Here we list some popular applications and devices with specification of supported video/audio formats. It would be kind of you to reflect newly available information for us to update this article.
iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV:
Video - H.264 video up to 4K, 30 fps, High Profile level 4.1 with AAC-LC audio, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats;
MPEG-4 video up to 2.5 Mbps, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio, 30fps, stereo audio or Dolby Audio up to 1008 Kbps, stereo or multichannel audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats;
Motion JPEG (M-JPEG), audio in ulaw, PCM stereo audio in .avi file format
Auido - AAC, Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), HE-AAC, MP3 , MP3 VBR, Dolby Digital (AC-3), Dolby Digital Plus (E-AC-3), Audible, Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV
Apple QuickTime:
Video - MPEG-4 (.mp4, .m4v), QuickTime Movie (.mov), MPEG-2 (OS X Lion or later), MPEG-1, 3GPP, 3GPP2, AVCHD (OS X Mountain Lion only), AVI, DV
Audio - MP3, iTunes Audio (.m4a, .m4b, .m4p), Core Audio (.caf), AIFF, AU, SD2, WAV, SND, AMR
Related: How to convert MP4 file into MOV file on Mac OS X
Apple iTunes:
Video - Video content purchased from the iTunes Store
QuickTime and MPEG-4 movie files that end in ".mov", ".m4v", or ".mp4"
Video podcasts
iTunes Digital Copies, iTunes Store Movie Rentals (Requires iTunes 9 or later)
Audio - AIFF, AIFC, audio CD, MP3, System 7 Sound (SND), uLaw (AU), WAV, QDesign, QuickTime audio (audio only movies), Audible.com (format 2, 3, and 4) (iTunes 3 and later), AAC (iTunes 4 and later), MP4 (iTunes 4 and later)
Apple iMovie:
Video - MPEG 4 Simple Profile, DV, DV Widescreen, HDV 1080i (25 and 30 fps), HDV 720p (25 and 30 fps), iSight
Audio - AIFF, WAV, AAC, MP3, CAF
Apple iPhoto (Photos):
Image - JPEG, GIF, TIFF, and PNG
Apple Final Cut Pro:
Video - 3GP, AVI, MP4, MXF, QuickTime, AVCHD, DV, DVCPRO HD, H.264, HDV, Motion JPEG, MPEG IMX,
Audio - AAC, AIFF, BWF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Image - BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG, PSD, RAW, TGA, TIFF
Sony Vegas Pro:
AA3, AAF, AIF, ASF, AU, AVC, AVCHD, AVI, BMP, BWF, CDA, DIG, DLX, DPX, DV, EXR, FLAC, GIF, H.264, HDP, IVC, JPEG, M2T, M2TS, MVC, MOV, Sony MXF (XDCAM and HDCAM SR), MP3, MP4, M4A, MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 video, MPO, OGG, OMA, Panasonic MXF (DVCPRO, AVC-Intra) PCA, PNG, PSD, QT, R3D, SFA, SND, TIFF, TGA, VOX, W64, WAV, WDP, WMA, WMV
Check out: How to rip a DVD to import into Sony Vegas Pro.
Adobe Premiere Pro CS6:
Video - 3GP, 3G2, Arri raw, ASF, AVI, DV, FLV, F4V, M1V, M2T, M2TS, M4V, MOV, MP4, MPEG, MPE, MPG, MPEG, M2V, MTS, MXF, R3D, SFW, VOB, WMV
Audio - AAC, AC3, AIFF, AIF, ASND, AVI, BWF, M4A, MP3, MPEG, MPG, MOV, MXF, WMA, WAV
Image - AI, EPS, BMP, DIB, RLE, DPX, EPS, GIF, ICO, JPEG(JPE,JPG,JFIF), PICT, PNG, PSD, PSQ, PTL, PRTL (Adobe Premiere title), TGA, ICB, VDA, VST, TIF
Microsoft Windows Movie Maker:
Video - WMV, ASF, WM, M2TS, MTS, M2T, MOV, QT, AVI, DVR-MS, WTV, MP4, M4V, 3GP, 3G2, K3G, MPEG, MPG, MPE, M1V, MP2, MPV2, MOD, VOB, M1V,
Audio - ASF, WM, WMA, AIF, AIFF, WAV, M4A, MP3
Image - JPG, JPEG, JFIF, JPE, TIF, TIFF, GIF, BMP, DIB, RLE, .ICO, ICON, PNG, WDP
Microsoft PowerPoint:
Video - Advanced Streaming Format (.asf), Audio Video Interleave (.avi), Moving Picture Experts Group (.mpg or .mpeg), Windows Media Video (.wmv)
Audio - AIFF, AU, MID, MIDI, MP3, WAV, WMA
Xbox 360:
Video - AVI, DivX (Containers: AVI), MP4, M4V, MPG (HD MPEG2), HD VOB, MP4V, MOV, AVI (Containers: MPEG-4, QuickTime), WMV (Containers: ASF)
Audio - MP3, AAC, WMA7/8, WMA9 Pro (stereo and 5.1), WMA Lossless
Zune:
Video - MP4, M4V, AVI, MOV, DVR-MS, WMV
Audio - M4A, M4B, WMA, MP3, M3U, ZPL
PlayStation®3 (PS3):
Video - MP4, WMV, AVI, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, AVCHD (.mts, m2ts), DivX, Memory Stick Video Format
Audio - Memory Stick Audio Format, MP3, MP4, WAVE, WMA
Photo - JPEG, TIFF, BMP, GIF, PNG
Nintendo Wii:
Video - AVI, MOV (MJPEG codec)
Audio - MP3
Photo - JPEG
Nintendo DS:
Video - DPG
Amazon Kindle Fire:
Video - MP4, VP8
Audio - MP3, Non-DRM AAC (.m4a), MIDI, OGG, WAV
Photo - JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP
Document - AZW, TXT,PDF, MOBI, PRC, DOC, DOCX
Samsung Galaxy:
Video - video codec with WMV9, WMV7, WMV8, H.264, MPEG4, DivX, H.263, VP8
Audio - MP3, OGG, AAC, WMA, WAV, FLAC
Blackberry Playbook:
Video - 3GP, 3G2, AVI, ASF, F4V, MOV, MP4, WMV
Audio - AAC, AMR, FLAC, M4A, MIDI, MP3, OGG, QCG, SPMID, WAV, WMA
Google Nexus:
Video - MP4, DivX, Xvid, H.264 AVC, H.263, WMV, VP8,
Audio - MP3, WAV, eAAC+, WMA, MIDI, AMR-NB, AMR-WB, Vorbis
HTC Flyer:
Video - 3GP, 3G2, MP4, WMV (Windows Media Video 9), AVI (MP4 ASP and MP3), XviD (MP4 ASP and MP3)
Audio - AAC, AMR, OGG, M4A, MID, MP3, WAV, WMA (Windows Media Audio 9)
HTC Jetstream:
Video codec in MPEG4, H.263, H.264