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Media Sizes and Supported Codecs and Profiles in Windows Phone 7

The MediaElement in Windows Phone 7 is completely rendered in hardware so capturing frames via the WriteableBitmap interface will come up with blank captures if you use it the same way you might in Silverlight..

If you need to play music in the background or you are creating a mobile app that streams in the background (like Pandora) you will need to use the XNA music and sound functionality to play something in the background. 

The MediaElement will also play video. Here are the recommendations based on the hardware specifications of the GPU.

Codec Type

Decoder Support

Container

Max Resolution and FPS

Supported Scenarios

Audio

WAV

WAV

N/A

  • Receiving files as attachments in email and MMS messages

  • Using XNA sound effects (PCM only)

  • Playing media with the MediaElement API

  • Playing media in the device Media Player

  • Viewing media in Internet Explorer Mobile

Audio

MP3

MP3

N/A

  • Receiving files as attachments in email and MMS messages

  • Syncing content from the Zune client to the device MediaLibrary

  • Enumerating media from the MediaLibrary using the XNA Framework

  • Playing media with the MediaElement API

  • Playing media in the device Media Player

  • Viewing media in Internet Explorer Mobile

Audio

WMA Standard v9

ASF (WMA)

N/A

  • Receiving files as attachments in email and MMS messages

  • Syncing content from the Zune client to the device MediaLibrary

  • Enumerating media from the MediaLibrary using the XNA Framework

  • Playing media with the MediaElement API

  • Playing media in the device Media Player

  • Viewing media in Internet Explorer Mobile

Audio

AAC-LC (Low Complexity)

3GP, 3G2, MP4, M4A

N/A

  • Receiving files as attachments in email and MMS messages (MMS does not support M4A)

  • Syncing content from the Zune client to the device MediaLibrary

  • Enumerating media from the MediaLibrary using the XNA Framework

  • Playing media with the MediaElement API

  • Playing media in the device Media Player

  • Viewing media in Internet Explorer Mobile

  • Videos captured using the device camera (as an MP4 file) will have their audio stream encoded as this codec type

Audio

HE-AAC v1 (AAC+)

3GP, 3G2, MP4, M4A

N/A

  • Receiving files as attachments in email and MMS messages (MMS does not support M4A)

  • Playing media with the MediaElement API

  • Playing media in the device Media Player

  • Viewing media in Internet Explorer Mobile

Audio

HE-AAC v2 (eAAC+)

3GP, 3G2, MP4, M4A

N/A

  • Receiving files as attachments in email and MMS messages (MMS does not support M4A)

  • Playing media with the MediaElement API

  • Playing media in the device Media Player

  • Viewing media in Internet Explorer Mobile

Audio

Adaptive Multi-Rate Narrow Band (AMR-NB)

3GP, 3G2, MP4

N/A

  • Receiving files as attachments in email and MMS messages

Video

WMV (VC-1) - Simple Profile

ASF (WMV)

800 x 600 pixels at 30 fps

  • Receiving files as attachments in email and MMS messages

  • Syncing content from the Zune client to the device MediaLibrary

  • Enumerating media from the MediaLibrary using the XNA Framework

  • Playing media with the MediaElement API

  • Playing media in the device Media Player

  • Viewing media in Internet Explorer Mobile

Video

WMV (VC-1) - Main Profile

ASF (WMV)

800 x 600 pixels at 30 fps

  • Receiving files as attachments in email and MMS messages

  • Syncing content from the Zune client to the device MediaLibrary

  • Enumerating media from the MediaLibrary using the XNA Framework

  • Playing media with the MediaElement API

  • Playing media in the device Media Player

  • Viewing media in Internet Explorer Mobile

Video

WMV (VC-1) - Advanced Profile

ASF (WMV)

800 x 600 pixels at 30 fps

  • Receiving files as attachments in email and MMS messages

  • Syncing content from the Zune client to the device MediaLibrary

  • Enumerating media from the MediaLibrary using the XNA Framework

  • Playing media with the MediaElement API

  • Playing media in the device Media Player

Video

MPEG-4 Part 2 - Simple Profile

3GP, 3G2, MP4, AVI

800 x 600 pixels (720p for HD capture devices) at 30 fps

  • Receiving files as attachments in email and MMS messages (MMS does not support AVI)

