BUDAPEST, HUNGARY – Colorfront has added HLS export to the Colorfront Immersive Utility Mac app, which is designed to help creators produce Apple Immersive Video for Apple Vision Pro. Colorfront Immersive Utility now supports HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) with multi-tier HLS file types. This enables creators to deliver live Apple Immersive experiences to Apple Vision Pro.
The new HLS export capability joins the app’s existing pipeline for creating Apple Immersive Video files (.aivu), giving creators an end-to-end workflow from their edit timeline to web-ready streaming packages, all from a single MacOS app. Colorfront Immersive Utility accepts video in ProRes, MV-HEVC and other standard formats, pairs it with spatial audio and camera metadata, and outputs a single AIVU file ready for distribution. With the new HLS export capability, users can also publish complete multi-variant streaming packages from a single source video.
The utility is available for free on the Mac App Store. It requires MacOS 26.0 (Tahoe) or later, a Mac with Apple silicon (M1 or later), and at least 16GBs of RAM (32GB or more recommended for 8K content). The free tier includes file import and inspection, stereo format and codec detection, realtime preview, MV-HEVC passthrough packaging (no encoding) and source pre-check.
The MV-HEVC License is $299 per year and unlocks GPU-accelerated encoding from ProRes and other non-HEVC formats. The HLS Export License is an additional $299 and unlocks Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 HLS export.