Video formats you can play on Microsoft 365

You can play most audio and video files directly from OneDrive, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Stream, Viva Engage, and all across Microsoft 365.

Supported audio and video formats

The following audio/video files can be played directly from your Microsoft 365 in most browsers: 3G2, 3GP, 3GPP, ASF, AVI, M2TS, M4A, M4V, MKV, MOV, MP3, MP4, MP4V, MTS, TS, WAV, WEBM, WMA, WMV

Tips: For the best video playback experience, we recommend the following video encoding settings: 

  • Container - MP4

  • Video - H.264 / MPEG-4 AVC, 30 fps, using these approximate bitrates based on resolution

    • ~8 Mbps or less for 1080p

    • ~5 Mbps or less for 720p

    • ~2.5 Mbps or less for 480p

    • ~1 Mbps or less for 360p or smaller

  • Audio - AAC, 384 Kbps or less

If a file doesn’t play, the format might be one that either Microsoft 365 or your mobile device doesn't support. 

Note: DRM-protected video files can’t be played

Supported video codecs

To maximize compatibility, SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams, Viva Engage, and Stream (on SharePoint) supports an extensive list of popular formats including the following video codecs: 

012V 

ADPCM_G722 

BMP 

DVVIDEO 

GIF 

H264 

H264_CUVID 

H264_NVENC 

HEVC 

HEVC_CUVID 

ILBC 

MJPEG 

MJPEG_CUVID 

MOV_TEXT 

MPEG1_CUVID 

MPEG1VIDEO 

MPEG2_CUVID 

MPEG2VIDEO 

MPEG4 

MPEG4_CUVID 

MPEGVIDEO 

MSMPEG4 

MSMPEG4V1 

MSMPEG4V2 

MSMPEG4V3 

MSRLE 

MSS1 

MSS2 

MSVIDEO1 

RAWVIDEO 

THEORA 

VC1 

VC1_CUVID 

VC1IMAGE 

VP8 

VP8_CUVID 

VP9 

VP9_CUVID 

WMV1 

WMV2 

WMV3 

WMV3IMAGE 

YUV4 

Supported audio codecs

To maximize compatibility, SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams, Yammer, and Stream (on SharePoint) supports an extensive list of popular formats including the following audio codecs: 

AAC 

FLAC 

GSM_MS 

LIBOPUS 

LIBVORBIS 

MP2 

MP3 

MP3FLOAT 

OPUS 

PCM_F16LE 

PCM_F24LE 

PCM_F32BE 

PCM_F32LE 

PCM_F64BE 

PCM_F64LE 

PCM_LXF 

PCM_MULAW 

PCM_S16BE 

PCM_S16BE_PLANAR 

PCM_S16LE 

PCM_S16LE_PLANAR 

PCM_S24BE 

PCM_S24DAUD 

PCM_S24LE 

PCM_S24LE_PLANAR 

PCM_S32BE 

PCM_S32LE 

PCM_S32LE_PLANAR 

PCM_S64BE 

PCM_S64LE 

PCM_S8 

PCM_S8_PLANAR 

PCM_U16BE 

PCM_U16LE 

PCM_U24BE 

PCM_U24LE 

PCM_U32BE 

PCM_U32LE 

PCM_U8 

VORBIS 

WMALOSSLESS 

WMAPRO 

WMAV1 

WMAV2 

WMAVOICE 

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