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Status of codecs support
Video codecs
Audio codecs

Video codecs:
 
Working video codecs
codec name fourcc driver name out comments

FFmpeg Deluxe Paint
ANM anm BGR8 ­
Animation

FFmpeg ASCII/ANSI art TXT4 ansi BGR8 ­

FFmpeg Audio Video
AVS avs BGR8 ­
Standard (game format)

BIKf
BIKg YV12
FFmpeg Bink Video binkvideo ­
BIKh 420A
BIKi

FFmpeg CD­Graphics CDGR cdgraphics BGR8 ­

FFmpeg EA CMV MVIf eacmv BGR8 ­

FFmpeg EA MAD MADk eamad YV12 ­
FFmpeg EA TGQ pQGT eatgq YV12 ­

FFmpeg EA TQI pIQT eatqi YV12 ­

FFmpeg Cryo Interactive
HNM4 hnm4video BGR8 ­
Entertainment HMN4
FFmpeg Motion Pixels MVI1 motionpixels BGR15LE ­
FFmpeg Sony PlayStation
MDEC mdec YV12 ­
MDEC (Motion DECoder)
FFmpeg American Laser
MMV mmvideo BGR8 ­
Games MM Video

FFmpeg LucasArts SMUSH BGR16
SANM sanm ­
video BGR8

FFmpeg Packed Animation
PAFV paf_video BGR8 ­
File

FFmpeg Beam Software SIFF VBV1 vb BGR8 ­

ML20
FFmpeg Mimic video mimic I420 ­
LM20
FFmpeg Karl Morton Video
KMVC kmvc BGR8 ­
Codec
FFmpeg innoHeim/Rsupport RSCC
rscc BGR32 ­
Screen Capture Codec ISCC

RGB24
BGR8
FFmpeg Zip Motion­Block
ZMBV zmbv BGR15LE ­
Video
BGR16
BGR32
BGR24
FFmpeg CDXL CDXL cdxl ­
BGR8
RGB24
RGB32
GeoCodec h264 G264 GX264.dll ­
BGR32
BGR24
infinity cctv codec IMM4 VCMIMM4.dll BGR15LE ­
infinity cctv codec IMM5 vcmimm5.dll BGR15LE ­
infinity cctv codec IMM6 vcmimm6.dll BGR15LE ­

RGB24
RGB32
March Networks MPEG4 MNM4 mnmpeg4.dll not standard mpeg4.
BGR32
BGR24
lossless video codec AMV2 amv2codec.dll BGR32 ­
YV12
lzo lossless LZOC lzocodec.dll ­
YUY2
BGR24
direccional lossless codec DIRC direccional.dll ­
BGR32

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mhuffyuv lossless codec MHFY mhuffyuv.dll BGR24 ­
BGR32 

BGR24
Zip Motion­Block Video ZMBV zmbv.dll BGR15LE ­
BGR8
YV12
I420
YUV422 = Cb0 Y0 Cr0 Y1 Cb1 yuv8 UYVY
kdvyuv8.dll ­
Y2 Cr1 Y3 (U Y V Y U Y V Y) YUV8 BGR24
BGR15LE
BGR32
RGB48BE
FFmpeg R210 ­ 10­bit RGB r210 r210 ­
RGB48LE
FFmpeg Y41P ­ packed 4:1:1 Y41P y41p 411P ­
FFmpeg v410 ­ packed 4:4:4
v410 v410 444P10LE ­
10­bit
RGB48BE
R10k
RGB48LE
FFmpeg R10k ­ 10­bit RGB R10g r10k ­
BGR48BE
r10k
BGR48LE
FFmpeg Avid 1:1 10­bit RGB AVrp RGB48BE
avrp ­
Packer SUDS RGB48LE

FFmpeg Quicktime v308
v308 v308 444P ­
packed 4:4:4
FFmpeg Quicktime v408
v408 v408 444A ­
packed 4:4:4:4

FFmpeg Microsoft ayuv
AYUV ayuv 444A ­
packed 4:4:4:4

FFmpeg Pinnacle Targa
Y216 targa_y216 422P16LE ­
CineWave YUV16
FFmpeg libquicktime yuv4
yuv4 yuv4 YV12 ­
packed 4:2:0
FFmpeg 012v Uncompressed 012v
012v 422P16LE ­
4:2:2 a12v

BGR32
Blackmagic 10­bit r210 BMDCodecLib.dll requires libguide40.dll
RGB32

­
mpg1
YV12
PIM1
I420
VCR2
FFmpeg MPEG­1 mpeg1video IYUV ­
MPEG
IDCT_MPEG2
m1v1
MOCO_MPEG2
m1v 
BW10

FFmpeg MPEG­2 ­ mpeg2video YV12 ­

mpg2 I420
MPG2 IYUV
DVR  422P
MPEG 444P
mx5p IDCT_MPEG2
MMES MOCO_MPEG2
mmes
M701
hdv1
hdv2
hdv3
hdv4
hdv5
hdv6
hdv7
hdv8
hdv9
hdva
xdhd
xdh2
xdv1
xdv2
xdv3
xdv4
xdv5
xdv6
xdv7
xdv8
xdv9
xdva
xdvb
xdvc
xdvd
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xdve
xdvf
xd5a 
xd5b
xd5c  
xd5d
xd5e  
xd5f
xd59 
xd54
xd55
xd51
mx5n
mx4n
mx4p
mx3n
mx3p
AVmp
VCR2  
mp2v
mpgv
m2v1  
PIM2  
LMP2
slif  

