Supported Formats and Codecs

DaVinci
Resolve
April 2020

English
Contents

MacOS 3
Video 3
Video – Miscellaneous 5
Still and Sequence Formats 5
Audio 6

Windows 10 7
Video 7
Video – Miscellaneous 9
Still and Sequence Formats 9
Audio 10

CentOS 7.3 (CUDA) 11

Video 11
Video – Miscellaneous 13
Still and Sequence Formats 13
Audio 14

DaVinci Resolve 16.2 Supported Formats and Codecs 2

MacOS
Video
Alpha Codec
Format File Ex. Exports Passthrough(1) Decode Encode

imf – – 422, 422 HQ, 4444, 4444 XQ 422, 422 HQ, 4444, 4444 XQ

422, 422 HQ, 422 LT, 422 Proxy, 422, 422 HQ, 422 LT, 422 Proxy,
mov 4444 yes
Apple ProRes 4444, 4444 XQ 4444, 4444 XQ

mxf Op1A, 422, 422 HQ, 422 LT, 422 Proxy,

4444 – –
mxf Op-Atom 4444, 4444 XQ

ari, arx – – 12-bit, 16bit –

ArriRaw
mxf Op1A – – yes –

mxf Op1A, 8 bit (1080i, NTSC, PAL),

Avid 1:1 – – yes
mxf Op-Atom 10-bit RGB (1080p, 1080i)

Blackmagic braw – – yes –

XF-AVC, XF-AVC Intra,

mxf Op1A – – –
XF-HEVC

XF-AVC, XF-AVC Intra,

xml OpAtom – – –
XF-HEVC
Canon
C100 8 bit, C100 Mk2,
mts – – –
XA15, XA11, XA35, XA30

C200 RAW, XF-AVC Intra,

mov – – –
XF-MPEG

Cintel Raw cri – – 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),
mov, 1080i (100 8-bit, 145/120/115 8-bit,
DNxHD mxf Op1A, – yes yes 220/185/175 10-bit, 220/185/175 8-bit,
mxf Op-Atom 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)

mov,
yes 444 (10-bit, 12-bit),
DNxHR mxf Op1A, yes yes
(except LB) HQX (10-bit, 12-bit), HQ, LB, SQ
mxf Op-Atom

avi RGB 16-bit yes Native, YUV 10-bit, RGB 16-bit YUV 10-bit
GoPro CineForm
mov – yes Native, YUV 10-bit, RGB 16-bit YUV 10-bit, RGB 16-bit

avi – yes HQ, HQX, Lossless HQ, HQX

Grass Valley
mov – yes HQ, HQX, Lossless HQ, HQX

mov – – Yes, GPU accelerated Yes, GPU accelerated

H.264
mp4 – – Yes, GPU accelerated Yes, GPU accelerated

mov – – Yes, GPU accelerated Yes, GPU accelerated

H.265
mp4 – – Yes, GPU accelerated Yes, GPU accelerated

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MacOS
Video
Alpha Codec
Format File Ex. Exports Passthrough(1) Decode Encode

easyDCP(3) 2K and 4K DCI,

Native DCP,
dcp – – Kakadu formats.
Kakadu jpeg2000 formats
Studio for >=4k

IMF and DCP Apple ProRes formats,

Native IMF, IMP,
Apple ProRes formats, Kakadu jpeg2000 formats.
imf – –
Kakadu jpeg2000 formats Studio for >=4k/Dolby P3D65.
(including Dolby P3D65) easyDCP(3) RGB and YUV422

mov, Native, Kakadu RGB, YUV422 and

mxf Op1A, – – yes YUV444 (8-bit, 10-bit, 12-bit each).
JPEG2000 video mxf Op-Atom Studio for >=4k

mj2 – – yes Kakadu RGB

mts – – AVCHD and HDV –

m2ts – – AVCHD –
MPEG
mxf Op1A,
– – MPEG2, D-10 IMX –
mxf Op-Atom

mov – – MPEG2, MPEG4, MPEG IMX variants –

mxf Op1B – – P2 DVC Pro –

AVC-Intra 50M and 100 M:

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

XAVC, XAVC Intra, XDCAM 35MB

VBR; 720p EX (24/25/30/50/60), 1080i
EX (50/60), 1080p EX (24/25/30),
mov – – –
1080p HD (24/25/30), XDCAM HD422
(50MB CBR); 720p (50/60), 1080i
(50/60), 1080p (24 /25/30)

