What audio and video files can HyperTRANSCRIBE work with?
For HyperTRANSCRIBE 1.6.1 and earlier, HyperTRANSCRIBE can use audio and video files nearly any formats supported by Apple Quicktime (macOS) or Apple Quicktime for Windows (Windows). These include:
Audio file formats:
- AIFF (.aiff or .aif)
- MP3 (.mp3)
- Windows WAVE (.wav)
- Sun Audio (.au)
- AAC (.m4a)
Video file formats:
- QuickTime video (.mov)
- Video for Windows (.vfw)
- AVI (.avi)
- MPEG (.mpg and .mp4)
(QuickTime supports many more formats, and more are always being added. For a complete list, visit Apple's QuickTime page or see the QuickTime technical specifications.)
For HyperTRANSCRIBE 2.0.0 and higher, the following cross-platform (macOS and Windows) media formats are supported. The same formats are supported in HyperRESEARCH 4.5.0 and above.
Audio file formats:
- AAC Audio (iTunes, others) - acc, m4a, m4p, m4r
- AIFF Audio - aif, aifc, aiff
- Sun/NeXT Audio (AU) - au, snd
- Core Audio Format (CAF) - caf
- MP3 Audio - mp3 (This is our RECOMMENDED format for audio media)
- WAVE Audio - wav
- Apple Audiobook (Others) - m4b
- Adaptive Multi-Rate Audio - amr
- Audio Data Transport Stream - adts
- MP2 Audio - mp2
Video file formats:
- QuickTime Movie - mov, qt
- MPEG Video - mpg, mpeg
- MPEG-2 Video - mpg, mpeg
- MPEG-4 Video (h264 Codec) - mp4
- MPEG-4 Video (AAC Codec) (iTunes, others) - m4v (This is our RECOMMENDED format for audio media)
- 3GP Video Capture - 3gp, 3g3, 3gp2, 3gpp
- Digital Camera Video (DV) - dv
Note: All but MPEG-1 under Windows requires the LAV Filters package of additional free media formats to be installed.