Supported Video Formats

• MPEG-4 Part 2 (Simple Profile and bvop, including DivX 4)
• File formats - .avi, .3gp, .mp4, .mov
• Video - Up to 320 x 240, up to 800 kbps, up to 30 frames per second
• H.263 (Profile 0 & Profile 3)
• File formats - .avi, .3gp, .mp4, .mov
• Video - up to 320 x 240, up to 800 kbps, up to 30 frames per second
• Windows Media Video (Simple Profile)
• File formats - .wmv
• Video - Up to 320 x 240, up to 800 kbps, up to 24 frames per second

Note: Windows Media Video is supported in BlackBerry Device Software 4.2.1 and later.

Unsupported Video Formats

• MPEG-4 Part 10 (H.264 / AVC)
• MPEG-4 Part 2 (Advanced Simple Profile)
• H.263+
• DivX 3, 5, 6
• XviD
• 3GPP2 (.3g2)
• Windows Media Video Main/Advanced Profile (.wmv)
• Advanced Systems Format (.asf)
• Real Media (.rm)
• MPEG-1 / MPEG-2

Supported Audio Formats

• MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 Layer 3 (.mp3)
• AAC/AAC+/eAAC+ (.m4a or .aac)
• MIDI (.mid or .smf)
• AMR-NB (.amr)
• WAVE (.wav)
• Windows Media Audio (.wma)
• WMAPro - 16 bit, stereo output configuration (.wma)

Note: Windows Media Audio and WMAPro are supported in BlackBerry Device Software 4.2.1 and later.

Unsupported Audio Formats

• MPEG-1 Layer 1 & 2
• MPEG-2 Layer 1 & 2
• Real Audio (.ra)

The BlackBerry Media application is designed to support the following audio file containers:

• .avi containing PCM, MP3, and AAC/ACC+/eACC+
• .3gp containing MP3, AMR-NB, AAC/AAC+, and eACC+
• .mp4 containing MP3, AMR-NB, AAC/AAC+, and eACC+
• .mov containing MP3, AMR-NB, AAC/AAC+, and eACC+
• .wmv containing WMA
• Media Player Support
  The media application on the BlackBerry smartphone is designed to support the following audio file containers:

.avi containing PCM, MP3, and AAC/ACC+/eACC+

• .3gp containing MP3, AMR-NB, AAC/AAC+, and eACC+
• .mp4 containing MP3, AMR-NB, AAC/AAC+, and eACC+
• .mov containing MP3, AMR-NB, AAC/AAC+, and eACC+
• .wmv containing WMA

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