Sony XDCAM MPEG2, MPEG4 225M - 422,

mxf Op-Atom, CV X-OCN LT/ST/XT, 422-720p, MPEG4 450M - 422, 444.
F5/F55 X-OCN LT/ST, F5/F55 Raw SQ/ Studio only: XAVC Intra CBG 50, 100,
SQ Lite, F65 Raw HFR/SQ/SQ Lite, 300, 480 M/s, XAVC Intra VBR 100,
mxf Op1A – –
FS700 Raw SQ/SQ Lite, Sony MPEG4 300, 480 M/s, XAVC Long 10b - 25, 35,
SStP, XAVC, XAVC Intra, XDCAM 50, 100, 140, 200 M/s, XAVC Long
MPEG2, Cine AltaV 8b - 10, 100, 150 M/s, XAVC S Long 8b
(420) - 50, 60, 60A, 100, 100A, 150 M/s

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,
Sony mxf Op-Atom – – XDCAM MPEG2
FS700 Raw SQ/SQ Lite, Sony MPEG4
SStP, XAVC, XAVC Intra, XDCAM
MPEG2, Cine AltaV

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MacOS
Video
Alpha Codec
Format File Ex. Exports Passthrough(1) Decode Encode

Uncompressed (BGRA 8-bit, Uncompressed

avi argb yes
RGB 10-bit, YUV 422 8/10-bit) (RGB 10-bit, YUV 422 8/10-bit)

Uncompressed (ARGB/BGRA 8-bit, Uncompressed (ARGB/BGRA 8-bit,

mov – yes
RGB 8/10-bit, YUV 422 8/10-bit) RGB 8/10-bit, YUV 422 8/10-bit)
Uncompressed
Uncompressed (RGB 10-bit,
mxf Op1A – yes –
UYVY 8/10-bit)

Uncompressed (RGB 10-bit,

mxf Op-Atom – yes –
UYVY 8/10-bit)

YUV 420 and 422 (8-bit, 10-bit, 12-bit

VP9 mov – – yes
each)

MacOS
Video – Miscellaneous
Alpha Codec
Format File Ex. Exports Passthrough(1) Decode Encode

AVI avi – – DV and PhotoJPEG –

Studio only: AVC Intra 720p and

mxf Op1A,
MXF AVC – – yes 1080p (class 50/100/200), 2K, QFHD
mxf Op-Atom
and 4K (class 100)

Animation QuickTime, HDV 720p

(24/25/30/50/60), 1080i (50/60),
QuickTime mov – – PhotoJPEG
1080p (24/25/30), DV - PAL,
MotionJPEG, PhotoJPEG

MacOS
Still and Sequence Formats
Alpha Codec
Format File Ex. Exports Passthrough(1) Decode Encode

Action Cam Raw cdx – – yes –

Cineon cin – – yes RGB 10-bit

crm – – yes –

Canon Raw rmf – – yes –

cr2 – – yes –

Digital Negative dng – – yes –

Digital Picture Alpha 8-bit, RGB 10/12/16-bit/

dpx RGBA – yes
Exchange 16-half-float, RGBA 8-bit

RGB/RGBA float/half-float
OpenEXR(4) exr RGBA – yes (Uncompressed, ZIP,DWAA,DWAB,
PIZ,RLE)

HEIF heic – – yes –

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MacOS
Still and Sequence Formats
Alpha Codec
Format File Ex. Exports Passthrough(1) Decode Encode

Kakadu RGB, YUV422 and YUV444

JPEG2000 j2c – – yes (8-bit, 10-bit, 12-bit each)
Studio for >=4k

JPEG jpg – – yes –

Nikon Electronic nef – – yes –

Portable Network
png – – yes –
Graphics

Adobe Photoshop psd – – yes –

TARGA tga – – yes –

RGB 8-bit, RGB/RGBA 16-bit,

Tagged Image (4) tif RGBA – yes
XYZ 16-bit (Uncompressed/LZW)

MacOS
Audio
Alpha Codec
Format File Ex. Exports Passthrough(1) Decode Encode

Independent Uncompressed PCM

WAV wav – – Linear PCM 16/24/32-bit
16/24/32-bit

Independent Uncompressed PCM

Audio Interchange aiff – – –
16/24/32-bit

Mpeg audio mp3 – – Constant bit rate –

Advanced
aac/m4a – – CBR, VBR, average CBR, VBR, average
audio coding

Free
flac – – yes –
lossless audio

Embedded mov, mxf,

All decodable audio formats listed Linear PCM 16/24/32-bit,
audio in video r3d, mp4, – –
above, with valid header metadata AAC (based on container)
containers avi, etc.

