Technical Specifications

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Technical
Specifications

Technical Specifications

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System Requirements

Windows Minimum*

Mac Minimum*

Operating System
Windows 11, Windows 10
macOS Sonoma 14, macOS Sequoia 15
Processor
2.4 Ghz Core 2 Duo or faster, Any Core i3, i5, or i7
All Macs made in 2014 and later that support macOS 14 and higher, 2.4 Ghz Core 2 Duo or faster, Any Core i3, i5, or i7
Memory
4+ GB of RAM
4+ GB of RAM
Graphics Card
Any graphics adapter that supports Direct3D feature level 10.1 or better, 256+ MB graphics memory
256+ MB graphics memory
Display
1280 x 768 or larger, 50 Hz or faster
1280 x 768 or larger, 50 Hz or faster
*Note: Minimum specifications are the required hardware for playback of standard definition content.
Playback of demanding content such as 4K, HEVC, and high frame rate video may require more powerful hardware. Try using the “Reduced scale decoding” option, which you can find in the Preferences menu.

Windows Minimum*

Operating System
Windows 11, Windows 10
Processor
2.4 Ghz Core 2 Duo or faster, Any Core i3, i5, or i7
Memory
4+ GB of RAM
Graphics Card
Any graphics adapter that supports Direct3D feature level 10.1 or better, 256+ MB graphics memory
Display
1280 x 768 or larger, 50 Hz or faster
*Note: Minimum specifications are the required hardware for playback of standard definition content.
Playback of demanding content such as 4K, HEVC, and high frame rate video may require more powerful hardware. Try using the “Reduced scale decoding” option, which you can find in the Preferences menu.

Mac Minimum*

Operating System
macOS Ventura 13, macOS Monterey 12
Processor
All Macs made in 2014 and later that support macOS 12 and higher, 2.4 Ghz Core 2 Duo or faster, Any Core i3, i5, or i7
Memory
4+ GB of RAM
Graphics Card
256+ MB graphics memory
Display
1280 x 768 or larger, 50 Hz or faster
*Note: Minimum specifications are the required hardware for playback of standard definition content.
Playback of demanding content such as 4K, HEVC, and high frame rate video may require more powerful hardware. Try using the “Reduced scale decoding” option, which you can find in the Preferences menu.

Display Languages Supported:

English

French

German

Japanese

Spanish

Playback Format Support¹

Containers:

  • C890 (C890 Subtitle Format)
  • AAC
  • AC32
  • AIFF
  • ASF2
  • AVI
  • CAF (Apple's Core Audio Format)
  • CHEETAH (Cheetah CAP Closed Caption)
  • DASH (MPEG DASH Packages)
  • DolbyVision
  • DV
  • DVL (SeaChange DVL)
  • FLV (Adobe Flash Video)
  • FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec Files)
  • FragmentedMPEG4
  • GXF
  • JPEG2000
  • LambdaCAP
  • LXF
  • MCC (MacCaption MCC VANC data file)
  • MOV
  • MKV (Matroska Multimedia Container)
  • MPEG1
  • MPEG1_VIDEO
  • MPEG2_PS (MPEG-2 Program Stream)
  • MPEG2_TS (MPEG-2 Transport Stream)
  • MPEG2_VIDEO
  • MPEG4_AVC
  • MPEG4
  • MPEG_AUDIO
  • MPEG_HEVC
  • MXF_DCP
  • DCP_SUBTITLE
  • MXF_IMF
  • MXF_OP1A
  • MXF_OP1A_PROGRAM
  • MXF_OP1B_EXT
  • MXF_OP1B_INT
  • MXF_OPATOM
  • MXF_OPPD
  • PAC (PAC Subtitles)
  • Red
  • SRT (SubRip File Format)
  • SSF (Spruce Technologies Subtitle Format)
  • STL (EBU Subtitle Exchange Format)
  • SCC (Scenarist Closed Caption)3
  • TIFO
  • TTML (Timed Text Markup Language.)
  • VTT (Web Video Text Track)
  • WAV
  • YUV

Video Codecs (decode only):

  • Apple Run-Length Encoding (RLE) / Apple Animation
  • Avid Meridien Uncompressed
  • CineForm
  • DV/DV25
  • DVC25
  • DVCPRO25/50/100
  • DVCPRO HD
  • FFV1
  • H.263
  • H.264/AVC
  • H.265/HEVC2
  • JPEG
  • Microsoft MPEG-4 Standard
  • Microsoft MPEG-4 V1/2/3
  • MJPEG
  • MJPEG OpenDML
  • MJPEG-A
  • Motion JPEG 20002
  • MPEG-1
  • MPEG-24
  • MPEG-4
  • ProRes
  • ProRes RAW5
  • Sony MPEG-4 Simple Studio Profile (SStP)
  • Sony RAW
  • VC-1
  • VP8
  • VP9
  • Windows Media 7/8/9
  • Windows Media Advanced
  • WMV3

Audio Codecs (decode only):

  • AAC
  • AC32
  • ADPCM
  • ADTS
  • Apple Lossless
  • EC3
  • Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC)
  • G.711a
  • G.711u
  • IMA ADPCM
  • Microsoft G.726
  • MP3
  • MPEG Audio
  • Sharp G.711
  • Sharp G.726
  • SMPTE 331M
  • Windows Media Audio 7/8/9
  • Windows Media Audio 9 Lossless
  • Windows Media Audio 9 Pro
  • Windows Media Voice

Captions:

  • Extraction and playback:
    CEA-608, CEA-708
  • DVB files
  • SCC3 files
  • SRT files
  • STL files
  • TTML/iTT/SMPTE-TT files
  • WebVTT (HTML5) files
1 Note that formats shown are for CODECs that meet industry standards. There could be media formats that use these file extensions but use CODECs that are non-standard, and those may not be playable in Switch. We encourage you to test your media files in Switch prior to purchasing.
2 Not supported in Switch Player.
3 Currently supports export of .scc files as part of an iTunes asset-only package.
4 Not supported in Switch Player for Windows.
5 Supported in Switch Pro only

Encode¹ Format Support²

Containers:

  • ASF
  • MOV
  • MPEG-2 TS/PS
  • MPEG-43
  • MXF (OP-1a, OP-Atom)
  • TIFO

Video Codecs:

  • Apple ProRes4
  • MPEG-2 Video
  • WMV
  • x264

Audio Codecs:

  • AAC
  • MPEG Layer 2
  • PCM
  • WMA
1 Export is available for Plus and Pro only.
2Note that formats shown are for CODECs that meet industry standards. There could be media formats that use these file extensions but use CODECs that are non-standard, and those may not be playable in Switch. We encourage you to test your media files in Switch prior to purchasing.
3 Switch Player is able to convert and export Windows Media content into an MP4 file using H.264 video and AAC audio.
4 ProRes export on Windows only possible in iTunes packages using Switch Pro.

iTunes Package Export

Creates an asset-only iTunes package file (an .itmsp file) which includes media content, secondary subtitle (.iTT or .scc files) or audio files, chapter information and an XML file. iTunes packages can only be created using the ProRes 422 HQ profile.

DPPAMWA

DPP/AMWA Certified Player

Switch can visually QC DPP files on the desktop, playing back the files as well as displaying DPP AS-11 MXF metadata.

Telestream Software License Terms and Conditions

Please read the Telestream Software License Terms and Conditions carefully before installing this software.