FFmpeg MPEG­1/2 ­ mpegvideo YV12 ­

  I420
mpg1 IYUV
mpg2 422P
MPG2 444P
PIM1 IDCT_MPEG2
PIM2 MOCO_MPEG2
VCR2
DVR 
MPEG
mx5p
MMES
mmes
M701
hdv1
hdv2
hdv3
hdv4
hdv5
hdv6
hdv7
hdv8
hdv9
hdva
xdhd
xdh2
xdv1
xdv2
xdv3
xdv4
xdv5
xdv6
xdv7
xdv8
xdv9
xdva
xdvb
xdvc
xdvd
xdve
xdvf
xd5a
xd5b
xd5c
xd5d
xd5e
xd5f
xd59
xd54
xd55
xd51
mx5n
mx4n
mx4p
mx3n
mx3p
AVmp
mp2v
mpgv
m2v1
m1v1
m1v 
LMP2

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slif
EM2V
­
 
DVR 
mpg1
PIM1
PIM2
mpg2
MPG2
MPEG
mx5p
MMES
mmes
M701
hdv1
hdv2
hdv3
hdv4
hdv5
hdv6
hdv7
hdv8
hdv9
hdva
xdhd
xdh2
xdv1
xdv2
xdv3
xdv4
xdv5 YV12
xdv6 I420
MPEG­1 or 2 (libmpeg2) ­ with postprocessing
xdv7 IYUV
xdv8 422P
xdv9
xdva
xdvb
xdvc
xdvd
xdve
xdvf
xd5a
xd5b
xd5c
xd5d
xd5e
xd5f
xd59
xd54
xd55
xd51
mx5n
mx4n
mx4p
mx3n
mx3p
AVmp
mp2v
mpgv
m2v1
m1v1
m1v 
LMP2

FFmpeg MPEG­1/2 (VDPAU) ­ mpegvideo VDPAU_MPEG1 ­

  VDPAU_MPEG2
mpg1
mpg2
MPG2
PIM1
PIM2
DVR 
hdv2
MPEG
hdv1
hdv3
hdv5
mx5p
hdv6
hdv7
hdv8
xdv1
xdv2
xdv3
xdv4
xdv5
xdv6
xdv7

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xdv8
xdv9
xdva
xdvb
xdvc  
xdvd
xdve  
xdvf
mx5n 
mx4n
mx4p
mx3n
mx3p
AVmp
mp2v  
mpgv
LMP2 
m2v1  
m1v1 
m1v  
­
mpg2
MPG2
DVR 
MPEG
mx5p
MMES
mmes
M701
hdv1
hdv2
hdv3
hdv4
hdv5
hdv6
hdv7
hdv8
hdv9
hdva
xdhd
xdh2
xdv1
xdv2
xdv3
xdv4
xdv5
xdv6
xdv7
xdv8
FFmpeg MPEG­2 (CrystalHD) mpeg2_crystalhd YUY2 ­
xdv9
xdva
xdvb
xdvc
xdvd
xdve
xdvf
xd5a
xd5b
xd5c
xd5d
xd5e
xd5f
xd59
xd54
xd51
mx5n
mx4n
mx4p
mx3n
mx3p
AVmp
VCR2
mp2v
mpgv
m2v1
PIM2
LMP2
slif
MPEG­PES output (.mpg or ­ ­ MPES for hardware decoding
DXR3/IVTV/DVB/V4L2 card)  
mpg1
MPG1
mpg2
MPG2
MPEG
hdv1
hdv2
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hdv4
hdv5 
hdv6 
hdv7 
hdv8 
hdv9 
hdva 
xdhd 
xdh2
xdv1  
xdv2
xdv3
xdv4
xdv5
xdv6
xdv7
xdv8
xdv9
xdva
xdvb
xdvc  
xdvd
xdve  
xdvf
xd5a 
xd5b
xd5c  
xd5d
xd5e  
xd5f
xd59 
xd54
xd55
xd51
mx5n
mx4n
mx4p
mx3n
mx3p
AVmp
mp2v  
mpgv
m2v1  
m1v1 
m1v   
PIM1 
PIM2
LMP2
NUV1 YV12
NuppelVideo nuv ­
RJPG I420

BGR32
BGR24
BGR8
FFmpeg BMP bmp  bmp Y800 ­
RGB32
RGB24
RGB8

RGB64BE
RGB64LE
RGB48BE
FFmpeg DPX dpx dpx ­
RGB48LE
RGB24
RGB32

FFmpeg GIF gif gif BGR8 ­

BGR32
BGR24
BGR8
Y800
RGB64LE
RGB64BE
RGB48LE
FFmpeg TIFF tiff tiff ­
RGB48BE
RGB32
RGB24
RGB8
Y8A
Y16LE
Y16BE
BGR8
FFmpeg PCX pcx pcx ­
RGB24

FFmpeg PNG mpng png BGR32 ­

MPNG BGR8
MNG  Y800
png RGB64BE

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RGB48BE
RGB32
RGB24 
Y8A  
 
Y16BE

BGR32
mpng
BGR24 Gray scaled PNG with Alpha channel not
PNG image MPNG libpng
BGR8 supported
png
Y800

BGR32
BGR8
Y800
RGB64BE
apng RGB48BE
FFmpeg APNG apng ­
APNG RGB32
RGB24
BGR8
Y8A
Y16BE

BGR15LE
FFmpeg V.Flash PTX ptx ptx ­
BGR15LE
mtga BGR32 Only 24bpp and 32bpp RGB TGA files
TGA image ­
MTGA BGR24 supported

