video |
Video Formats Supported
| File Format | File Format Description | Supported |
|---|---|---|
| 3g2 | 3g2 format | Yes |
| 3gp | 3gp format | Yes |
| 4xm | 4X Technologies format | Yes |
| aac | ADTS AAC | Yes |
| ac3 | raw ac3 | Yes |
| adts | ADTS AAC | NO |
| aiff | Audio IFF | Yes |
| alaw | pcm A law format | Yes |
| amr | 3gpp amr file format | Yes |
| apc | CRYO APC format | Yes |
| asf | asf format | Yes |
| asf_stream | asf format | NO |
| au | SUN AU Format | Yes |
| audio_device | audio grab and output | Yes |
| avi | avi format | Yes |
| avs | avs format | Yes |
| bethsoftvid | Bethesda Softworks 'Daggerfall' VID format | Yes |
| c93 | Interplay C93 | Yes |
| crc | crc testing format | NO |
| daud | D-Cinema audio format | Yes |
| dsicin | Delphine Software International CIN format | Yes |
| dts | raw dts | Yes |
| dv | DV video format | Yes |
| dv1394 | dv1394 A/V grab | Yes |
| dvd | MPEG2 PS format (DVD VOB) | NO |
| dxa | dxa | Yes |
| ea | Electronic Arts Multimedia Format | Yes |
| ffm | ffm format | Yes |
| film_cpk | Sega FILM/CPK format | Yes |
| flac | raw flac | Yes |
| flic | FLI/FLC/FLX animation format | Yes |
| flv | flv format | Yes |
| framecrc | framecrc testing format | NO |
| gif | GIF Animation | Yes |
| gxf | GXF format | Yes |
| h261 | raw h261 | Yes |
| h263 | raw h263 | Yes |
| h264 | raw H264 video format | Yes |
| idcin | Id CIN format | Yes |
| image2 | image2 sequence | Yes |
| image2pipe | piped image2 sequence | Yes |
| ingenient | Ingenient MJPEG | Yes |
| ipmovie | Interplay MVE format | Yes |
| m4a | m4a format | Yes |
| m4v | raw MPEG4 video format | Yes |
| matroska | Matroska file format | Yes |
| mj2 | Motion JPEG format | Yes |
| mjpeg | MJPEG video | Yes |
| mm | American Laser Games MM format | Yes |
| mmf | mmf format | Yes |
| mov | Quicktime | Yes |
| mp2 | MPEG audio layer 2 | NO |
| mp3 | MPEG audio layer 3 | Yes |
| mp4 | MPEG4 | Yes |
| mpc | musepack | Yes |
| mpeg | MPEG1 System format | Yes |
| mpeg1video | MPEG video | NO |
| mpeg2video | MPEG2 video | NO |
| mpegts | MPEG2 transport stream format | Yes |
| mpegvideo | MPEG video | Yes |
| mpjpeg | Mime multipart JPEG format | NO |
| MTV | MTV format | Yes |
| mulaw | pcm mu law format | Yes |
| mxf | MXF format | Yes |
| nsv | NullSoft Video format | Yes |
| null | null video format | NO |
| nut | nut format | Yes |
| nuv | NuppelVideo format | Yes |
| ogg | Ogg format | Yes |
| psp | psp mp4 format | NO |
| psxstr | Sony Playstation STR format | Yes |
| rawvideo | raw video format | Yes |
| redir | Redirector format | Yes |
| rm | rm format | Yes |
| RoQ | Id RoQ format | Yes |
| rtp | RTP output format | NO |
| rtsp | RTSP input format | Yes |
| s16be | pcm signed 16 bit big endian format | Yes |
| s16le | pcm signed 16 bit little endian format | Yes |
| s8 | pcm signed 8 bit format | Yes |
| sdp | SDP | Yes |
| shn | raw shorten | Yes |
| smk | Smacker Video | Yes |
| sol | Sierra SOL Format | Yes |
| svcd | MPEG2 PS format (VOB) | NO |
| swf | Flash format | Yes |
| thp | THP | Yes |
| tiertexseq | Tiertex Limited SEQ format | Yes |
| tta | true-audio | Yes |
| txd | txd format | Yes |
| u16be | pcm unsigned 16 bit big endian format | Yes |
| u16le | pcm unsigned 16 bit little endian format | Yes |
| u8 | pcm unsigned 8 bit format | Yes |
| vc1 | raw vc1 | Yes |
| vcd | MPEG1 System format (VCD) | NO |
| video4linux | video grab | Yes |
| video4linux2 | video grab | Yes |
| vmd | Sierra VMD format | Yes |
| vob | MPEG2 PS format (VOB) | NO |
| voc | Creative Voice File format | Yes |
| wav | wav format | Yes |
| wc3movie | Wing Commander III movie format | Yes |
| wsaud | Westwood Studios audio format | Yes |
| wsvqa | Westwood Studios VQA format | Yes |
| wv | WavPack | Yes |
| yuv4mpegpipe | YUV4MPEG pipe format | Yes |