Kaltura: What file types can I upload to Kaltura?

The following video formats¹ and codecs have been tested and optimized for optimal transcoding input:

Video:

• Audio Video Interleave (.avi)
• Matroska Multimedia Container (.mkv)
• MPEG Transport Stream (.ts)
• MPEG-1 Video (.m1v, .mpg, .mpeg)
• MPEG-2 Video (.m2v)
• MPEG-4 Video (.mp4, .m4v)
• Ogg (.ogg, .ogv)
• QuickTime (.mov, .qt)
• DVCPRO (.dv)
• Sorenson, Xvid, Theora
• Video Object (.vob)
• WebM (.webm)
• Windows Media (..wm, .wmv)

Audio:

• Advance Audio Coding (.aac, .m4a, .mp4)
• Advanced Systems Format (.asf)
• Audio Interchange File Format (.aif, .aiff)
• Audio Video Interleave (.avi)
• Free Lossless Audio Codec (.flac)
• MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III (.mp3)
• Ogg (.ogg, .oga)
• QuickTime (.mov, .qt)
• Waveform Audio File Format (.wav, .wave)
• WebM (.webm)
• Windows Media (.wm, .wma)

Image

• Bitmap Image (.bmp)
• Graphics Interchange Format (.gif)
• JPEG (.jpe, .jpeg, .jpg)
• Portable Network Graphics (.png)
• Tagged Image File Format (.tif, .tiff)

Captions:

• SubRip Text (.SRT)
• Timed Text Markup Language (.DXP)

Supported File Extensions:

• flv, asf, qt, mov, mpg, mpeg
• avi, wmv, mp4, m4v, 3gp, vob
• f4v, mkv, mxf, mts, ts, rm
• arf, webm, lxf, m4v

References:

• Kaltura: What are the supported Transcoding formats for the SaaS edition?
• Kaltura: Recommended Video Source Formats and Specifications
• 3Play Media: How to Create a SRT File

1. Files from presentation software (e.g. PowerPoint, Keynote) are NOT meant to be uploaded directly to Kaltura. They need to be converted to a video format like MP4 first. Kaltura Capture and Kaltura Express Capture can be used to record your presentations for use in Kaltura. ↩︎