RGB24
Y800
FFmpeg SGI image SGI1 sgi RGB64BE ­
RGB48BE
RGB32

FFmpeg SGI RLE rle1 sgirle RGB8 ­

SGI image SGI1 ­ BGR24 ­

FFmpeg SGI Motion Video
mvc1 mvc1 BGR15LE ­
Compressor 1
FFmpeg SGI Motion Video
mvc2 mvc2 BGR32 ­
Compressor 2

BGR24
BGR8
Y800
FFmpeg SUN Rasterfile sun sunrast ­
RGB24
RGB32
BGR32
FFmpeg Psygnosis YOP YOP1 yop BGR8 ­

IV31
iv31
FFmpeg Intel Indeo 3.1/3.2 indeo3 YVU9 ­
IV32
iv32

FLIC BGR16
Autodesk FLI/FLC Animation flic flic BGR15LE ­
AFLC BGR8
AASC BGR24
Autodesk RLE aasc ­
AAS4 BGR15LE

422P
YV12
LOCO video LOCO loco ­
BGR32
BGR24

BGR32
RGB24
QuickTime Animation (RLE) rle qtrle BGR15LE ­
BGR8
RGB1

rpza
azpr
QuickTime Apple Video rpza BGR15LE ­
RPZA
AZPR

Apple Graphics (SMC) codec smc smc BGR8 ­

BGR32
Planar RGB (Photoshop) 8BPS 8bps BGR24 ­
BGR8

cyuv 411P
Creative YUV (libavcodec) cyuv ­
CYUV UYVY

aura
Auravision Aura (libavcodec) aura 411P ­
AURA
Auravision Aura 2 aur2
aura2 422P ­
(libavcodec) AUR2

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Microsoft RLE ­ msrle BGR8 ­
 
WRLE

Id RoQ File Video RoQV roqvideo 444P ­

YV12
LZO compressed LZO1 liblzo I420 ­
BGR24

YV12
Theora (free theo
libtheora 422P ­
reworked VP3) Thra
444P
NTN1
nogatech nuvision.ax BGR24 ­
NTN2

YUY2 Lossless Codec YLC0 ylc.vcm BGR24 ­

SN40
Verint Video Manager SN41 SN4Codec.dll BGR24 ­
SJPG

BGR32
MSU Screen Capture
SCLS SCLS.DLL BGR24 ­
Lossless Codec
BGR16

wincam screen capture
WCMV wcmv.dll BGR15LE requires Zlib.dll
codec
RGB24
cvid
FFmpeg Cinepak Video cinepak YV12 ­
CVID
BGR8
BGR24
Cinepak Video cvid iccvid.dll ­
BGR15LE

cram
CRAM
msvc BGR15LE
FFmpeg Microsoft Video 1 msvideo1 ­
MSVC BGR8
wham
WHAM

FFmpeg AVImszh MSZH mszh BGR24 ­

FFmpeg AVIzlib ZLIB zlib BGR24 ­

YV12
422P
444P
411P
YVU9
440P
GBR24P
GBR12P
GBR14P
Y800
Y16LE
Y8A
420A
422A
444A
HFYU 420P9
FFmpeg HuffYUV huffyuv ­
FFVH 420P10
420P12
420P14
420P16LE
422P9
422P10
422P12
422P14
422P16LE
444P9
444P10LE
444P12
444P14
444P16LE
BGR32
BGR24
FFV1 (lossless codec) FFV1 ffv1 411P ­
444P
422P
YV12
I420
IYUV
YVU9
420P9
420P10
422P10
422P16LE
444P16LE

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420P16LE
BGR32  

FFSNOW (Michael's wavelet snow
snow YV12 ­
codec) SNOW
YV12
FFmpeg ASUS V1 ASV1 asv1 I420 ­
IYUV

YV12
FFmpeg ASUS V2 ASV2 asv2 I420 ­
IYUV

FFmpeg ATI VCR1 VCR1 vcr1 YVU9 ­

FFmpeg Cirrus Logic
CLJR cljr 411P ­
AccuPak (CLJR)

FFmpeg Sorenson Video v1 SVQ1
svq1 YVU9 ­
(SVQ1) svq1
BGR15LE
FFmpeg 4XM video 4XMV 4xm ­
BGR16

VIXL
Miro/Pinnacle VideoXL codec PIXL xl 411P ­
XIXL
FFmpeg QuickDraw qdrw qdraw BGR8 ­

RT21
FFmpeg Indeo 2 indeo2 YVU9 ­
IV20
FLV1
FFmpeg Flash video   flv YV12 ­
S263
FFmpeg Flash Screen video FSV1 flashsv BGR24 ­

MPG3
mpg3
MP43
mp43
DIV5
div5
DIV6
div6
DIV3
div3
DIV4
div4 YV12
FFmpeg DivX ;­) (MSMPEG­4
DIVF msmpeg4 I420 ­
v3)
divf IYUV
AP41
COL1
col1
COL0
col0
3IVD
3ivd
3VID
3vid
DVX3
DVX1

DIV2
div2 YV12
FFmpeg MSMPEG­4 v2 MP42 msmpeg4v2 I420 ­
mp42 IYUV
Mp42

DIV1
div1 YV12
FFmpeg MSMPEG­4 v1 MPG4 msmpeg4v1 I420 ­
mpg4 IYUV
MP41

YV12
WMV1
FFmpeg WMV1/WMV7 wmv1 I420 ­
wmv1
IYUV

WMV2
YV12
wmv2
FFmpeg WMV2/WMV8 wmv2 I420 ­
GXVE
IYUV
gxve

YV12
FFmpeg WVP2 WVP2 vc1image I420 ­
IYUV

YV12
wmvp
FFmpeg WVC1 wmv3image I420 ­
WMVP
IYUV

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FFmpeg MS Screen 1 MSS1 mss1 BGR8 ­
BGR15LE
FFmpeg MS Screen 2 MSS2 mss2 ­
RGB24

