Third Party Video supported file types

The Third-Party Video feature supports playback for thousands of video formats, including many proprietary types without standard names. The Axon engineering team adds support for new formats weekly, based on customer requests. This article lists the file extensions most commonly associated with supported formats.

Supported file formats

Playback supports most file formats from a wide range of video manufacturers. The following table lists some of the most common:

A–G	H–O	P–Z
Airship Apollo Video Avigilon Bosch Cathexis ClickIt Dahua DepotView Digital Watchdog DVTel EverFocus ExacqVision Eyeonenet Backup Eyesight IP For the Record Flir Fuho Technologies Genetec Geovision GoPro GTL	Hikvision Honeywell IDIS Clip Player ID View Interlogic IRoad Janus Kroger Brand Stores L3 Mobile Liberty LiveView Technologies Lorex Magic Series March Networks Milestone Night Owl Obseron Ocularis Origin Lab Orion	Panasonic Pelco Q-See QuickTime Revo Rosco Vision Samsung Seon Smart Witness (SmartView) Swann Synectics Time Space Technology TSI NexView Verint Wavestore WiseNet

Number and sequence-based files

Some video systems export files using numbered or sequence-based extensions instead of standard format names. These extensions can represent parts of a larger video or grouped audio/video files.

Examples:

• .264
• .265
• .787
• .3g2
• .3gp
• .3gpp
• .60d
• (blank)

Sequential examples:

• 001, .002, .003
• .1, .2, .3
• .audio0, .audio1, .audio2
• .video1, .video2

Supported file extensions

A

• .acm
• .aira
• .ajp
• .amr
• .arv
• .asd
• .asf
• .ass
• .audio
• .audio0
• .audio1
• .audio2
• .av
• .av3
• .avc
• .avc1
• .avd
• .ave
• .avi
• .avr
• .avs
• .ax

B

• .bin
• .bix
• .blk
• .bmp
• .bnk
• .box
• .bu
• .bup
• .bvr
• .bwv

C

• .caf
• .car
• .cda
• .cdf-ms
• .cel
• .chm
• .cl4
• .cme
• .cr2
• .cva
• .cvc
• .cx3

D

• .d
• .dad
• .dar
• .dat
• .data
• .dav
• .dav1
• .dax
• .db2
• .dbf
• .dce
• .dcr
• .dga
• .dgv
• .divx
• .dmd
• .dmi
• .drv
• .ds2
• .dss
• .dv
• .dv4
• .dv5
• .dvm
• .dvr
• .dvrlib
• .dvs
• .dvt
• .dxa

E

• .enc
• .evf
• .exe
• .exo
• .exp

F

• .f4v
• .file
• .fl4
• .fls
• .flv

G

• .g64
• .g64a
• .g64m
• .g64x
• .gbf
• .gif

H

• .h264
• .h265
• .h3r
• .h4v
• .h64
• .hav
• .hbox
• .hdv
• .heic
• .hik264
• .hldvr
• .hls
• .hrf

I

• .i
• .ifo
• .ifv
• .img
• .index
• .irf
• .iso
• .iva
• .ivf

J

• .jdr
• .jfif
• .jpe
• .jpeg
• .jpg

K

• .kds
• .keep
• .ktx
• .kvf

L

• .l64
• .lnk
• .lnr
• .log
• .lrv
• .lvf
• .lwx
• .lxa

M

• .m2ts
• .m2v
• .m4a
• .m4v
• .mdl
• .mdt
• .media
• .mjp
• .mjpeg
• .mjpg
• .mkv
• .mov
• .mp2
• .mp3
• .mp4
• .mpeg
• .mpg
• .mpg2
• .mpv
• .mpvc
• .mt9
• .mts
• .mxf
• .mxg

N

• .n3r
• .nis
• .nmf
• .nov
• .nvf
• .nvr
• .nvt3

O

• .o3r
• .ocx
• .ogg
• .omc
• .opus

P

• .par
• .pef
• .pes
• .pic
• .png
• .ps
• .psf
• .psx

Q

• .qbx
• .qtr
• .qtx

R

• .raw
• .rcd
• .re4
• .rec
• .rem
• .rf
• .rm
• .rms
• .rmv
• .rrsc
• .rt4
• .rw2
• .rwv

S

• .s
• .sec
• .sfk
• .sidx
• .sjpg
• .sm
• .smi
• .sng
• .snx
• .spx
• .srt
• .ssa
• .ssf
• .str
• .stu
• .swf
• .synav

T

• .tdb
• .tfs
• .thm
• .thumb
• .tif
• .tiff
• .tl2
• .tmp
• .tn3
• .trec
• .trm
• .tr2
• .trs
• .ts
• .tts

U

• .umv
• .ubv

V

• .v17
• .v19
• .v21
• .v22
• .v23
• .v24
• .v264
• .vac
• .vam
• .vc1
• .vid
• .video
• .video1
• .video2
• .video3
• .vision
• .vl4
• .vob
• .vs2
• .vtt
• .vvf

W

• .wav
• .wbr
• .webm
• .wgva
• .wma
• .wmv
• .wsb
• .wva

X, Y, Z

• .xba
• .xesc
• .xl1
• .xpa
• .zip