Compatibility results: software decoding
All 55 samples on the real engine with hardware decoding off.
As writtenPublished unedited from the NOVA repository. Links to other repository files open on GitHub.
Generated by crates/nova-playback-mpv/tests/compat.rs on the real engine (mpv v0.41.0-1175-g492bae076), headless (vo=null, ao=null). Synthetic corpus from scripts/generate-compat-corpus.sh.
| Sample | Expect | Result | Pass | Container | Video | Depth / chroma | HDR | Decoder | Audio | Open→play ms | Seek ms (err) | 1 s advance | Drops | Private MiB | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
h264_aac.mp4 | play | playing | ✅ | mov | h264 1920x1080 | 8-bit 4:2:0 | — | software | aac 2ch | 31 | 48 (0 ms) | 1033 ms | 0 | 97 | H.264 High, AAC, MP4 |
hevc_main10_hdr10.mp4 | play | playing | ✅ | mov | hevc 1280x720 | 10-bit 4:2:0 | HDR10 | software | aac 2ch | 20 | 27 (0 ms) | 1033 ms | 0 | 80 | HEVC Main10, PQ, BT.2020, mastering metadata |
hevc_hlg.mov | play | playing | ✅ | mov | hevc 1280x720 | 10-bit 4:2:0 | HLG | software | aac 2ch | 19 | 29 (0 ms) | 1060 ms | 0 | 80 | HEVC Main10, HLG |
hevc_422_10.mov | play | playing | ✅ | mov | hevc 1280x720 | 10-bit 4:2:2 | — | software | pcm_s24le 2ch | 21 | 34 (33 ms) | 1000 ms | 0 | 94 | HEVC 4:2:2 10-bit (XAVC HS / Panasonic HEVC 422 profile) |
av1_10bit.mkv | play | playing | ✅ | mkv | av1 1280x720 | 10-bit 4:2:0 | — | software | opus 2ch | 23 | 72 (0 ms) | 1029 ms | 0 | 92 | AV1 10-bit (SVT-AV1), Opus |
vp9_alpha.webm | play | playing | ✅ | mkv | vp9 1280x720 | 8-bit 4:2:0 | — | software | opus 2ch | 18 | 64 (0 ms) | 1029 ms | 0 | 48 | VP9 with alpha (WebM). PARTIAL: plays, but the engine’s VP9 decoder drops the alpha plane |
vp8.webm | play | playing | ✅ | mkv | vp8 1280x720 | 8-bit 4:2:0 | — | software | vorbis 2ch | 13 | 20 (32 ms) | 1000 ms | 0 | 45 | VP8, Vorbis |
mpeg4_asp.avi | play | playing | ✅ | avi | mpeg4 720x480 | 8-bit 4:2:0 | — | software | mp3 2ch | 16 | 31 (0 ms) | 1051 ms | 0 | 40 | MPEG-4 Part 2 ASP, MP3, AVI |
theora.ogv | play | playing | ✅ | ogg | theora 640x360 | 8-bit 4:2:0 | — | software | vorbis 2ch | 17 | 3 (0 ms) | 902 ms | 0 | 39 | Theora, Vorbis, Ogg |
h264.3gp | play | playing | ✅ | mov | h264 640x360 | 8-bit 4:2:0 | — | software | aac 1ch | 13 | 30 (0 ms) | 1033 ms | 0 | 39 | 3GP |
mpeg2_ac3.vob | play | playing | ✅ | mpeg | mpeg2video 720x480 | 8-bit 4:2:0 | — | software | ac3 2ch | 16 | 32 (0 ms) | 1139 ms | 0 | 29 | DVD-style MPEG-2 + AC-3 in VOB |
mpeg2_ts.ts | play | playing | ✅ | mpegts | mpeg2video 1920x1080 | 8-bit 4:2:0 | — | software | ac3 2ch | 16 | 33 (0 ms) | 1135 ms | 0 | 44 | MPEG-2 in MPEG-TS (broadcast) |
avchd.m2ts | play | playing | ✅ | mpegts | h264 1920x1080 | 8-bit 4:2:0 | — | software | ac3 2ch | 42 | 40 (0 ms) | 965 ms | 0 | 68 | AVCHD-style H.264 + AC-3 in M2TS |
vfr.mkv | play | playing | ✅ | mkv | h264 1280x720 | 8-bit 4:2:0 | — | software | — | 13 | 31 (0 ms) | 1033 ms | 0 | 61 | Variable frame rate (30/60/15 fps segments) |
h264_120fps.mp4 | play | playing | ✅ | mov | h264 1920x1080 | 8-bit 4:2:0 | — | software | — | 20 | 79 (8 ms) | 984 ms | 0 | 71 | 1080p120 high frame rate |