FFmpeg MS ATC Screen 1 MSA1 msa1 YV12 ­

YV12
420P9
420P10
420P12
422P
HEVC
422P9
FFmpeg HEVC / H.265 hvc1 hevc ­
422P10
hev1
444P12
444P
444P9
444P10LE
444P12

HEVC
FFmpeg HEVC / H.265
hvc1 hevc VDPAU_HEVC ­
(VDPAU)
hev1
H264
h264
X264
x264
avc1
AVC1 YV12
davc 420P9
DAVC 420P10
vvvc 420P12
ai1p 420P14
ai1q 422P
ai12 422P9
ai13 422P10
ai15 444P12
FFmpeg H.264 h264 ­
ai16 444P14
ai5p 444P
ai5q 444P9
ai52 444P10LE
ai53 444P12
ai55 444P14
ai56 GBR24P
aivx GBR12P
x3eV GBR14P
Q264
V264
GAVC
UMSV
rv64
H264
h264
X264
x264
avc1
AVC1
davc
DAVC
ai1p
ai1q
ai12
ai13
ai15
FFmpeg H.264 (VDPAU) h264 VDPAU_H264 ­
ai16
ai5p
ai5q
ai52
ai53
ai55
ai56
x3eV
Q264
V264
GAVC
UMSV
rv64

FFmpeg H.264 (CrystalHD) H264 h264_crystalhd YUY2 ­

h264
X264
x264
avc1
AVC1
davc
DAVC
vvvc
ai1p
ai1q

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ai12
ai13 
ai15 
ai16 
ai5p 
ai5q
ai52
ai53 
ai55 
ai56 
x3eV 
rv64
H264
h264
X264
x264
avc1
AVC1
davc
DAVC
vvvc
ai1p
ai1q YUY2
ai12 UYVY
FFmpeg H.264 (VDA) h264_vda ­
ai13 YV12
ai15 NV12
ai16
ai5p
ai5q
ai52
ai53
ai55
ai56
x3eV
Q264
rv64
H264
h264
X264
x264
avc1
davc
DAVC
VSSH
ai1p
ai1q YV12
ai12 IYUV
CoreAVC H.264 for x86 CoreAVCDecoder.ax this codec will only work after purchasing it
ai13 I420
ai15 YUY2
ai16
ai5p
ai5q
ai52
ai53
ai55
ai56
x3eV
rv64

YV12
FFmpeg Sorenson Video v3
SVQ3 svq3 I420 ­
(SVQ3)
IYUV

FFmpeg MPEG­4 FMP4 mpeg4 YV12 ­

fmp4 I420
DIVX IYUV
divx
DIV1
div1
MP4S
mp4s
M4S2
m4s2
xvid
XVID
XviD
XVIX
DX50
dx50
BLZ0
mp4v
MP4V
 
UMP4
RMP4
ZMP4
3IV2
3iv2
DXGM
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SEDG
SMP4
smp4  
VIDM
 
m4cc
M4CC 
hdx4  
HDX4 
FVFW
fvfw  
FFDS
DCOD
MVXM
EM4A  
PM4V
M4T3  
DMK2
DIGI  
INMC
EPHV 
SN40
WAWV
uldx  
ULDX 
VSPX  
SIPP  
DreX
DM4V 
LMP4
DP02  
QMP4
HV60  
PLV1
SM4V 
DYM4 
FFmpeg MPEG­4 FMP4 mpeg4 VDPAU_MPEG4 ­
DIVX­4/5 (VDPAU) fmp4
DIVX
divx
DIV1
div1
MP4S
mp4s
M4S2
m4s2
xvid
XVID
XviD
XVIX
DX50
dx50
BLZ0
mp4v
MP4V
 
UMP4
RMP4
3IV2
3iv2
DXGM
SEDG
SMP4
smp4
VIDM
 
m4cc
M4CC
hdx4
HDX4
FVFW
fvfw
FFDS
DCOD
MVXM
EM4A
PM4V
M4T3
DMK2
DIGI
INMC
EPHV
SN40
WAWV
uldx
ULDX
VSPX
SIPP
DreX

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DM4V
LMP4
DP02  
QMP4
DYM4  

FMP4
fmp4
DIVX
divx
DIV1
div1
MP4S
mp4s
M4S2
m4s2
xvid
XVID
XviD
XVIX
DX50
dx50
BLZ0
mp4v
MP4V
 
UMP4
RMP4
3IV2
3iv2
DXGM
SEDG
FFmpeg MPEG­4
SMP4 mpeg4_crystalhd YUY2 ­
DIVX­4/5 (CrystalHD)
smp4
VIDM
 
m4cc
M4CC
hdx4
HDX4
FVFW
fvfw
FFDS
DCOD
MVXM
EM4A
PM4V
M4T3
DMK2
DIGI
INMC
EPHV
SN40
WAWV
uldx
ULDX
VSPX
SIPP
DYM4

YV12
WV1F MPEG­4 WV1F mpeg4 I420 ­
IYUV

422P
FFmpeg Dirac drac dirac YV12 ­
444P
YV12
I420
Dirac (through FFmpeg
drac libschroedinger IYUV ­
libschroedinger)
422P
444P

