CyberLink PowerDirector Help
CyberLink PowerDirector supports the following file formats for importing.
Supported Video File Formats
File Format |
File/Support Details |
|---|---|
3GP, 3G2 |
3rd Generation Partnership Project 2 files are a mobile phone format. |
AVI |
Microsoft AVI, Dual-stream AVI, and DV-AVI formats supported. |
DAT |
Format of video stored on VCD discs. |
DVR-MS* |
Format of recorded video from Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows Vista, and Windows 7. |
FLV |
Flash video file. H.264 codec supported. |
M2T* |
HDV format from Sony. |
MKV |
Matroska Multimedia Container. H.264 and H.265* codecs supported. |
MOD* |
Panasonic and JVC digital camcorder file format. |
MOV |
QuickTime file format. H.264, H.265*, alpha PNG, 10-bit 422 Apple ProRes*, and V210* codecs supported. |
MP4 |
MPEG-4, AVC H.264*, HEVC H.265*, and XAVC S* (8-bit) codecs supported. |
MPEG, MPE, MPG |
MPEG-1*, MPEG-2*, and HD MPEG-2 formats supported. |
MTS*, M2TS*, TS, TRP |
MPEG-2 Transport Stream used in broadcast systems, TV boxes, and AVCHD camcorders. |
MVC* |
Multiview Video Coding is encoded stereoscopic 3D video. |
MXF* |
Sony, Panasonic, and Canon professional camcorder format. 8-bit 420 AVC and XAVC supported. |
TOD* |
JVC Everio camcorder video file format. |
VOB* |
Video data file from a DVD disc. |
VRO* |
DVD-VR video file format. |
WEBM* |
Format for high quality online videos, using VP9 codec (including 10-bit HDR) and Opus audio. |
WMV, ASF |
Video files that utilize Windows Media compression technology. |
WTV* |
Video files recorded in Windows Media Center. |
HDR Video
PowerDirector now supports 10-bit HDR* video import. HDR 10-bit BT.2020 (HDR10 and HLG) is converted to SDR 8-bit BT.709 during import.
Supported Audio File Formats
File Format |
Support/File Details |
|---|---|
AAC |
A lossy digital audio compression audio file. |
FLAC |
Free Lossless Audio Codec is an audio coding format for lossless compression of digital audio. |
M4A |
MPEG-4 audio file format and ALAC from Apple for lossless data compression. |
MP3 |
A compressed audio file format with close to CD quality sound. |
OGG |
A compressed audio file that utilizes Ogg Vorbis audio compression. |
WAV |
Waveform Audio File Format is an audio file format from Microsoft and IBM. |
WMA |
Audio files that utilize Windows Media compression technology. |
Supported Image File Formats
File Format |
Support/File Details |
|---|---|
BMP |
A bitmap image file. |
GIF |
The Graphical Interchange Format File. Support for both GIF image files and Animated-GIFs. |
HEIC* |
A file format from MPEG for images and image sequences. |
JPEG, JPG, JPE |
A lossy compression format for digital images. |
JPS* |
A stereoscopic JPEG image used for creating 3D effects from 2D images. |
MPO* |
A 3D photo format based on JPEG that stores multiple images in a single file. |
PNG |
Portable Network Graphic format. |
RAW |
Camera raw image formats. Supported raw formats: ARW (SONY), CINE (Vision Research), CR2 (Canon), DNG (Ricoh), ERF (Epson), KDC (Kodak), MRW (Konica Minolta), NEF (Nikon), NRW (Nikon), ORF (OLYMPUS), PEF (Pentax), RAF (Fujifilm), RW2 (Panasonic), SR2 (SONY), SRF (SONY). Raw images are converted to JPEG once imported. |
TIFF, TIF |
Tagged Image File Format. |
Note: * optional feature in CyberLink PowerDirector. Check the version table on our web site for detailed versioning information. |