u-law mov – – yes –

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Windows 10
Video
Alpha Codec
Format File Ex. Exports Passthrough(1) Decode Encode

imf – – 422, 422 HQ, 4444, 4444 XQ –

422, 422 HQ, 422 LT, 422 Proxy,

mov 4444 yes ­–
Apple ProRes 4444, 4444 XQ

mxf Op1A, 422, 422 HQ, 422 LT, 422 Proxy,

4444 – –
mxf Op-Atom 4444, 4444 XQ

ari, arx – – 12-bit, 16bit –

ArriRaw
mxf Op1A – – yes –

mxf Op1A, 8 bit (1080i, NTSC, PAL),

Avid 1:1 – – yes
mxf Op-Atom 10-bit RGB (1080p, 1080i)

Blackmagic braw – – yes –

mxf Op1A – – XF-AVC, XF-AVC Intra, XF-HEVC –

xml OpAtom – – XF-AVC, XF-AVC Intra, XF-HEVC –

Canon
C100 8 bit, C100 Mk2, XA15, XA11,
mts – – –
XA35, XA30

mov – – C200 RAW, XF-AVC Intra, XF-MPEG –

Cintel Raw cri – – 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),
mov, 1080i (100 8-bit, 145/120/115 8-bit,
DNxHD mxf Op1A, – yes yes 220/185/175 10-bit, 220/185/175 8-bit,
mxf Op-Atom 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)

mov,
yes 444 (10-bit, 12-bit), HQX (10-bit, 12-bit),
DNxHR mxf Op1A, yes yes
(except LB) HQ, LB, SQ
mxf Op-Atom

avi RGB 16-bit yes Native, YUV 10-bit, RGB 16-bit YUV 10-bit
GoPro CineForm
mov – yes Native, YUV 10-bit, RGB 16-bit YUV 10-bit, RGB 16-bit

avi – yes HQ, HQX, Lossless HQ, HQX

Grass Valley
mov – yes HQ, HQX, Lossless HQ, HQX

mov – – Yes, GPU accelerated in Studio Yes, GPU accelerated in Studio

H.264
mp4 – – Yes, GPU accelerated in Studio Yes, GPU accelerated in Studio

Studio only. GPU Accelerated.

mov – – Yes, GPU accelerated in Studio
Only 8-bit on AMD
H.265
Studio only. Accelerated on Nvidia
mp4 – – Yes, GPU accelerated in Studio
and Intel systems

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Windows 10
Video
Alpha Codec
Format File Ex. Exports Passthrough(1) Decode Encode

easyDCP(3) 2K and 4K DCI,

dcp – – Native DCP, Kakadu jpeg2000 formats Kakadu 2K DCI.
Kakadu 4K DCI with Studio only
IMF and DCP
Native IMF, IMP, Apple ProRes formats, Kakadu jpeg2000 formats.
imf – – Kakadu jpeg2000 formats (including Studio for >=4k/Dolby P3D65.
Dolby P3D65) easyDCP(3) RGB and YUV422

mov, Native, Kakadu RGB, YUV422 and

mxf Op1A, – – yes YUV444 (8-bit, 10-bit, 12-bit each).
JPEG2000 video mxf Op-Atom Studio for >=4k

mj2 – – yes Kakadu RGB

mts – – AVCHD and HDV –

m2ts – – AVCHD –
MPEG
mxf Op1A,
– – MPEG2, D-10 IMX –
mxf Op-Atom

mov – – MPEG2, MPEG4, MPEG IMX variants MPEG4

mxf Op1B – – P2 DVC Pro –

AVC-Intra 50M and 100 M; 720p

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

XAVC, XAVC Intra, XDCAM 35MB

VBR; 720p EX (24/25/30/50/60), 1080i
EX (50/60), 1080p EX (24/25/30),
mov – – –
1080p HD (24/25/30), XDCAM HD422
(50MB CBR); 720p (50/60), 1080i
(50/60), 1080p (24 /25/30)

XDCAM MPEG2, MPEG4 225M - 422,

mxf Op-Atom, CV X-OCN LT/ST/XT, 422 - 720p, MPEG4 450M - 422, 444.
F5/F55 X-OCN LT/ST, F5/F55 Raw SQ/ Studio only: XAVC Intra CBG 50, 100,
SQ Lite, F65 Raw HFR/SQ/SQ Lite, 300, 480 M/s, XAVC Intra VBR 100,
Sony mxf Op1A – –
FS700 Raw SQ/SQ Lite, Sony MPEG4 300, 480 M/s, XAVC Long 10b - 25,
SStP, XAVC, XAVC Intra, XDCAM 35, 50, 100, 140, 200 M/s, XAVC Long
MPEG2, Cine AltaV 8b - 10, 100, 150 M/s, XAVC S Long 8b
(420) - 50, 60, 60A, 100, 100A, 150 M/s