YV12
I420
Dirac (through FFmpeg
drac libdirac IYUV ­
libdirac)
422P
444P

Xvid (MPEG­4) FMP4 libxvidcore.a YV12 ­

fmp4 I420
DIVX YUY2
divx UYVY
xvid YVYU
XVID BGR32
XviD BGR24
XVIX BGR16
DIV1 BGR15LE
div1
MP4S

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mp4s
M4S2
m4s2
DX50  
dx50
BLZ0
mp4v 
MP4V
   
UMP4
RMP4
3IV2
3iv2
DXGM 
SEDG  
SMP4
smp4  
VIDM
FFDS
DCOD
MVXM
EM4A  
PM4V
M4T3  
DMK2
DIGI  
INMC
EPHV 
SN40
WAWV
uldx  
ULDX 
VSPX  
   
SIPP
DreX
DM4V 
LMP4
DP02  
QMP4

MP43
mp43
DIV5
YUY2
div5
UYVY
DIV6
BGR32
DivX ;­) (MSMPEG­4 v3) div6 divx_c32.ax with postprocessing
BGR24
DIV3
BGR16
div3
BGR15LE
DIV4
div4
AP41
MP43
mp43
DIV5
div5
YUY2
DIV6
BGR32
DivX ;­) (MSMPEG­4 v3) div6 divxc32.dll ­
BGR24
DIV3
BGR15LE
div3
DIV4
div4
AP41
DIV2
div2
MP4S
mp4s
Microsoft MPEG­4 v1/v2 mpg4ds32.ax YUY2 with postprocessing
MPG4
mpg4
MP42
mp42
MPG4
YUY2
mpg4
BGR32
Microsoft MPEG­4 v1/v2 MP42 mpg4c32.dll ­
BGR24
mp42
BGR15LE
DIV2

YV12
WMV3
Windows Media Video 9 DMO wmv9dmod.dll YUY2 ­
WMVP
UYVY
WMV1
YV12
WMV2
Windows Media Video DMO wmvdmod.dll YUY2 ­
WMV3
UYVY
WMVP
Windows Media Video 8 WMV2 wmv8ds32.ax YV12 ­
I420

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IYUV
YUY2
UYVY
YUY2
Windows Media Video 7 WMV1 wmvds32.ax ­
UYVY
YV12
Windows Media Video Adv WMVA
wmvadvd.dll YUY2 ­
DMO WVP2
UYVY
Windows Media Video (VC­1) YV12
WVC1 wvc1dmod.dll ­
Advanced Profile YUY2

BGR32
Windows Media Screen MSS1
wmsdmod.dll BGR24 ­
Codec 2 MSS2
BGR16

BGR32
Windows Media Screen MSS1
wms10dmod.dll BGR24 ­
Codec 2 from WMP10 MSS2
BGR16

MS ATC screen decoder 1 MSA1 scdec.dll BGR24 ­

FFmpeg Expression Encoder
MTS2 mts2 444P ­
Screen Capture Codec
BGR32
expression encoder MTS2 Microsoft.Expression.Encoder.EEScreen.Codec.dll BGR24 requires xp or newer and msvcr100.dll
BGR16
G2M2
G2M3
FFmpeg Go2Meeting g2m RGB24 ­
G2M4
G2M5
G2M2
G2M3 BGR24
GoToMeeting codec G2M.dll ­
G2M4 RGB24
G2M5
GMP4
GeoVision Advanced MPEG­4 GXAMP4.dll BGR24 ­
GM40

BGR32
GeoCodec h264 AVC GAVC GXAVC.dll ­
BGR24
BGR15LE
BGR16
BGR24
FUJIAN HTC MPEG­4 CODEC FJHT fjht264.dll BGR32 ­
RGB16
RGB24
RGB32

AVRn
FFmpeg AVID avi codec avrn 422P ­
AVDJ
MJPG
mjpg
mJPG
AVRn
AVDJ
ADJV
jpeg
mjpa
JFIF
ijpg
IJPG
JPEG
444P
JPGL
422P
LJPG
440P
Ljpg
YUY2
dmb1
YV12
FFmpeg MJPEG MJLS mjpeg ­
I420
MMJP
IYUV
QIVG
BGR24
ACDV
RGB24
SLMJ
Y800
MVJP
IJLV
CJPG
MSC2
avi1
avi2
MTSJ
ZJPG
MJPx
FLJP
FMJP
SJPG
FFmpeg MJPEG­B mjpb mjpegb 444P ­
422P
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440P
YUY2 
YV12
I420
IYUV
ijpg
IJPG
Independent JPEG Group's jpeg RGB24
libjpeg ­
codec AVRn Y8
AVDJ
CJPG
MJPG YUY2
mjpa UYVY
Morgan Motion JPEG Codec mjpb m3jpeg32.dll BGR32 ­
mjpg BGR24
dmb1 BGR15LE
YUY2
MJPG
UYVY
mjpa
MainConcept Motion JPEG mcmjpg32.dll BGR32 ­
mjpb
BGR24
mjpg
BGR15LE
AVRn
AVDJ
AVID Motion JPEG AvidAVICodec.dll BGR24 slooooooooow but stable
MJPG
mjpg
MJPG
jpeg BGR24
LEAD (M)JPEG LCodcCMP.dll supports interlaced MJPEG
LEAD BGR15LE
MTSJ
BGR32
ACDSee mjpeg ACDV ACDV.dll BGR24 ­
BGR15LE
XYZ12
RGB64LE
RGB64BE
RGB48LE
RGB48BE
RGB24
RGB32
BGR32
Y8
Y800
Y8A
Y16LE
YV12
422P
420P16LE
MJ2C
420P14
OpenJPEG MJPEG2000 MJP2 libopenjpeg ­
420P12
mjp2
420P10
420P9
422P16LE
422P14
422P12
422P10
422P9
444P16LE
444P14
444P12
444P10LE
444P9
420A
422A
444A
XYZ12
Y800
Y16LE
MJ2C
FFmpeg JPEG 2000 digital RGB48LE
MJP2 jpeg2000 ­
cinema RGB48BE
mjp2
RGB32
BGR32
RGB24
MJ2C
MJP2
mjp2 RGB24
FFmpeg JPEG 2000 j2k ­
LJ2K Y800
LJ2C
IPJ2

