Windows 10 for Phone Video Formats
- lizaoes
- Mar 16, 2015
- 2 min read
At MWC 2015, Microsoft showed off new Lumia 640/640 XL upgradable to Windows 10 empowering owners to experience amazing new features of Windows 10, which is taken as prelude of release of Windows 10 for phone. In fact, Windows lovers keep a watchful eye on Windows10 for phone and expect to garner features of this upcoming Windows device from every rumor as more as possible. Well, this article gives an answer to Windows 10 for phone video formats for questioners who care about video playback most.
Windows 10 for Phone Video Formats Supported
It is essential to be aware of Windows 10 for phone supported video file formats before deciding to download and watch a movie/video on Windows 10 mobiles avoiding not play error. Video formats supported by Windows Phone 8 will inherit to Windows 10 for phone with no doubt. In addition, new formats natively supported by Windows 10 are expected to make Windows 10 for phone be more compatible than other portable devices on video playback.
Windows 10 for Phone Video Formats Supported as Windows Phone 8
Take a glimpse at the table of supported video formats by Windows 10 for phone, codec and resolution of each format similar to its precious generation.
3GP, 3G2 with codec of H.263 and resolution of 720x480
WMV with codec of VC1 and resolutions of 352x288/1920x1080
MP4, M4V, AVI with codec of MPEG-4 and resolution of 1920x1080
MP4, M4V, MOV with codec of H.264 and resolution of 1920x108
New Added Supported Formats/Codec by Windows 10 for Phone
MKV, one of the most preferred high definition video formats, will be supported by Windows 10, which means that users can directly play MKV movies/videos on Windows 10 for phone without any third-part codec. HEVC (High Efficiency Video Coding), a successor to H.264 offering better compression and smaller file size than H.264 video with the same image quality is the new added codec Windows 10 for phone supported as well. It can handle with 4K UHD movie/video playback driving users to enjoy crispest images on Windows 10 for phone. >>H.265 Encoder, H.265 vs H.264
Yes, the two new video file formats Windows 10 for phone support surprises us. On the other hand, MP4, WMV and AVI are considered as the best video formats for Windows 10 for phone because they are most compatible formats and traditionally supported by Windows Phone.
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