| Baselina Profile | |||||
| Level 3.1 | H.264/AVC | 720p25 720p30 |
Up to 14Mb/s | CAVLC | No B slices 4x4 only |
| Level 3.2 | H.264/AVC | 720p50 720p60 |
Up to 20Mb/s | ||
| Level 4.0 | H.264/AVC | 720p59.94/720p60 1080p29.97/1080p30 |
Up to 20Mb/s | ||
| Level 4.1 | H.264/AVC | 720p59.94/720p60 1080p29.97/1080p30 |
Up to 50Mb/s | ||
| Main Profile | |||||
| Level 4.0 | AVCHD | 720p25 720p59.94 1080p23.976 1080p25 1080p29.97 1080i50 1080i59.94 |
Up to 20Mb/s | CAVLC and CABAC |
B slices 4x4 only |
| Level 4.1 | AVCHD | Up to 50Mb/s | |||
| High Profile | |||||
| Level 4.0 | AVCHD | 720p25 720p59.94 1080p23.976 1080p25 1080p29.97 1080i50 1080i59.94 |
Up to 20Mb/s | CAVLC and CABAC |
B slices 4x4 or 8x8 only |
| Level 4.1 | AVCHD NXCAM AVCCAM Blu-ray Disc |
Up to 50Mb/s | |||
| Level 4.2 | AVCHD 2,0 | 108Dp50 1080p59.94 |
Up to 50Mb/s | ||
| Brand | Model | Format | Media | Additional Compatibility Information |
| Canon | DC50E | MPEG-2 | DVD | |
| Canon | DC220E | MPEG-2 | DVD | |
| Canon | DC230E | MPEG-2 | DVD | |
| Canon | DC330E | MPEG-2 | DVD | |
| Canon | FS10E | MPEG-2 | Memory | |
| Canon | FS11E | MPEG-2 | Memory | Ejecting a Canon HF10 more... |
| Canon | FS100E | MPEG-2 | Memory | |
| Canon | HF11E | AVCHD | Memory | |
| Canon | HF100E | AVCHD | Memory | |
| Canon | HG10E | AVCHD | HDD | |
| Canon | HG20E | AVCHD | HDD | |
| Canon | HG21E | AVCHD | HDD | |
| JVC | GZ-HD10KR | AVCHD | HDD | iMovie does not support MPEG-2 from this camcorder |
| JVC | GZ-HD30 | AVCHD | HDD | iMovie does not support MPEG-2 from this camcorder |
| JVC | GZ-HD40 | AVCHD | HDD | iMovie does not support MPEG-2 from this camcorder |
| JVC | GZ-MG255 | MPEG-2 | HDD | |
| JVC | GZ-MG37 | MPEG-2 | HDD | |
| JVC | GZ-MG67 | MPEG-2 | HDD | |
| JVC | GZ-MG155 | MPEG-2 | HDD | |
| JVC | GZ-MG330 | MPEG-2 | HDD | |
| Panasonic | HDC-DX1 | AVCHD | DVD | Requires Mac OS X Leopard 10.5 or later and iMovie 7.1.1 or later |
| Panasonic | HDC-SD1 | AVCHD | Memory | 1440 x 1080 will be imported as 960 x 540 |
| Panasonic | HDC-SD9 | AVCHD | Memory | Requires iMovie 7.1.2 or later |
| Panasonic | HDC-SD20 | AVCHD | Memory | Requires iMovie 7.1.2 or later |
| Panasonic | HDC-SD100 | AVCHD | Memory | Requires iMovie 7.1.2 or later |
| Panasonic | HDC-SD200 | AVCHD | Memory | Requires iMovie 7.1.2 or later |
| Panasonic | HDC-SD300 | AVCHD | Memory | Requires iMovie 7.1.2 or later |
| Panasonic | HDC-TM20 | AVCHD | Memory | Requires iMovie 7.1.2 or later |
| Panasonic | HDC-TM200 | AVCHD | Memory | Requires iMovie 7.1.2 or later |
| Panasonic | HDC-TM300 | AVCHD | Memory | Requires iMovie 7.1.2 or later |
| Panasonic | HDC-HS9 | AVCHD | HDD | Requires iMovie 7.1.2 or later |
| Panasonic | HDC-HS20 | AVCHD | HDD | Requires iMovie 7.1.2 or later |
| Panasonic | HDC-HS25 | AVCHD | HDD | Requires iMovie 7.1.2 or later |
| Panasonic | HDC-HS100 | AVCHD | HDD | Requires iMovie 7.1.2 or later |
| Panasonic | HDC-HS200 | AVCHD | HDD | Requires iMovie 7.1.2 or later |
| Panasonic | HDC-HS300 | AVCHD | HDD | Requires iMovie 7.1.2 or later |
| Panasonic | SDR-H79 | MPEG-2 | HDD | |
| Panasonic | SDR-H50 | MPEG-2 | HDD | |
| Panasonic | SDR-H60 | MPEG-2 | HDD | |
| Panasonic | SDR-H200 | MPEG-2 | HDD | |
| Panasonic | SDR-SW21 | MPEG-2 | Memory | Requires iMovie 7.1.2 or later |
| Panasonic | SDR-S15 | MPEG-2 | Memory | Requires iMovie 7.1.2 or later |
| Panasonic | SDR-S26 | MPEG-2 | Memory | Requires iMovie 7.1.2 or later |
| Sony | DCR-DVD908E | MPEG-2 | DVD | Supported for PAL only |
| Sony | HDR-CX11E | AVCHD / MPEG-2 | Memory | iMovie ’08 and Sony more... |
| Sony | HDR-CX12 | AVCHD / MPEG-2 | Memory | iMovie ’08 and Sony more... |
| Sony | HDR-SR1E | AVCHD | HDD | iMovie ’08 and Sony more... |
| Sony | DCR-SR5E | AVCHD | HDD | iMovie ’08 and Sony more... |
| Sony | HDR-SR7E | AVCHD | HDD | iMovie ’08 and Sony more... |
| Sony | HDR-SR8E | AVCHD | HDD | iMovie ’08 and Sony more... |
| Sony | HDR-SR11E | AVCHD | HDD | iMovie ’08 and Sony more... |
| Sony | HDR-SR12E | AVCHD | HDD | iMovie ’08 and Sony more... |
| Sony | HDR-TG1E | AVCHD | Memory | iMovie ’08 and Sony more... |
| Sony | HDR-CX7E | AVCHD | Memory | |
| Sony | HDR-UX1E | AVCHD | DVD | Requires Mac OS X Leopard 10.5 or later |
| Sony | HDR-UX20E | AVCHD | DVD | Requires Mac OS X Leopard 10.5 or later |
| Sony | DCR-SR60E | MPEG-2 | HDD | |
| Sony | DCR-SR82E | MPEG-2 | HDD | |
| Sony | DCR-SR60E | MPEG-2 | HDD | PAL only |
| Sony | DCR-SR100E | MPEG-2 | HDD | Pixelated or choppy preview more... |
| Sony | DCR-SR300E | MPEG-2 | HDD |