Morgan MJPEG2000 MJ2C m3jp2k32.dll YV12 ­

MJP2 I420
IYUV
YUY2

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UYVY
BGR32 
BGR24 
BGR15LE  

FFmpeg Forward
FRWU frwu UYVY ­
Uncompressed Video Codec
Forward Uncompressed
FRWU FRWU.dll BGR24 ­
Video Codec

Forward JPEG Video Codec FRWD FRWD.dll BGR24 ­

Forward JPEG+Alpha Video FRWT FRWT.dll BGR24 ­
VIVO
BGR32
vivo
Vivo H.263 ivvideo.dll BGR24 ­
viv1
BGR15LE
viv2
U263
UB Video vivo
ubv263d+.ax BGR24 ­
H.263/H.263+/H.263++ VIVO
viv1
I263 I420
i263 YUY2
I263 vivo i263_32.drv BGR32 ­
VIVO BGR24
viv1 BGR15LE
YV12
I263
FFmpeg I263 h263i I420 ­
i263
IYUV
H263
U263
h263
X263
M263
viv1
YV12
s263
FFmpeg H.263+ h263p I420 ­
T263
IYUV
D263
d263
L263
ILVR
VX1K
lsvm
H261
CCITT H.261 h261 YV12 ­
h261
H261
QuickTime H.261 video QuickTime.qts YUY2 ­
h261

YV12
IYUV
I420
YUY2
IV50
Intel Indeo 5 ir50_32.dll UYVY ­
iv50
BGR32
BGR24
BGR16
BGR15LE
YUY2
IV50 BGR32
Intel Indeo 5 ir50_32.dll ­
iv50 BGR24
BGR15LE
IF09
IV41
Intel Indeo 4.1 ir41_32.dll BGR24 ­
iv41
BGR15LE
IV31
IF09
iv31
Intel Indeo 3.1/3.2 ir32_32.dll BGR24 ­
IV32
BGR15LE
iv32
IV50
XAnim's Intel Indeo 5 vid_iv50.xa YVU9 ­
iv50

IV41
XAnim's Intel Indeo 4.1 vid_iv41.xa YVU9 ­
iv41

IV31
iv31
XAnim's Intel Indeo 3.1/3.2 vid_iv32.xa YVU9 ­
IV32
iv32

FFmpeg Indeo 4 IV41 indeo4 YVU9 ­

FFmpeg Indeo 5 IV50 indeo5 YVU9 ­

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FFmpeg DV CDVC dvvideo 411P ­
cdvc 422P 
CDV2 YV12 
CDVP
CDVH 
cdvh
CDV5 
DVSD
dvsd  
DVCS 
dvcs  
dvcp
dvc   
dvp 
dv   
dvpp
dv50
dv5n
dv5p  
AVdv 
AVd1 
dvhq 
dvhp
dvh5
dvh6 
dvh3 
dvhd 
dvsl
dv25
dc25
dvs1
dvh1
dvis  
PDVC
IPDV  
ipdv  
SL25 
SLDV 
dvsl
YUY2
dvsd
UYVY
dvhd
Sony Digital Video (DV) qdv.dll BGR24 ­
DVSD
BGR16
dvcp
BGR15LE
dvc
DVSD
dvsd
DVCS
dvcs
dvcp
dvc 
dvpp
dv50
Raw DV (libdv) dv5n libdv.so.2 YUY2 ­
dv5p
AVdv
AVd1
dvhq
dvhp
dvh5
dvh6
dvh3

DVSD
dvsd
YUY2
DVCS
UYVY
dvcs
MainConcept DV Codec mcdvd_32.dll BGR32 ­
CDVC
BGR24
cdvc
BGR15LE
dvcp
dvc
YV12
XAnim's 3ivx Delta 3.5 plugin 3IV1 vid_3ivX.xa IYUV ­
I420
YV12
YUY2
BGR32
3ivx Delta 4.5 3IV1 3ivxDSDecoder.ax ­
BGR24
BGR16
BGR15LE
RV30
rv30
Win32 RealPlayer 10 RV30/40 drvc.dll I420 ­
RV40
rv40
RV40
Win32 RealPlayer 9 RV40 drv43260.dll I420 ­
rv40

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Mac OS X RealPlayer 9 RV40 RV40 drvc.bundle/Contents/MacOS/drvc I420 ­
rv40  
RV30
Win32 RealPlayer 8 RV30 drv33260.dll I420 ­
rv30

RV30
Mac OS X RealPlayer 9 RV30 drvc.bundle/Contents/MacOS/drvc I420 ­
rv30
RV20 YV12
FFmpeg RV20 rv20 rv20 I420 ­
RVTR IYUV
YV12
RV40
FFmpeg RV40 rv40 I420 ­
rv40
IYUV
RV20
Win32 RealPlayer 10 RV20 drv2.dll I420 ­
rv20
RV20
Win32 RealPlayer 8 RV20 drv23260.dll I420 ­
rv20

