codec | Lightact Support

Video Playback

Video playback in Lightact is very straightforward yet quite flexible. It is all done with 4 nodes: Video reader, Video playlist reader, Hap reader and Hap playlist reader. The first 2 nodes can play videos in a variety of containers and codecs. A more detailed list … Continued

Video containers and codecs

Lightact can play video files in a variety of different codecs and containers. They are divided into 2 groups: Codecs and containers supported by the Windows Media Foundation include the most common containers and codecs. We’ll refer to them as General Purpose Codecs. A more detailed list is available in … Continued

Converting to Hap

If you want to play several video files at the same time or want to play video files with a very high resolution you might want to consider using Hap codec. You often won’t be getting the video files in this format from the start, you’ll need to convert them. … Continued