xavc_intra_like.mxf | play | playing | ✅ | mxf | h264 1920x1080 | 10-bit 4:2:2 | — | software | pcm_s24le 2ch | 60 | 18 (0 ms) | 1060 ms | 0 | 156 | H.264 High 4:2:2 Intra 10-bit in MXF (XAVC-I / XF-AVC Intra profile) |
avc_intra100.mxf | play | playing | ✅ | mxf | h264 1920x1080 | 10-bit 4:2:2 | — | software | pcm_s24le 2ch | 108 | 20 (0 ms) | 1060 ms | 0 | 158 | AVC-Intra 100 class (x264 avcintra-class) in MXF |
xdcam_mpeg2_422.mxf | play | playing | ✅ | mxf | mpeg2video 1920x1080 | 8-bit 4:2:2 | — | software | pcm_s24le 2ch | 18 | 18 (0 ms) | 1060 ms | 0 | 57 | MPEG-2 4:2:2 50 Mb/s in MXF (XDCAM HD422 profile) |
dv_pal.dv | play | playing | ✅ | dv | dvvideo 720x576 | 8-bit 4:2:0 | — | software | pcm_s16le 2ch | 18 | 19 (0 ms) | 1060 ms | 0 | 42 | DV PAL raw stream |
mjpeg.avi | play | playing | ✅ | avi | mjpeg 1280x720 | 8-bit 4:2:2 | — | software | pcm_s16le 2ch | 13 | 20 (0 ms) | 1033 ms | 0 | 40 | Motion JPEG (consumer cameras), AVI |
prores_422hq.mov | play | playing | ✅ | mov | prores 1920x1080 | 10-bit 4:2:2 | — | software | pcm_s24le 2ch | 21 | 41 (0 ms) | 1060 ms | 0 | 125 | Apple ProRes 422 HQ |
prores_4444_alpha.mov | play | playing | ✅ | mov | prores 1920x1080 | 12-bit 4:4:4 +α | — | software | — | 34 | 20 (60 ms) | 1000 ms | 0 | 222 | Apple ProRes 4444 with alpha |
dnxhr_hqx.mxf | play | playing | ✅ | mxf | dnxhd 1920x1080 | 10-bit 4:2:2 | — | software | pcm_s24le 2ch | 30 | 19 (60 ms) | 1000 ms | 0 | 174 | Avid DNxHR HQX 10-bit in MXF OP1a |
dnxhd_36.mov | play | playing | ✅ | mov | dnxhd 1920x1080 | 8-bit 4:2:2 | — | software | — | 16 | 19 (20 ms) | 1000 ms | 0 | 103 | Avid DNxHD 36 in MOV |
cineform.mov | play | playing | ✅ | mov | cfhd 1920x1080 | 10-bit 4:2:2 | — | software | — | 89 | 50 (0 ms) | 1020 ms | 0 | 319 | GoPro CineForm |
ffv1.mkv | play | playing | ✅ | mkv | ffv1 1280x720 | 10-bit 4:2:2 | — | software | flac 2ch | 43 | 42 (0 ms) | 1060 ms | 0 | 87 | FFV1 v3 10-bit lossless (archival) |
huffyuv.avi | play | playing | ✅ | avi | huffyuv 640x360 | 8-bit 4:2:2 | — | software | — | 13 | 19 (20 ms) | 1040 ms | 0 | 51 | HuffYUV lossless |
utvideo.avi | play | playing | ✅ | avi | utvideo 640x360 | 8-bit 4:2:2 | — | software | — | 11 | 18 (20 ms) | 1040 ms | 0 | 40 | Ut Video lossless |
v210.mov | play | playing | ✅ | mov | v210 1280x720 | 10-bit 4:2:2 | — | software | — | 21 | 18 (0 ms) | — | 0 | 103 | Uncompressed 10-bit 4:2:2 (v210) |
qtrle_alpha.mov | play | playing | ✅ | mov | qtrle 640x360 | 8-bit 4:4:4 +α | — | software | — | 9 | 18 (0 ms) | — | 0 | 36 | QuickTime Animation (RLE) with alpha |
hap.mov | play | playing | ✅ | mov | hap 1280x720 | 8-bit 4:4:4 | — | software | — | 12 | 31 (0 ms) | 1000 ms | 0 | 101 | HAP (VJ / media servers); decodes to RGB |
hevc_4k60.mp4 | play | playing | ✅ | mov | hevc 3840x2160 | 10-bit 4:2:0 | — | software | — | 76 | 238 (17 ms) | 966 ms | 0 | 525 | 4K60 HEVC Main10 |
hevc_8k.mp4 | play | playing | ✅ | mov | hevc 7680x4320 | 8-bit 4:2:0 | — | software | — | 191 | 522 (0 ms) | — | 0 | 1265 | 8K24 HEVC |
prores_4k_hq.mov | play | playing | ✅ | mov | prores 3840x2160 | 10-bit 4:2:2 | — | software | pcm_s24le 2ch | 65 | 56 (0 ms) | 1040 ms | 0 | 435 | 4K ProRes 422 HQ (high bitrate) |
pcm24_51.wav | play | playing | ✅ | wav | — | — | — | — | pcm_s24le 6ch | 10 | 0 (0 ms) | 993 ms | — | 33 | 24-bit PCM 5.1 WAV |
