Aperture 3: About Video and Audio formats in Aperture

Summary

Aperture 3 enables you to use many video and audio formats from popular still cameras. See the tables below for some examples of supported formats.

Products Affected

Aperture 3.x

Note: Aperture 3 works with a wide variety of video formats, but not all QuickTime-compatible video formats are supported. Certain compression options, codecs, and frame rates are not supported.

Video Formats

Camera	Type	Codec	Pixel Size	Frame Rate
Canon
Canon 1D Mark IV	.mov	H.264	640x480	60
			1280x730	60
			1920x1080	24 and 30
Canon 5D Mark II	.mov	H.264	640x480	30
			1920x1080	30
Canon 7D	.mov	H.264	640x480	60
			1280x720	60
			1920x1080	24 and 30
Canon 60D	.mov	H.264	640x480	60
			crop 640x480	60
			1280x720	60
			1920x1080	24 and 30
Canon 550D	.mov	H.264	640x480	60
			crop 640x480	60
			1280x720	60
			1920x1080	24 and 30
Canon G9	.avi	Apple OpenDML JPEG	640x480	30
Canon G10	.mov	H.264	640x480	30
Canon G11	.mov	H.264	320x240	30
			640x480	30
Canon PowerShot G12	.mov	H.264	320x240	30
			640x480	30
			1280x720	24
Canon PS70	.avi	Apple OpenDML JPEG	320x240	15
Canon Rebel T1i	.mov	H.264	640x480	30
			1280x720	30
			1920x1080	20
Canon Rebel T3	.mov	H.264	1280x720	25 and 30
Canon Rebel T3i	.mov	H.264	640x480	25 and 30
			1280x720	50 and 60
			1920x1080	20
Canon PowerShot SX1 IS	.mov	H.264	320x240	30
			640x480	30
Canon S90	.mov	H.264	320x240	30
			640x480	30
Canon S95	.mov	H.264	478x359	30
			640x480	30
			1280x720	24
Apple
iPhone 4	.mov	H.264	640x480	30
			1280x720	30
iPhone 3GS	.mov	H.264	640x480	30
iPod Nano	.mp4	H.264	640x480	30
FujiFilm
Fuji FinePix X100	.mov	H.264	1280x720	24
Konica Minolta
DiMAGE A200	.mov	H.264	320x240	15 and 30
			640x480	15 and 30
			800x600	15
Leica
Leica D-Lux 4	.mov	Photo-JPEG	320x240	10 and 30
			640x480	30
			848x480	30
			1280x720	24
Leica D-Lux 5	.mov	Photo-JPEG	320x240	30
			680x480	30
			848x480	30
			1280x720	30
Leica V-Lux 2	.mov	Photo-JPEG	320x240	30
			640x480	30
			848x480	30
			1280x720	30
Nikon
Nikon D300s	.avi	Apple OpenDML JPEG	320x240	24
			640x480	24
			1280x720	24
Nikon D90	.avi	Apple OpenDML JPEG	320x216	24
			640x424	24
			1280x720	24
Nikon D5000	.avi	Apple OpenDML JPEG	320x216	24
			640x424	24
			1280x720	24
Nikon D5100	.mov	H.264	640x424	25 and 30
			1280x720	24, 25 and 30
			1920x1080	24, 25 and 30
Nikon D7000	.mov	H.264	640x424	30
			1280x720	24
			1280x720	30
			1920x1080	24
Nikon D3100	.mov	H.264	640x424	24 and 30
			1280x720	24, 25, and 30
			1920x1080	24
Nikon P6000	.avi	Apple OpenDML JPEG	640x480	30
Nikon P7000	.mov	H.264	320x240	30
			640x480	30
			1280x720	24
Olympus
Olympus E-P1	.avi	Apple OpenDML JPEG	1280x720	30
Olympus E-P2	.avi	Apple OpenDML JPEG	640x480	30
			1280x720	30
Olympus E-PL1	.avi	Apple OpenDML JPEG	640x480	30
			1280x720	30
Olympus E-PL2	.avi	Apple OpenDML JPEG	640x480	30
			1280x720	30
Olympus E-5	.avi	Apple OpenDML JPEG	640x480	30
			1280x720	30
Olympus XZ-1	.avi	Apple OpenDML JPEG	640x480	30
			1280x720	30
Olympus PEN E-P3	.avi	Apple OpenDML JPEG	340x480 SD	30
			1280x720 HD	30
Panasonic
Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3	.mov	Photo-JPEG	320x240	10 and 30
			640x480	30
			848x480	30
			1280x720	24
Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5	.mov	Photo-JPEG	478x359	30
			640x480	30
			848x480	30
			1280x720	30
Panasonic Lumix GH1	.mov	Photo-JPEG	320x240	30
			640x480	30
			848x480	30
			1280x720	24
Panasonic Lumix GF1	.mov	Photo-JPEG	320x280	30
			640x480	30
			848x480	30
			1280x720	30
Panasonic Lumix DMC-G2	.mov	Photo-JPEG	320x280	30
			640x480	30
			848x480	30
			1280x720	30
Panasonic Lumix G3	.mov	Photo-JPEG	320x280 QVGA	30
			640x480 VGA	30
			1280x720 HD	30
Panasonic Lumix DMC-G10	.mov	Photo-JPEG	320x280	30
			640x480	30
			848x480	30
			1280x720	30
Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF2 - PAL	.mov	Photo-JPEG	320x240	30
			640x480	30
			848x480	30
			1280x720	30
Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF2 - NTSC	.mov	Photo-JPEG	320x240	30
			640x480	30
			848x480	30
			1280x720	30
Pansonic Lumix GF3	.mov	Photo-JPEG	320x280 QVGA	30
			640x480 VGA	30
			1280x720 HD	30
Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH2 - PAL	.mov	Photo-JPEG	320x240	30
			640x480	30
			848x480	30
			1280x720	30
Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH2 - NTSC	.mov	Photo-JPEG	320x240	30
			640x480	30
			848x480	30
			1280x720	30
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ100	.mov	Photo-JPEG	320x240	30
			640x480	30
			1280x720	30
			1920x1080	30
Pentax
Pentax K-7	.avi	Apple OpenDML JPEG	640x416	30
			1280x720	30
			1536x1024	30
Pentax K-X	.avi	Apple OpenDML JPEG	640x480	24
			1280x720	24
Pentax K-5	.avi	Apple OpenDML JPEG	640x480	25
			1280x720	25 and 30
			1920x1080	25
Pentax K-R	.avi	Apple OpenDML JPEG	640x480	25
			1280x720	25
Samsung
Samsung NX10	.mp4	H.264	320x280	30
			640x480	30
			1280x720	30
Samsung NX 11	.mp4	H.264	320x280 N	30
			320x280 HQ	30
			640x480 N	30
			640x480 HQ	30
			1280x720 N	30
			1280x720 HQ	30
Samsung NX 100	.mp4	H.264	320x280 N	30
			320x280 HQ	30
			640xx480 N	30
			640x480 HQ	30
			1280x720 N	30
			1280x720 HQ	30
Sony
Sony DSLR-A33	.mp4	H.264	640x480	30
			1920x1080	30
Sony DSLR-A55	.mp4	H.264	1920x1080	30
Sony DSLR-A560	.mp4	H.264	640x480	30
			1920x1080	30
Sony DSLR-A580	.mp4	H.264	640x480	30
			1920x1080	30
Sony Alpha NEX-3	.mp4	MPEG-4 Video	640x480	30
			1280x720	30
Sony Alpha NEX-5	.mp4	H.264	640x480	30
			1920x1080	30
Sony NEX-C3K	.mp4	MPEG-4 Video	640x480 VGA	30
			1280x720 F	30
			1280x720 S	30
Sony SLT-A35	.mp4	AVC	640x480 VGA	30
			1440x1080	30

Audio Formats

Camera	Type
Canon
Canon 1D	.wav
Canon 1Ds	.wav
Canon 1D Mark II	.wav
Canon 1Ds Mark II	.wav
Canon 1D Mark III	.wav
Canon 1Ds Mark III	.wav
Canon 1D Mark IV	.wav
Canon G9	.wav
Canon G10	.wav
Leica
Leica Digilux 2	.wav
Leica Digilux 3	.wav
Nikon
Nikon D2X	.wav
Nikon D2Xs	.wav
Nikon D2H	.wav
Nikon D2Hs	.wav
Nikon D3	.wav
Nikon D3x	.wav
Nikon P6000	.wav
Generic Audio Format
	.aif
	.caf
	.m4a (Apple Lossless)
	.m4a (AAC)
	.mp3
	.wav

Additional Information

This list is not meant to be exhaustive. Video and audio from other still cameras may work but have not been tested.

Important: Information about products not manufactured by Apple is provided for information purposes only and does not constitute Apple’s recommendation or endorsement. Please contact the vendor for additional information.

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