RV20
Mac OS X RealPlayer 9 RV20 drv2.bundle/Contents/MacOS/drv2 I420 ­
rv20
RV10
YV12
rv10
FFmpeg RV10 rv10 I420 ­
RV13
IYUV
rv13
Alparysoft lossless codec
ASLC aslcodec_dshow.dll BGR24 ­
dshow
Alparysoft lossless codec
ASLC aslcodec_vfw.dll BGR24 ­
vfw
BGR24
Lead CMW wavelet 2.0 LCW2 LCODCCMW2E.dll ­
BGR8

CineForm HD CFHD CFDecode2.ax UYVY ­

Lagarith Lossless Video BGR32
LAGS lagarith.dll requires an MMX2 CPU.
Codec BGR24
ULRA
ULRG
YV12
ULY2
422P
FFmpeg Ut Video ULY0 utvideo ­
RGB24
ULH2
RGB32
ULH0
UQY2

ULRA BGR32
ULRG BGR24
ULY2 RGB32
UTVideo Codec ULY0 utv_vcm.dll RGB24 ­
ULH2 YV12
ULH0 UYVY
UQY2 YUY2
FFmpeg VBLE lossless
VBLE vble YV12 ­
codec

FFmpeg TDSC codec TDSC tdsc BGR24 ­

FFmpeg Screenpresso SPV1 screenpresso BGR24 ­
Hap1
FFmpeg Hap Hap5 hap RGB32 ­
HapY
DXDI
FFmpeg DXV dxv RGB32 ­
DXD3

FFmpeg ZeroCodec lossless ZECO zerocodec UYVY ­

BGR32
Infinite Video PSI_V PSIV psiv.dll ­
BGR24
BGR24
midivid1 MVLZ MLZCodec.dll ­
BGR16
midivid2 MVDV MVCodec.dll BGR24 ­

BGR24
midivid3 MV30 MV3.dll ­
BGR16
Moyea Flash to Video
MFZ0 MyFlashZip0.ax BGR24 requires zlib1.dll
Converter
Power VideoWorks video NSVI nsvideo.dll BGR24 ­

DideoNET SMV2 SMV2 smv2vfw.dll BGR32 ­

BGR24
BGR8
RGB32
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RGB24
RGB8  
CineForm HD CFHD cinevfw.dll BGR32 windows only
422P10
FFmpeg Cineform HD CFHD cfhd ­
GBR12P

Canopus HQ Codec CUVC CUVCcodc.dll BGR24 requires csehqa.dll and cseuvec.dll

422P
FFmpeg Canopus HQ Codec CUVC hq_hqa ­
422A
Canopus Lossless Codec CLLC CLLCcodc.dll BGR24 requires csellc.dll
FFmpeg Canopus Lossless RGB24
CLLC cllc ­
Codec ARGB

VP30 YUY2
vp30 BGR32 For SSE­systems use fixed DLL from
On2 Open Source VP3 Codec vp31vfw.dll
VP31 BGR24 ftp://mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/samples/drivers32/
vp31 BGR15LE

VP40
VP31 YUY2
On2 VP4 Personal Codec VP30 vp4vfw.dll BGR32 Decodes also VP3
vp31 BGR24
vp30

FFmpeg VP5 VP50 vp5 YV12 ­

YUY2
On2 VP5 Personal Codec VP50 vp5vfw.dll BGR32 ­
BGR24
VP60
FFmpeg VP6 VP61 vp6 YV12 ­
VP62
VP6F
FFmpeg VP6 Flash vp6f YV12 ­
FLV4
VP60 YUY2
On2 VP6 Personal Codec VP61 vp6vfw.dll BGR32 ­
VP62 BGR24

YUY2
On2 VP6F Personal Codec VP6F vp6vfw.dll BGR32 ­
BGR24

FFmpeg VP7 VP70 vp7 YV12 ­

YUY2
On2 VP7 Personal Codec VP70 vp7vfw.dll BGR32 ­
BGR24
FFmpeg VP8 VP80 vp8 YV12 ­
FFmpeg VP9 VP90 vp9 YV12 ­

FFmpeg wrapper for
VP80 libvpx YV12 ­
libvpx/VP8
FFmpeg wrapper for
VP90 libvpx­vp9 YV12 ­
libvpx/VP9
BGR24
Motion Wavelets MWV1 icmw_32.dll ­
BGR15LE
centre for wavelets
approximation and wavc WavCWAIP.dll BGR24 ­
information processing

UYVY
BGR32
ASUS V2 ASV2 asusasv2.dll ­
BGR24
BGR15LE

UYVY
BGR32
ASUS V1 ASV1 asusasvd.dll ­
BGR24
BGR15LE

FFmpeg IBM Ultimotion ULTI ultimotion YVU9 ­

YUY2
UYVY
IBM Ultimotion ULTI ultimo.dll BGR32 ­
BGR24
BGR15LE

BGR32
BGR24
Windows Screen Video MSS1 msscds32.ax ­
BGR16
BGR15LE
UCOD­ClearVideo UCOD clrviddd.dll BGR32 ­
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BGR24
BGR15LE 

YV12
ATI VCR­2 VCR2 ativcr2.dll ­
BGR24
SoftLab­NSK Forward MPEG2
slif slif.dll RGB32 ­
I­frames
Jan Jezabeks BLOX MPEG
BLOX blox.dll YUY2 ­
Codec
YUY2
Creative Labs Video Blaster UYVY
CJPG CtWbJpg.DLL sequential jpeg files?
Webcam BGR24
BGR15LE
decodes data from v4l2 source
CPiA webcam CPiA cpia YV12
untested

