RealPlayer - Supported Multimedia File Formats

You need only one Media Player, because RealPlayer supports almost all possible multimedia file formats.

RealPlayer Supported File Formats :

• AAC/aacPlus v1 (.aac, .m4a, .m4b, .mp4, .acp, .m4p)
• Adobe Flash (.swf)
• Apple Lossless AIFF (.aif, .aiff)
• AU Audio Files (.au)
• AVI (.avi, .divx) (you must have the DivX codec installed)
• Bitmap Images (.bmp)
• CD Audio (.cda)
• DVD (.vob)
• Flash Video (.flv)
• GIF Images (.gif)
• JPEG Images (.jpeg, .jpg)
• Microsoft Windows Media Streaming Protocol (mms://)
• MP3 Audio formats (.mp3, .mp2, .mp2, .m3u)
• MPEG Video formats (.mpg, .mpeg, .m2v, .mpe, etc.)
• Panasonic AAC (.acp)
• Playlists (.rpl, .xpl, .pls, .m3u)
• PNG Images (.png)
• QuickTime (.mov, .qt) (Quick Time Player must be installed)
• Real Scalable Multicast (.sdp)
• RealMedia formats:
  • RealAudio (.rm, .ra)
  • RealVideo (.rm, .rv, .rmvb)
  • RealPix (.rp)
  • RealText (.rt)
  • RealMedia Shortcut (.ram, .rmm)
  • and other (.rax, ..)
• RealTime Streaming Protocol (rtsp://)
• Progressive Networks Streaming Protocols (pna://, pnm://)
• Synchronized Multimedia Language (.smil, .smi)
• Scalable Multicast (.sdp)
• Video CD (.dat)
• WAV audio (.wav)
• Windows Media (.wma, .wmv, etc.) (requires Windows Media Player 9/10/11)

RealPlayer File Formats supported by a plug-in (optional):

• 3GP Mobile Phone (.3gp, .3gpp)
• Adobe Systems SVG (.svg)
• AMR Narrow Band (.amr)
• AT&T A2B (.a2b, .mes)
• Audible Audio (.aa)
• BeHere iVideo 360� Movies (.bhiv)
• Blue Matter (.bmt, .bma)
• Camtasia Video (.camv)
• Digital Bitcasting
• Envivio (.mp4)
• EVEN Technologies PSI Video (.psi, .fxv)
• IBM EMMS (.emm)
• ImagePower Motion JPEG2000 (.jp2, .avi)
• iPIX 360� Movies (.ipx)
• LearnKey RealCBT (.lkv)
• Liquid Audio (.la, .lmsff, .lqt .lavs .lar .la1 )
• LiveUpdate! Streaming MIDI files (.mid, .midi, .rmi)
• Luidia eBeam (.wbs)
• MIMIO Boardcast (.mbc .ri, .mim)
• MJuice Files (.mjf)
• Mode2 CDs
• Netpodium Quickcast Image (.npi)
• Nullsoft Streaming Video (.nsv)
• Object Video (.obv)
• Ogg Vorbis/Theora (.ogg, .ogm)
• OZ.COM fluid3d
• On2: VP3 (.vp3), VP4 (.vp4), VP5 (.vp5)
• PulsePlayer (.pw3)
• RichFX (.vpg, .wgs)
• ScreenWatch (.scw)
• Vivo Video Files (.viv)
• XCD CDs

CODEC Sources

General Codec Information
CodecGuide.com
DIVX.com - Codec news and downloads
Free-Codecs.com