Media Specifications

Samsung devices have rich media playback capabilities, including support for various media extensions, using the available audio and video decoders. This topic describes the media formats supported by Samsung Smart devices, and the limitations on their support.

Music

The following table lists the supported audio formats.

File Extension	Format	Codec	Limitations
*.mp3	MPEG	MPEG-1 Audio Layer III	-
.m4a .mpa *.aac	MPEG-4	AAC
*.flac	FLAC	FLAC
*.ogg	OGG	Vorbis
*.wma	WMA	WMA	Up to WMA 10 Pro 5.1 channel supported WMA lossless audio not supported M2 profile supported
*.wav	WAV	WAV	-
.mid .midi	MIDI	MIDI	Type 0 and Type 1 supported USB mode supported SeekOnly not supported
*.ape	APE	APE	-
.aif .aiff	AIFF	AIFF
*.m4a	ALAC	ALAC

Table 1. Music specifications

NoteThe WMA codec is no longer supported on the 24TV_BASIC4, 2025 and later device models.
TV: The RA (RealAudio) codec and RMVB (RealMedia Variable Bitrate) format are no longer supported on the 2026 and later device models.
HTV: The RA (RealAudio) codec and RMVB (RealMedia Variable Bitrate) format are no longer supported on the Tizen 10.0 and later device models.
Signage: The RA (RealAudio) codec and RMVB (RealMedia Variable Bitrate) format are no longer supported on the Tizen 10.0 and later device models.

Picture

The following table lists the supported image formats.

File Extension	Format	Resolution	Limitations
.jpg .jpeg	JPEG	16320x12240 (Since Tizen 7.0)	-
		15360x9024 (Tizen 4.0 ~ Tizen 6.5)
		15360x8640 (Up to Tizen 3.0)
*.png	PNG	4096x4096
*.bmp	BMP	4096x4096
*.mpo	MPO	15360x8640	The MPO format is partially supported.
*.heic	HEIF (Since Tizen 6.0)	16320x12240 (Since Tizen 7.0)	HEIF supports only a single, grid-type image with a minimum resolution of at least 512 pixels in width or height.
*.heic	HEIF (Since Tizen 6.0)	12000x9000 (Tizen 6.0 ~ Tizen 6.5)

Table 2. Picture specifications

NoteThe ".heic" file extension (HEIC format) is supported since 2021 device models running Tizen 6.0.

Video

The suppoted video formats vary by device type, model year, and model group:

MSE/EME Specifications

Samsung devices support the W3C Media Source Extensions™ (MSE) and Encrypted Media Extensions (EME) specifications. For detailed information about MSE and EME, see the W3C specification documents:

The following table lists the supported W3C MSE and EME specification versions. These extensions allow you to use JavaScript to generate media streams for playback, and play DRM-enabled content without any third-party plugins.

Platform	MSE		EME	DRM
Platform	MSE		EME	PlayReady	Widevine Modular
Tizen 8.0 (2024)	WebM (VP9/4K/60fps/80Mbps)	W3C Recommendation 17-Nov-2016	W3C Recommendation 18-Sept-2017	v4.5 (SL3000) v2.5 (SL2000)	v17.1
Tizen 7.0 (2023)				v4.5 (SL3000) v2.5 (SL2000)	v17.1
Tizen 6.5 (2022)				v4.4 (SL3000) v2.5 (SL2000)	v16.4
Tizen 6.0 (2021)				v4.2 (SL3000) v2.5 (SL2000)	v16.3
Tizen 5.5 (2020)				v4.2 (SL3000) v2.5 (SL2000)	v15.2
Tizen 5.0 (2019)				v3.3 (SL3000) v2.5 (SL2000)	v14.1
Tizen 4.0 (2018)		W3C Candidate Recommendation 05-Jul-2016	W3C Candidate Recommendation 05-Jul-2016	v3.3 (SL3000) v2.5 (SL2000)	v3.2
Tizen 3.0 (2017)		W3C Candidate Recommendation 12-Nov-2015	W3C Workig Draft 04-Feb-2016	v2.5 (SL2000)	v2.08
Tizen 2.4 (2016)	WebM (VP9/4K/60fps/60Mbps)	W3C Editor's Draft 10-Dec-2013	0.1b
Tizen 2.3 (2015)	WebM (VP9/4K/60fps/20Mbps)	W3C Editor's Draft 10-Dec-2013	0.1b

Table 3. MSE and EME supported specifications

Note

Samsung supports Widevine Modular since Tizen 2.4.
The W3C EME 0.1b draft specification was unpublished from the W3C web site. Refer to the W3C First Public Working Draft 10 May 2013 instead.

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