FaceReader 8 supports the following video formats:
| Container | Code | Name/Encoder |
| mpg | mpg1 | MPEG-1 Part 2 |
| mpg | mpg2 | MPEG-2 |
| mpg | H264 | H.264/ MPEG-4 |
| vob (DVD) | mpg2 | MPEG-2 |
| mp4 | mp4v | MPEG-4 Video |
| mov | mp4v | MPEG-4 Quicktime |
| avi | XVID | XviD ISO MPEG-4 |
| avi | XVID | XviD 1.1.0 Final |
| avi | DIB (_RGB) | BI_RGB Raw Bitmap |
| avi | DIV3 | DivX 3 Low-Motion |
| avi | DIV5 | DivX 5.x/6.x |
| avi | DIVX | DivX 4 |
| avi | dvsd | DVC/DV Video |
| avi | DX50 | DivX 6.0.0 |
| avi | DX50 | DivX 5.x |
| avi | CRAM | Microsoft Video 1 |
| avi | cvid | Cinepak |
| avi | IV32 | Indeo 3.x |
| avi | MJPG | Motion JPEG |
| avi | MP42 | S-MPEG 4 version 2 |
| avi | WMV3 | WMP v9 (VC-1 Simple/Main) |
| asf (.wmv) | WMV1 | WMP v7 |
| asf (.wmv) | WMV2 | WMP v8 |
| asf (.wmv) | WMV3 | WMP v9 (VC-1 Simple/Main) |
| asf | MP43 | S-Mpeg 4 version 3 |
| 3gp | s263 | ITU H.263 video (3GPP) |
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