Appendix A. Codec Support

Chapter 3 discussed how BlackBerry devices offer a range of codecs to play back audio and video content. This appendix provides some more details on codec support for a range of popular BlackBerry devices. Please see Table A-1 for this information. Notes applying to each device/codec combination follow the table.

Table A.1. Devices and Their Supported Codecs

Device Model

Container

Codecs

Notes

Torch 9800

MP4/M4A/M4V/3GP/MOV

H.264

([1]) ([2]) ([6])

  

H.263

([3])

  

MPEG4

([2]) ([22])

  

AAC-LC/AAC+/eAAC+

([2]) ([6])

  

AMR-NB

([2])

 

AVI

MPEG4

([2])([22])

  

MP3

 
 

ASF/WMA/WMV

Windows Media Video 9

([5])

  

Windows Media Audio 9 Standard/Professional

 
  

Windows Media 10 Standard/Professional

 
 

MP3

MP3

 
 

FLAC

Flac / Ogg Vorbis

 
 

OGG

Flac / Ogg Vorbis

 
 

AMR

AMR-NB ...

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