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,
mxf Op-Atom – – XDCAM MPEG2
FS700 Raw SQ/SQ Lite, Sony MPEG4
SStP, XAVC, XAVC Intra, XDCAM
MPEG2, Cine AltaV

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Windows 10
Video
Alpha Codec
Format File Ex. Exports Passthrough(1) Decode Encode

Uncompressed (BGRA 8-bit, Uncompressed

avi argb yes
RGB 10-bit, YUV 422 8/10-bit) (RGB 10-bit, YUV 422 8/10-bit)

Uncompressed (ARGB/BGRA 8-bit, Uncompressed (ARGB/BGRA 8-bit,

mov – yes
RGB 8/10-bit, YUV 422 8/10-bit) RGB 8/10-bit, YUV 422 8/10-bit)
Uncompressed
Uncompressed (RGB 10-bit,
mxf Op1A – yes –
UYVY 8/10-bit)

Uncompressed (RGB 10-bit,

mxf Op-Atom – yes –
UYVY 8/10-bit)

VP9 mov – – yes –

Windows 10
Video – Miscellaneous
Alpha Codec
Format File Ex. Exports Passthrough(1) Decode Encode

AVI avi – – DV and PhotoJPEG –

Studio only: AVC Intra 720p and

mxf Op1A,
MXF AVC – – yes 1080p (class 50/100/200), 2K, QFHD
mxf Op-Atom
and 4K (class 100)

Animation QuickTime, HDV 720p

(24/25/30/50/60), 1080i (50/60),
QuickTime mov – – PhotoJPEG
1080p (24/25/30), DV - PAL,
MotionJPEG, PhotoJPEG

Windows 10
Still and Sequence Formats
Alpha Codec
Format File Ex. Exports Passthrough(1) Decode Encode

Action Cam Raw cdx – – yes ­–

Cineon cin – – yes RGB 10-bit

crm – – yes –

Canon Raw rmf – – yes –

cr2 – – yes –

Digital Negative dng – – yes –

Digital Picture Alpha 8-bit, RGB 10/12/16-bit/

dpx RGBA – yes
Exchange 16-half-float, RGBA 8-bit

RGB/RGBA float/half-float
OpenEXR(4) exr RGBA – yes (Uncompressed, ZIP, DWAA, DWAB,
PIZ, RLE)

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Windows 10
Still and Sequence Formats
Alpha Codec
Format File Ex. Exports Passthrough(1) Decode Encode

HEIF heic – – Studio only –

Kakadu RGB, YUV422 and

JPEG2000 j2c – – yes YUV444 (8-bit, 10-bit, 12-bit each).
Studio for >=4k

JPEG jpg – – yes –

Nikon Electronic nef – – yes –

Portable Network png – – yes –

Graphics

Adobe Photoshop psd – – yes –

TARGA tga – – yes –

RGB 8-bit, RGB/RGBA 16-bit,

Tagged Image (4) tif RGBA – yes
XYZ 16-bit (Uncompressed/LZW)

Windows 10
Audio
Alpha Codec
Format File Ex. Exports Passthrough(1) Decode Encode

Independent Uncompressed PCM

WAV wav – – Linear PCM 16/24/32-bit
16/24/32-bit

Independent Uncompressed PCM

Audio Interchange aiff – – –
16/24/32-bit

Mpeg audio mp3 – – Constant bit rate –

Advanced aac/m4a – – CBR, VBR, average CBR, VBR, average

audio coding

Free flac – – yes –

lossless audio

Embedded mov,mxf, r3d, All decodable audio formats listed Linear PCM 16/24/32-bit,
audio in video – –
mp4, avi, etc. above, with valid header metadata AAC (based on container)
containers

u-law mov – – yes –

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CentOS 7.3 (CUDA)
Video
Alpha Codec
Format File Ex. Exports Passthrough(1) Decode Encode

imf – – 422, 422 HQ, 4444, 4444 XQ –

422, 422 HQ, 422 LT, 422 Proxy, 422, 422 HQ, 422 LT, 422 Proxy,
mov 4444 yes
Apple ProRes 4444, 4444 XQ 4444, 4444 XQ (2)

mxf Op1A, 422, 422 HQ, 422 LT, 422 Proxy,

4444 – –
mxf Op-Atom 4444, 4444 XQ

ari, arx – – 12-bit, 16bit –

ArriRaw
mxf Op1A – – yes –

mxf Op1A, 8 bit (1080i, NTSC, PAL),

Avid 1:1 – – yes
mxf Op-Atom 10-bit RGB (1080p, 1080i)

