Codec & Format Support
Nara supports an extensive range of image and movie formats that employ many different codecs and are stored in different media file containers such as QuickTime, MXF and EXR.
The following tables provides details of all supported formats:
ARRIRAW
.ari
Raw camera format; including Alexa raw. Decoded with ARRI SDK
ARRIRAW (HDE-compressed)
.arx
Codex lossless High Density Encoding optimised for Bayer pattern images
Canon RMF
.rmf
Canon Raw Media Format
Cineon
.cin
Supports keycode
Cintel RAW
.cri
Blackmagic Cintel scanner format
DALSA RAW
.dpx
Raw camera format; read only
DPX
.dpx
Can also read 8 bit grey; 10 bit grey and RGBA; 12 bit; 16 bit RGBA and 10 bit YCC. Supports timecode, keycode Northlight IR matte and Scanity 2-bit dirt matte
DPX-C
.dpx
Cineform DPX format
HEIC/HEIF
.heic/.heif
JPEG
.jpg/.jpeg
Can also read 8 bit grey and RGBA
JPEG 2000
.jp2
JPEG 2000 Codestream
.j2c/.j2k
Writes DCI and IMF-compliant JPEG 2000 Codestream files
OpenEXR
.exr/.sxr/.mxr
Read-only support for multi-part and multi-view OpenEXR files
Panasonic V-RAW
.vrw
PGM
.pgm
Photron RAWW
.raww
Raw camera format; read only
PNG
.png
PPM
.ppm
RGB
.rgb
Compressed or uncompressed
RUST RAW
.dpx
Raw camera format; read only
SGI
.sgi
Compressed or uncompressed
Targa
.tga
TIFF
.tif/.tiff
12 bit conforms to DCI spec
dSLR - Canon raw 2
.cr2
Raw dSLR stills camera format; read only
dSLR - Canon raw 3
.cr3
Raw dSLR stills camera format; read only
dSLR - Nikon raw
.nef
Raw dSLR stills camera format; read only
dSLR - Kodak raw
.dcr/.kdc
Raw dSLR stills camera format; read only
dSLR - Olympus raw
.orf
Raw dSLR stills camera format; read only
dSLR - Sony raw
.arw/.sr2
Raw dSLR stills camera format; read only
dSLR - Adobe Digital Neg.
.dng
Raw dSLR stills camera format; read only
dSLR - Panasonic raw
.rw2
Raw dSLR stills camera format; read only
dSLR - Hasselblad raw
.3fr
Raw dSLR stills camera format; read only
dSLR - Mamiya raw
.mef
Raw dSLR stills camera format; read only
dSLR - Pentax raw
.pef
Raw dSLR stills camera format; read only
dSLR - Others
.erf/.mos/ .raw
Raw dSLR stills camera format; read only
MXF
1:1 4:2:2
.mxf
1:1 4:4:4
.mxf
ARRIRAW
.mxf
From Alexa cameras; supports HDE compression
AVC Intra 50/100 (H.264)
.mxf
From camera or Avid Media Composer
Canon EOS
.mxf
Including C200, C300, C700; supports split-file media
Canon X3 HEVC
.mxf
Cinema DNG
.mxf
Supports lossy compression (e.g. Blackmagic URSA)
D-10 IMX/MPEG
.mxf
MPEG 30, 40, 50
DNx444
.mxf
4:4:4 DNxHD
DNxHD
.mxf
DNxHD TR+, TR-SQ, LB, SQ, HQ, HQX (10 bit), 444
DNxHR
.mxf
DNxHR LB, SQ, HQ, HQX (10 bit), HQX (12 bit), 444
DNxUncompressed
.mxf
Dolby Vision Mezzanine
.mxf
Only appears if Dolby Vision mastering display has been selected in scene settings. Dolby Vision metadata is write-only
DV25/DV50
.mxf
DVCPRO
.mxf
DVCPRO HD
.mxf
JPEG 2000
.mxf
Writes DCI and IMF-compliant MXFs
Motion JPEG (2:1, 4:1 etc.)
.mxf
ProRes
.mxf
Panasonic EVA1 RAW
.mxf
Panasonic Varicam
.mxf
Including Varicam LT
Sony RAW
.mxf
Including F5, F55, F65, FS700, VENICE/CineAltaV; also supports high frame rate (HFR) and F65 RAW-Lite
Sony X-OCN
.mxf
Including X-OCN XT, X-OCN LT, X-OCN ST; supports 4K 6:5, 4K 2.39:1, 6K 17:9, 6K 1.85:1, 6K 16:9, 6K 2.39:1 bitstreams
Sony XAVC
.mxf
Supports long-GOP data; XAVC proxy extension is .mp4
SStP/L2 4:2:2
.mxf
Sony HD-CAM SR SStP MPEG-4 codec
SStP/L2 4:4:4
.mxf
Sony HD-CAM SR SStP MPEG-4 codec HD, 2K
XDCAM HD, HD 4:2:2, EX (MPEG2)
.mxf
AVI
Cineform
.avi
DV
.avi
Uncompressed 4:2:2
.avi
Motion JPEG
.avi
MSMPeg 4v3 (DivX3)
.avi
Microsoft DivX 3
MSMPeg 4v3 (WMP)
.avi
Microsoft WMP
QuickTime
Animation (RLE)
.mov
Apple ProRes RAW
.mov
AVC Intra
.mov
Avid 1:1x
.mov
Avid DNxHD
.mov
DNxHD 36, 115, 120, 145, 175, 185, 220, 220x
Avid IMX
.mov
Cineform
.mov
HD, 2K, 4K
Component Video YUV422
.mov
DNxHR
.mov
DNxHR 444, HQX (12 bit), HQ, SQ, LB
DV
.mov
PAL and NTSC
DVCPRO
.mov
PAL and NTSC
DVCPRO50
.mov
PAL and NTSC
H.263
.mov
H.263+
.mov
H.264
.mov
HEVC
.mov
JPEG
.mov
Motion JPEG A
.mov
MPEG4
.mov
Packed YUV
.mov
Planar YUV
.mov
PNG
.mov
With alpha
ProRes 422
.mov
LT/Proxy/HQ; uses Apple’s ProRes library to encode/decode
ProRes 4444
.mov
XQ; uses Apple’s ProRes library to encode/decode
UT Video
.mov
XDCAM EX
.mov
720p 24/25/30/50/60; 1080i 50/60; 1080p 24/25/30
XDCAM HD
.mov
1080i 50/60; 1080p 24/25/30
XDCAM HD422
.mov
720p 50/60; 1080i 50/60; 1080p 24/25/30
XF-AVC
.mov
3GP
H.263
.3gp
MPEG-4
.3gp
MP4
AVC Intra
.mp4
H.263
.mp4
H.264
.mp4
HEVC
.mp4
MPEG-4
.mp4
MPEG-2
.mp4
Supports long-GOP MPEG2 data; e.g. from Sony F3 camera
Sony XAVC S
.mp4
BRAW
.braw
Blackmagic raw camera format
Canon CRM
.crm
Canon RAW Light file
Phantom
.cine
RED
.R3D
Silicon Imaging
.siv
SIV Raw
Subtitles
.xml
CineCanvas and SMPTE ST 428-7 subtitle XML
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