flac_71.flac | play | playing | ✅ | flac | — | — | — | — | flac 8ch | 9 | 0 (0 ms) | 994 ms | — | 32 | FLAC 7.1 |
alac.m4a | play | playing | ✅ | mov | — | — | — | — | alac 2ch | 8 | 1 (0 ms) | 993 ms | — | 32 | Apple Lossless (ALAC) |
ac3_51.ac3 | play | playing | ✅ | ac3 | — | — | — | — | ac3 6ch | 11 | 0 (0 ms) | 954 ms | — | 34 | Dolby Digital (AC-3) 5.1 |
eac3_51.mka | play | playing | ✅ | mkv | — | — | — | — | eac3 6ch | 6 | 0 (0 ms) | 952 ms | — | 34 | Dolby Digital Plus (E-AC-3) 5.1 |
dts_51.mka | play | playing | ✅ | mkv | — | — | — | — | dts 6ch | 7 | 1 (0 ms) | 1004 ms | — | 35 | DTS core 5.1 (FFmpeg experimental encoder) |
truehd.mka | play | playing | ✅ | mkv | — | — | — | — | truehd 6ch | 7 | 2 (0 ms) | 999 ms | — | 35 | Dolby TrueHD 5.1 |
opus.opus | play | playing | ✅ | ogg | — | — | — | — | opus 2ch | 10 | 1 (0 ms) | 951 ms | — | 36 | Opus |
mp3.mp3 | play | playing | ✅ | mp3 | — | — | — | — | mp3 2ch | 9 | 0 (0 ms) | 952 ms | — | 36 | MP3 |
frame.dpx | play | playing | ✅ | dpx_pipe | dpx 1920x1080 | 10-bit 4:4:4 | — | software | — | 51 | — | — | 0 | 57 | Single 10-bit DPX frame |
frame.exr | play | playing | ✅ | exr_pipe | exr 1920x1080 | 32-bit 4:4:4 | — | software | — | 29 | — | — | 0 | 69 | Single OpenEXR float frame |
unknown_fourcc.avi | video-decoder-missing | playing | ✅ | avi | — | — | — | — | pcm_s16le 2ch | 11 | 0 (0 ms) | — | — | 45 | AVI with an unknown video FourCC; audio must still play |
truncated.mov | no-hang | error | ✅ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 45 | ProRes MOV cut to 300 KB (moov missing) — LoadFailed: unrecognized file format |
midcorrupt.mp4 | no-hang | playing | ✅ | mov | h264 1920x1080 | 8-bit 4:2:0 | — | software | aac 2ch | 21 | 43 (0 ms) | 1033 ms | 0 | 110 | 20 KB of garbage in the middle of the stream |
zero.mkv | load-failed | error | ✅ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 35 | Zero-byte file — LoadFailed: unrecognized file format |
random.mxf | load-failed | error | ✅ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 35 | Random bytes with a media extension — LoadFailed: unrecognized file format |
project.prproj | editing-project | rejected | ✅ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 34 | Premiere Pro project (gzip XML) — EditingProject: This is a project file for Adobe Premiere Pro, not a video. Open it there, |
timeline.fcpxml | editing-project | rejected | ✅ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 35 | Final Cut Pro XML timeline — EditingProject: This is a project file for Final Cut Pro, not a video. Open it there, or e |
renamed_mkv.mp4 | play | playing | ✅ | mkv | ffv1 1280x720 | 10-bit 4:2:2 | — | software | flac 2ch | 35 | 41 (0 ms) | 1060 ms | 0 | 93 | Matroska file with a misleading .mp4 extension |
standin.braw | requires-external | error | ✅ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 36 | Stand-in: undecodable video with .braw extension — RequiresExternalDecoder: Blackmagic RAW can't be decoded by NOVA's built-in engine. Decodi |
standin.r3d | requires-external | error | ✅ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 36 | Stand-in: unreadable data with .r3d extension — RequiresExternalDecoder: RED R3D (REDCODE RAW) can't be decoded by NOVA's built-in engine. |