Blackmagic braw – – yes –

mxf Op1A – – XF-AVC, XF-AVC Intra, XF-HEVC –

xml OpAtom – – XF-AVC, XF-AVC Intra, XF-HEVC –

Canon
C100 8 bit, C100 Mk2, XA15,
mts – – –
XA11, XA35, XA30

mov – – C200 RAW, XF-AVC Intra, XF-MPEG –

Cintel Raw cri – – 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),
mov, 1080i (100 8-bit, 145/120/115 8-bit,
DNxHD mxf Op1A, – yes yes 220/185/175 10-bit, 220/185/175 8-bit,
mxf Op-Atom 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)

mov,
444 (10-bit, 12-bit),
DNxHR mxf Op1A, – yes yes
HQX (10-bit, 12-bit), HQ, LB, SQ
mxf Op-Atom

avi RGB 16-bit yes Native, YUV 10-bit, RGB 16-bit YUV 10-bit
GoPro CineForm
mov – yes Native, YUV 10-bit, RGB 16-bit YUV 10-bit, RGB 16-bit

avi – yes HQ, HQX, Lossless HQ, HQX

Grass Valley
mov – yes HQ, HQX, Lossless HQ, HQX

Studio Only Studio and Nvidia cards

mov – –
(GPU accelerated on Nvidia cards) (GPU accelerated)
H.264
Studio Only Studio and Nvidia cards
mp4 – –
(GPU accelerated on Nvidia cards) (GPU accelerated)

Studio Only Studio and Nvidia cards

mov – –
(GPU accelerated on Nvidia cards) (GPU accelerated)
H.265
Studio Only Studio and Nvidia cards
mp4 – –
(GPU accelerated on Nvidia cards) (GPU accelerated)

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CentOS 7.3 (CUDA)
Video
Alpha Codec
Format File Ex. Exports Passthrough(1) Decode Encode

easyDCP(3) 2K and 4K DCI,

dcp – – Native DCP, Kakadu jpeg2000 formats Kakadu 2K DCI.
Kakadu 4K DCI with Studio only
IMF and DCP
Native IMF, IMP, Apple ProRes formats, Kakadu jpeg2000 formats.
imf – – Kakadu jpeg2000 formats (including Studio for >=4k/Dolby P3D65).
Dolby P3D65) easyDCP(3) RGB and YUV422

mov, mxf Native, Kakadu RGB, YUV422 and

Op1A, mxf – – yes YUV444 (8-bit, 10-bit, 12-bit each).
JPEG2000 video Op-Atom Studio for >=4k

mj2 – – yes Kakadu RGB

mts – – AVCHD and HDV –

m2ts – – AVCHD –
MPEG
mxf Op1A,
– – MPEG2, D-10 IMX –
mxf Op-Atom

mov – – MPEG2, MPEG4, MPEG IMX variants MPEG4

mxf Op1B – – P2 DVC Pro –

AVC-Intra 50M and 100 M:, 720p

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

XAVC, XAVC Intra, XDCAM 35MB

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

XDCAM MPEG2, MPEG4 225M - 422,

mxf Op-Atom, CV X-OCN LT/ST/XT, 422 - 720p, MPEG4 450M - 422, 444.
F5/F55 X-OCN LT/ST, F5/F55 Raw SQ/ Studio only: XAVC Intra CBG 50, 100,
Sony SQ Lite, F65 Raw HFR/SQ/SQ Lite, 300, 480 M/s, XAVC Intra VBR 100,
mxf Op1A – –
FS700 Raw SQ/SQ Lite, Sony MPEG4 300, 480 M/s, XAVC Long 10b - 25,
SStP, XAVC, XAVC Intra, XDCAM 35, 50, 100, 140, 200 M/s, XAVC Long
MPEG2, Cine AltaV 8b - 10, 100, 150 M/s, XAVC S Long 8b
(420) - 50, 60, 60A, 100, 100A, 150 M/s

