Professional formats — ProRes, DNxHD/DNxHR, Blackmagic RAW, MJPEG, and MXF including OP-Atom — play directly in the browser. See Pro Media Support.
Standard video
Containers: MP4, MOV, MKV, WebM, MPEG Transport Stream (.ts), and the MPEG program stream family (.mpg, .mpeg, .vob).
| Codec | Description |
|---|
| H.264 (AVC) | Industry standard, broad browser support |
| H.265 (HEVC) | Higher compression efficiency than H.264 |
| VP8 / VP9 | Open web formats |
| AV1 | Next-generation open codec |
Container support does not guarantee codec support. If a file does not import cleanly, send the camera model, file extension, codec, and a short sample to support@kino.ai. Audio
Containers: MP3, WAV, FLAC, AAC, M4A, OGG.
| Codec | Description |
|---|
| AAC | Advanced Audio Coding, excellent quality/size ratio |
| MP3 | Universal compatibility |
| Opus | Modern, high-efficiency codec |
| Vorbis | Open format, commonly in OGG |
| FLAC | Lossless compression |
| ALAC | Apple Lossless |
| PCM | Uncompressed audio in any common bit depth, 8-bit through 64-bit float, plus µ-law and A-law |
Images
| Format | Description |
|---|
| PNG | Portable Network Graphics |
| JPEG/JPG | Joint Photographic Experts Group |
| WebP | Web-optimized image format |
| GIF | Graphics Interchange Format |
| SVG | Vector graphics |
| HEIC/HEIF | iPhone photos converted to JPEG on upload |
HEIC files are converted to JPEG in your browser before upload. iPhone “Live Photo” motion data is not preserved. Only the still image is kept. HDR tone mapping is also not carried over.
Camera RAW
Blackmagic RAW (.braw) and RED RAW (.r3d) are supported — see Pro Media Support. Other camera RAW formats, including ARRI RAW and Canon Cinema RAW Light, are not currently part of the standard upload path. 
