# Supported codecs
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This table specifies the codecs that are supported for each input media type that Elemental Live supports. 


|  Media Type   |  Video Codecs   |  Audio Codecs   | 
| --- | --- | --- | 
| HLS  | H.264<br />H.265  | AAC  | 
| MPTS  | H.264<br />H.265<br />MPEG-2  | AAC<br />Dolby Digital<br />Dolby Digital Plus<br />Dolby Digital Plus with Atmos<br />MPEG-1, layer II<br />PCM  | 
| RTMP  | H.264  | AAC  | 
| RTSP | H.264<br />H.265 | AAC | 
| Transport stream  | H.264<br />H.265<br />J2K (only in a TS that is compliant with TR-01)<br />MPEG-2  | AAC<br />Dolby Digital<br />Dolby Digital Plus<br />Dolby Digital Plus with Atmos<br />MPEG-1, layer II<br />PCM  | 
| SDI  | Uncompressed  | Dolby Digital<br />Dolby Digital Plus<br />Dolby Digital Plus with Atmos<br />Dolby E frames carried in PCM streams tagged with SMPTE-337<br />PCM  | 
| HDMI  | Uncompressed  | Dolby Digital<br />Dolby Digital Plus<br />Dolby Digital Plus with Atmos<br />Dolby E frames carried in PCM streams tagged with SMPTE-337<br />PCM  | 
| SDI Quad-compliant SDI 2SI-compliant SDI  | Uncompressed  | Dolby Digital<br />Dolby Digital Plus<br />Dolby Digital Plus with Atmos<br />Dolby E frames carried in PCM streams tagged with SMPTE-337<br />PCM  | 
| Uncompressed SMPTE 2110  | Uncompressed<br />JPEG XS (starting with version 2.21.3)  | Dolby Digital<br />Dolby Digital Plus<br />PCM  | 
| Uncompressed SMPTE 2022-6  | Uncompressed  | Dolby Digital<br />Dolby Digital Plus<br />Dolby Digital Plus with Atmos<br />PCM  |