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,
mxf Op-Atom – – XDCAM MPEG2
FS700 Raw SQ/SQ Lite, Sony MPEG4
SStP, XAVC, XAVC Intra, XDCAM
MPEG2, Cine AltaV

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CentOS 7.3 (CUDA)
Video
Alpha Codec
Format File Ex. Exports Passthrough(1) Decode Encode

Uncompressed (BGRA 8-bit, Uncompressed

avi argb yes
RGB 10-bit, YUV 422 8/10-bit) (RGB 10-bit, YUV 422 8/10-bit)

Uncompressed (ARGB/BGRA 8-bit, Uncompressed (ARGB/BGRA 8-bit,

mov – yes
RGB 8/10-bit, YUV 422 8/10-bit) RGB 8/10-bit, YUV 422 8/10-bit)
Uncompressed
Uncompressed (RGB 10-bit,
mxf Op1A – yes –
UYVY 8/10-bit)

Uncompressed (RGB 10-bit,

mxf Op-Atom – yes –
UYVY 8/10-bit)

VP9 mov – – yes –

CentOS 7.3 (CUDA)

Video – Miscellaneous
Alpha Codec
Format File Ex. Exports Passthrough(1) Decode Encode

AVI avi – – DV and PhotoJPEG –

Studio only: AVC Intra 720p and

mxf Op1A,
MXF AVC – – yes 1080p (class 50/100/200), 2K, QFHD
mxf Op-Atom
and 4K (class 100)

Animation QuickTime, HDV 720p

(24/25/30/50/60), 1080i (50/60),
QuickTime mov – – PhotoJPEG
1080p (24/25/30), DV - PAL,
MotionJPEG, PhotoJPEG

CentOS 7.3 (CUDA)

Still and Sequence Formats
Alpha Codec
Format File Ex. Exports Passthrough(1) Decode Encode

Action Cam Raw cdx – – yes –

Cineon cin – – yes RGB 10-bit

crm – – yes –

Canon Raw rmf – – yes –

cr2 – – yes –

Digital Negative dng – – yes –

Digital Picture Alpha 8-bit, RGB 10/12/16-bit/

dpx RGBA – yes
Exchange 16-half-float, RGBA 8-bit

RGB/RGBA float/half-float
OpenEXR(4) exr RGBA – yes (Uncompressed, ZIP,DWAA,DWAB,
PIZ,RLE)

HEIF heic – – Studio only –

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CentOS 7.3 (CUDA)
Still and Sequence Formats
Alpha Codec
Format File Ex. Exports Passthrough(1) Decode Encode

Kakadu RGB, YUV422 and

JPEG2000 j2c – – yes YUV444 (8-bit, 10-bit, 12-bit each).
Studio for >=4k

JPEG jpg – – yes –

Nikon Electronic nef – – yes –

Portable Network
png – – yes –
Graphics

Adobe Photoshop psd – – yes –

TARGA tga – – yes –

RGB 8-bit, RGB/RGBA 16-bit, XYZ

Tagged Image (4) tif RGBA – yes
16-bit (Uncompressed/LZW)

CentOS 7.3 (CUDA)

Audio
Alpha Codec
Format File Ex. Exports Passthrough(1) Decode Encode

Independent Uncompressed PCM

WAV wav – – Linear PCM 16/24/32-bit
16/24/32-bit

Independent Uncompressed PCM

Audio Interchange aiff – – –
16/24/32-bit

Mpeg audio mp3 – – – –

Advanced
aac/m4a – – – –
audio coding

Free
flac – – yes –
lossless audio

Embedded mov, mxf,

All decodable audio formats listed
audio in video r3d, mp4, – – Linear PCM 16/24/32-bit
above, with valid header metadata
containers avi,etc.

u-law mov – – yes –

NOTES:
Specifications format and codec support subject to change without notice.
For macOS and Windows, DaVinci Resolve will also read most formats natively supported by the operating system.
Hardware accelerated encoding and decoding of H.264 and H.265, as well as encoding of all formats > = 4K are available only
on DaVinci Resolve Studio, and are subject to hardware acceleration limitations.
Immersive audio formats are only supported with DaVinci Resolve Studio.
(1)
Indicates if codec renders can be sped up by reusing the original source video essence if there are no effects or color changes
to the clip. Relevant only for formats that can be read and rendered by DaVinci Resolve.
(2)
Requires the Advance Panel License Dongle.
(3)
Some EasyDCP formats requires additional licenses from EasyDCP. Formats may be invalid or watermarked without easyDCP license.
(4)
DaVinci Resolve encodes single layer images with the indicated formats in each platform.

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