What are the supported video formats for FaceReader 9?
Last updated: Aug 24, 2026
FaceReader 9 supports the following video formats:
|
Container |
Code |
Name/Encoder |
|
mpg |
mpg1 |
MPEG-1 Part 2 |
|
mpg |
mpg2 |
MPEG-2 |
|
mpg |
H264 |
H.264/ MPEG-4 |
|
mpg |
H265 |
H.265/ MPEG-4 |
|
vob (DVD) |
mpg2 |
MPEG-2 |
|
mp4 |
mp4v |
MPEG-4 Video |
|
mov |
mp4v |
MPEG-4 Quicktime |
|
avi |
XVID |
XviD ISO MPEG-4 |
|
avi |
XVID |
XviD 1.1.0 Final |
|
avi avi |
DIB (_RGB) DIV3 |
BI_RGB Raw Bitmap D ivX 3 Low-Motion |
|
avi |
DIV5 |
DivX 5.x/6.x |
|
avi |
DIVX |
DivX 4 |
|
avi |
dvsd |
DVC/DV Video |
|
avi |
DX50 |
DivX 6.0.0 |
|
avi |
DX50 |
DivX 5.x |
|
avi |
CRAM |
Microsoft Video 1 |
|
avi |
cvid |
Cinepak |
|
avi |
IV32 |
Indeo 3.x |
|
avi |
MJPG |
Motion JPEG |
|
avi |
MP42 |
S-MPEG 4 version 2 |
|
avi |
WMV3 |
WMP v9 (VC-1 Simple/Main) |
|
asf (.wmv) |
WMV1 |
WMP v7 |
|
asf (.wmv) |
WMV2 |
WMP v8 |
|
asf (.wmv) |
WMV3 |
WMP v9 (VC-1 Simple/Main) |
|
asf |
MP43 |
S-Mpeg 4 version 3 |
|
3gp |
s263 |
ITU H.263 video (3GPP) |
Notes
The container is not the same as the file extension. Different containers can have the same file extension.
If you are not sure what the format of your video files is, you can use a program like GSpot to find this out.To download GSpot (free of charge): http://www.headbands.com/gspot
Video file extensions in Project wizard
The following video file extensions can be used in combination with the project wizard:
- .mpg
- .mpeg
- .avi
- .wmv
- .mov
- .asf
- .3gp
- .vob
- .mp4
- .mkv
- .flv