Adobe Media Encoder - Manual (Page 41)

File formats supported for export
Note:
When you export using Adobe Media Encoder, you select a format in the Export Settings dialog box for your output. The format you select
determines which Preset options are available. Select the format best suited for your output goal.
For more information on video formats, see this video tutorial by Phil Hawkins . For more information on the best export format or codec, see this
video tutorial by Todd Kopriva .
Adobe Media Encoder is used both as a standalone application and as a component of Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, Flash Professional,
Soundbooth, and Encore. The formats that Adobe Media Encoder can export depend on which of these applications are installed. The version of
Adobe Media Encoder that is installed with Flash Professional can export to Flash video formats. To export to other video formats, you need the
version that comes with the Production Premium or Master Collection edition, or with After Effects or Premiere Pro.
Some filename extensions—such as MOV, AVI, MXF, FLV, and F4V—denote container file formats rather than denoting a specific audio, video, or
image data format. Container files can contain data encoded using various compression and encoding schemes. Adobe Media Encoder can
encode video and audio data for these container files, depending on which codecs (specifically, encoders) are installed. Many codecs must be
installed into the operating system and work as a component inside the QuickTime or Video for Windows formats.
Depending on what other software you have installed, the following options may be available:
Video and animation
Animated GIF (Windows only)
FLV, F4V
Note: The FLV and F4V formats are container formats, each of which is associated with a set of video and audio formats. F4V files generally
contain video data that is encoded using an H.264 video codec and the AAC audio codec. FLV files generally contain video data encoded
using the On2 VP6 or Sorenson Spark codec and audio data encoded using an MP3 audio codec. Adobe Media Encoder, however, can
encode FLV files using the On2 VP6 video codec, not the Sorenson Spark codec.
H.264 (AAC, 3GP, MP4, M4V, MPA (audio), AMR (audio), WAV (PCM audio))
H.264 Blu-ray (M4V, WAV (PCM audio))
MPEG-2 (MPA, M2V, MPG, M2T, WAV (PCM audio))
MPEG-2 DVD (M2V, MPG, MPA (audio), WAV (PCM audio))
MPEG-2 Blu-ray (M2V, M2T, WAV)
MPEG-4 (3GP, MP4, M4V, AAC (audio), AMR (audio))
P2 (MXF)
Note: MXF is a container format. Adobe Media Encoder can encode and export movies in the Op-Atom variety of MXF containers using the
DVCPRO25, DVCPRO50, and DVCPRO100, and AVC-Intra codecs. Premiere Pro can export MXF files containing the MPEG-2 essence
items that comply with the XDCAM HD format used by such systems as Avid Unity. The standalone Adobe Media Encoder can also export
files in this format. For more information,
see this link .
MXF OP1a
QuickTime movie (MOV; on Windows, requires QuickTime)
Windows Media (WMV; Windows only)
Video for Windows (AVI, AVI (uncompressed); Windows only)
Still image and still-image sequence
To export a movie as a sequence of still-image files, select Export As Sequence on the Video tab when a still-image format is selected.
Bitmap (BMP; Windows only)
DPX
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