  • Syncing content from the Zune client to the device MediaLibrary

  • Enumerating media from the MediaLibrary using the XNA Framework

  • Playing media with the MediaElement API

  • Playing media in the device Media Player

  • Viewing media in Internet Explorer Mobile

  • Capturing video using the device camera (as an MP4 file). If the video resolution is 720p, it will be encoded as this codec type

Video

MPEG-4 Part 10 (MPEG-4 AVC, H.264) Level 3.0 - Baseline Profile

3GP, 3G2, MP4, M4V

720 x 480 pixels at 30 fps

720 x 576 pixels at 25 fps

  • Receiving files as attachments in email and MMS messages

  • Syncing content from the Zune client to the device MediaLibrary

  • Enumerating media from the MediaLibrary using the XNA Framework

  • Playing media with the MediaElement API

  • Playing media in the device Media Player

  • Viewing media in Internet Explorer Mobile

  • Capturing video using the device camera (as an MP4 file). If the video resolution is any supported resolution less than 720p, it will be encoded as this codec type

Video

MPEG-4 Part 10 (MPEG-4 AVC, H.264) Level 3.0 - Main Profile

3GP, 3G2, MP4, M4V

720 x 480 pixels at 30 fps

720 x 576 pixels at 25 fps

  • Receiving files as attachments in email and MMS messages

  • Syncing content from the Zune client to the device MediaLibrary

  • Enumerating media from the MediaLibrary using the XNA Framework

  • Playing media with the MediaElement API

  • Playing media in the device Media Player

  • Viewing media in Internet Explorer Mobile

Video

MPEG-4 Part 10 (MPEG-4 AVC, H.264) Level 3.0 - High Profile

3GP, 3G2, MP4, M4V

720 x 480 pixels at 30 fps

720 x 576 pixels at 25 fps

  • Receiving files as attachments in Email and MMS messages

  • Enumerating media from the MediaLibrary using the XNA Framework

  • Playing media with the MediaElement API

  • Playing media in the device Media Player

  • Viewing media in Internet Explorer Mobile

Video

H.263

3GP, 3G2

800 x 480 pixels at 30 fps

  • Receiving files as attachments in Email and MMS messages

  • Playing media in the device Media Player

  • Viewing media in Internet Explorer Mobile

Images

JPEG

JPG

N/A

  • Sending and receiving pictures as attachments in email and MMS messages

  • Viewing pictures from email or MMS messages

  • Saving pictures from email or MMS messages to the device (saved to the device as JPG)

  • Syncing content from the Zune client to the device MediaLibrary

  • Capturing pictures using the device camera (saved to the device as JPG)

  • Viewing media in Internet Explorer Mobile

  • Use as wallpaper

  • Changing background of Pictures hub

  • Uploading or sharing pictures to social networks

  • Downloading pictures from social networks to the device

Images

PNG

PNG

N/A

  • Receiving files as attachments in email and MMS messages

  • Viewing pictures from email or MMS messages

  • Saving pictures from email or MMS messages to the device (saved to the device as JPG)

  • Enumerating media from the MediaLibrary using the XNA Framework

  • Viewing media in Internet Explorer Mobile

Images

GIF (both GIF87a and GIF89a)

GIF

N/A

  • Receiving files as attachments in email and MMS messages

  • Viewing pictures from email or MMS messages

  • Saving pictures from email or MMS messages to the device (saved to the device as JPG)

  • Viewing media in Internet Explorer Mobile

Images

BMP

BMP

N/A

  • Receiving files as attachments in email and MMS messages

  • Viewing pictures from email or MMS messages

  • Saving pictures from email or MMS messages to the device (saved to the device as JPG)

  • Viewing media in Internet Explorer Mobile

Images

TIF

TIF

N/A

  • Receiving files as attachments in email

  • Viewing pictures from email

  • Saving single-page pictures from email to the device (saved to the device as JPG)

 

If you need to edit video and get them in a compatible size, I recommend checking out the Windows Live Movie Maker’s Latest beta which includes some formats for Windows Phone as well as the ability to customize settings to the sizes mentioned above..

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Or if you need more professional encoding you can try out… Expression Encoder 4 Pro

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