Limecraft accepts any file type or file format, i.e. allows you to upload any type of file in your Workspace. File types that support direct play out and reviewing features include all common video, image, audio, still images, subtitle files, as well as PDF and other document formats.


Upon ingest, Limecraft processes any professional and consumer file format you might come across, including but not limited to proprietary camera formats by Sony, ARRI, Panasonic and RED. Limecraft also accepts formats optimised for editing such as all common Avid DNx or Apple ProRes flavours. Apart from these, Limecraft also processes structured file formats like IMF, DCP, iTunes or Amazon packages. 


As of release 23.5, Limecraft supports full RED magazine and spanned clips provided material is ingested using Limecraft Edge for older versions of R3D files. Full support for recent R3D clips and magazines with GPU acceleration is available as of release 23.2. Also XAVC and AVC Intra 50/100 transcoding output from all listed input sources is now supported.


Collections can be shared or reviewed using Limecraft specific web proxies, allowing frame-accurate behaviour, low-latency browsing and switching between audio channels. 


Upon export to edit, Limecraft converts to and exports native edit formats such as DNx for Avid Media Composer, and ProRes for Adobe Premiere. Apart from the above, material can be rendered in a wide variety of file formats for publication. To these purposes, Limecraft uses built-in video transcoding technology if possible or integrates a third party transcoder if necessary.


TABLE OF CONTENTS


1. Ingest File Formats


N°ContainerCodecEdgeFlowRelease Notes
1MXFMXF OP1a
  • Sony XDCam (DV25, Mpeg IMX Codecs), XDCam HD and XDCam HD 422 (also Canon C300/C500 and XF series)
  • Sony XAVC (incl. XAVC Intra and XAVC-L codecs)
  • ARRI Alexa MXF (DNxHD codec)
  • AS-11 MXF (Mpeg IMX/D10 AVC-I codecs)
✅✅

P2 spanned clips are currently not supported.


Referencing original OP1a media from Limecraft AAFs is possible using AMA media linking in Avid


AAF workflows for P2 are not implemented end-to-end yet

MXF Op Atom
  • P2 (DV codec) and P2 HD (DVC Pro HD, AVC-I 50 and AVC-I 100 codecs)
✅❌

Sony RAW and X-OCN (XT, LT, ST) up to 8K sensor resolutions for Sony Venice and Venice 2, F65, PMW-F55, PMW-F5 and NEX-FS700

✅❌Due to the heavy data rates involved in processing these files, a properly provisioned system is required, featuring fast storage (SSD or RAID'ed spinning disks) and a recent GPU (with at least 4GB of memory).
2R3DR3D clips from all Red Digital Cinema cameras (incl. RED One and RED Epic)✅

❌Full RED magazine and spanned clips ingest is supported through Edge, for older versions of R3D files. Ingest is no longer supported on Limecraft Flow. Full support for recent R3D clips and magazines with GPU acceleration is upcoming in Edge release 2023.2.
3ARRIARRI Alexa RAW (incl. Open Gate sensor RAW imagery).✅❌Due to the heavy data rates involved in processing these files, a properly provisioned system is required, featuring fast storage (SSD or RAIDed spinning disks) and a recent GPU (with at least 4GB of memory).


Currently, only the Alexa line of cameras (Alexa, Alexa SXT and Alexa Mini) is supported, not the Alexa 65.

  • ARRI Alexa MXF/ARRIRAW (from ARRI Alexa Mini)
  • ARRI Alexa MXF/ProRes (from ARRI Alexa Mini LF, not yet supported for ARRI Alexa 35)

✅❌
4Quicktime

With video in following formats:

  • ProRes
  • DNxHD
  • DV
  • Apple Video
  • Apple M-JPEG
  • Quicktime Animation
  • Quicktime Graphics
  • Sorensen video

and audio in following formats:

  • PCM
  • AAC
  • alaw/μlaw
  • MP3
  • ALAC

✅✅This includes a.o. Quicktime clips generated by ARRI Alexa and Amira products, Blackmagic Design cameras, Video Devices PIX devices, Atomos recorders, Convergent Design Odyssey recorders.
5Blackmagic RAWBlackmagic RAW video with PCM audio✅

❌Due to the heavy data rates involved in processing these files, a properly provisioned system is required, featuring fast storage (SSD or RAIDed spinning disks) and a recent GPU (with at least 4GB of memory).
6Mp4

All MP4 with H.264 and AAC or MP3/ MP2 audio.


This includes support for the following types of cameras:

  • GoPro HD and 4K
  • XDCAM EX
  • XAVC S
✅
✅
XDCAM EX support includes reading timecode metadata (only available in Edge).
7Mpeg TS/PS
  • AVCHD
  • DVD VOB
  • MPG (MPEG-1 video and audio)

✅
✅

8Legacy formats
  • AVI (incl., MJPEG, XViD, DivX, Cinepak and uncompressed codecs)
  • Starlight low-light cameras
  • WMV (with Windows Media Video 7, 8, 9 codecs for video and Windows Media Audio 1, 2, 9 Pro and Lossless codecs for audio)
  • DV (SD DV-based bitstreams without container, but including uncompressed audio)
✅
✅

9Web Formats
  • WebM (with VP8 and VP9 video and Vorbis and Opus audio)
  • Ogg (with Theora video and
  • Vorbis audio)
  • Flash FLV (with Sorenson
  • Spark, VP6, H.264 video and MP3, ADPCM, Nellymoser, Speex and AAC audio)
  • MKV (with a variety of codecs, incl., H.264, XViD video and uncompressed WAVE, MP3, FLAC, AAC and AC-3 audio)
  • ASF (with WMV video and WMA audio, cf. WMV format)
✅
✅

10Time lapses and image sequencesSequences of JPEGs, PNGs, GIFs.✅
❌

No timecode is imported when interpreting time lapse sequences


To import as a sequence, a consistent supported file pattern needs to be present in all image file names


Currently, image sequences are imported with a default frame rate of 25 FPS.


Still image formats can be ingested by Limecraft Flow directly, but as individual images and not as image sequences.


11Audio Formats
  • WAVE and BWF (support for both poly and mono-wave BWF files). Timecode and metadata are read from BWF audio files.
  • AIFF
  • MP2/MP3 streams
  • MP4 (with AAC, MP3, PCM and ALAC audio)
  • OGG (with Vorbis and Opus audio)
  • FLAC
✅
✅
Polywav BWF files are not interpreted as related when ingested directly into Flow using web-based uploads, Edge should be used to support this use case.

More info on multi-channel audio.



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