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Supported technologies on Xbox	Media formats and technologies supported on Xbox	06/30/2022	article	Xbox	HiHaile	Hilina-H

Supported technologies on Xbox

This section contains information about the various media formats and technologies that are supported on Xbox.

Streaming formats

The following streaming formats are supported:

Format	Notes
MPEG-DASH	This is our recommended streaming format
HLS
Smooth Streaming	Inbox Smooth components work (but not the legacy SDK). Consider switching to DASH if possible.
Custom streams using MSE/EME	MSE is supported via Webview.

Video codecs

Codec	Max resolution and frame rate	Highest profile supported	Console support
H264	1920X1080 @ 60fps	High	All Consoles
HEVC	3840x2160 @ 60fps	Main, Main10	All Consoles (except Xbox One)
VP9	3840x2160 @ 60fps	Profile 2 (8 & 10 bit)	Xbox One X, Xbox Series X & Xbox Series S
VC1/MPEG2/MPEG4	1920x1080 @ 60fps		All Consoles

DRM

PlayReady is the only supported DRM format available on Xbox. Other formats (such as WideVine or FairPlay) are not supported. PlayReady is codec agnostic and can support the Xbox codecs’ supported resolution. See this documentation for more information on PlayReady:

https://www.microsoft.com/playready/features

Samples and Documentation

Here is a list of helpful documentation and sample code which you may wish to reference as you develop your application. NOTE: Several of the samples linked here are part of larger projects with a lot of shared code. You will need to clone the entire repository in order to build them. You may also need to install specific versions of the Windows SDK in order to build them. You should be able to do so using the Visual Studio Installer.