AJPG
ABYR
kensington webcam LBYR aoxdxipl.ax BGR24 ­
JBYR
UV12

xiricam Veo PC Camera XJPG camfc.dll BGR24 ­

BGR15LE
DUCK BGR16
Duck Truemotion1 truemotion1 ­
PVEZ BGR24
BGR32
FFmpeg Duck/On2
TM20 truemotion2 BGR24 ­
TrueMotion 2.0
BGR32
TrueMotion 2.0 TM20 tm20dec.ax BGR24 YUV faulting
BGR16
BGR32
TM2X
TrueMotion 2.0 tm2X.dll BGR24 ­
TM2A
BGR16
TrueMotion RT TR20 tr2032.dll BGR15LE ­

YV12
sif1 alpha4 SIF1 Sif1_vfw.dll ­
YUY2
Modified MJPEG AMVV
amv YV12 ­
used in AMV files AMVF
FFmpeg MxPEG MXPG mxpeg YV12 ­
SP53
SP54
SP5x codec ­ used by Aiptek SP55
sp5x YV12 ­
MegaCam SP56
SP57
SP58
SP53
SP54
SP5x codec ­ used by Aiptek SP55 BGR24
sp5x_32.dll ­
MegaCam SP56 BGR15LE
SP57
SP58
SP40
SP41
SP42
SP4x codec ­ used by Aiptek SP43 BGR24
SP4X_32.DLL ­
MegaCam SP44 BGR15LE
SP45
SP46
SP47

BT20
Brooktree 411 codec btvvc32.drv BGR24 ­
Y41P
YV12
Broadway MPEG Capture
BW10 bw10.dll YUY2 ­
Codec
I420
BGR32
csmscreen AVI lossless video
CSM0 csmx.dll BGR24 requires Esdll.dll
codec
BGR16
matchware screen capture
MWSC mwsc.dll BGR24 ­
codec
BGR32
ScreenPressor Lossless
SCPR scpr.dll BGR24 ­
Codec
BGR16
zdsoft screen recorder ZDSV scrvid.dll BGR32 ­
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WebTrain Communication
WTVC wtvc.dll BGR16 ­
lossless screen recorder
BGR15LE
INMC
BGR16
CFWL
BGR24
IENP
INMC MultiCodec.dll BGR32 ­
IMP4
RGB16
STM4
RGB24
STS4
RGB32

BGR32
Mirillis Action screen capture
FICV ficvdec_x86.dll BGR24 requires msvcm90.dll msvcp90.dll msvcr90.dll
codec
BGR16

FFmpeg Kega Video KGV1 kgv1 BGR15LE ­

Kega Video KGV1 KGV1­VFW.dll BGR16 requires MSVCR80.DLL on windows
YV12
xfire video XFR1 xfcodec.dll ­
YUY2

NUB0
YV12
nokia eti camcorder eyecon NUB1 nub2.dll ­
YUY2
NUB2

WorldConnect Wavelet Video SMSV wv32vfw.dll BGR24 found in visualmail videos

Analog Devices Wavelet
ADV1 ADV601.dll BGR24 ­
Codec
waveletvideo.freeservers.com ADV1 wavelet.dll BGR24 ­

BGR32
fox motion video FMVC fmcodec.dll BGR24 ­
BGR15LE

ty2c
TY2C
ty0n
tridvfw TRICDC32.DRV BGR24 ­
TY2N
TY0N
T565

Telegeny VDTZ VDTZ VTZ32.DLL BGR24 ­

YUY2
YV12
I420
GXVE
SoftMedia ViVD V2 codec VfW ViVD2.dll YVU9 ­
gxve
BGR32
BGR24
BGR15LE

BGR32
Winnov Videum winx codec WINX wnvwinx.dll BGR24 ­
BGR15LE

WNV1
FFmpeg wnv1 codec YUV8 wnv1 422P ­
yuv8
WNV1 BGR32
Winnov Videum wnv1 codec YUV8 wnvplay1.dll BGR24 ­
yuv8 BGR15LE
VDOM
VDOWave codec vdowave.drv BGR24 ­
VDOW
VDO3
VDOWave 3 advanced codec VDOM vdo32_30.drv BGR24 ­
VDOW
lsvx BGR32
Vianet Lsvx Video lsvm lsvxdec.dll BGR24 ­
lsvc BGR16
BGR32
FFmpeg VMware video VMnc vmnc BGR15LE ­
BGR8

BGR24
VMware video VMnc vmnc.dll BGR15LE ­
BGR8

SMK2
FFmpeg Smacker Video smackvid BGR8 ­
SMK4
CAVS YV12
Chinese AVS Video cavs only works with libavformat demuxer
avs2 I420
422P
FFmpeg DNxHD AVdn dnxhd 422P10 ­
444P10LE

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QuickTime Avid DNxHD AVdn AvidAVdnCodec.qtx UYVY ­
BGR24 
FFmpeg Avid Meridien AVUI avui 422A ­
dtPA
Media­100 iFinish Transcoder dtnt M100WinTranscoder.qtx UYVY ­
dtmt
win32/quicktime 3IV1 (3ivx) 3IV1 3ivx Delta 3.5.qtx YUY2 ­

Win32/QuickTime Streambox
ACTL ACTLComponent.qtx YUY2 ­
ACT­L2
Win32/QuickTime Avid
AVUI AvidQTAVUICodec.qtx YUY2 ­
Meridien Uncompressed
Win32/QuickTime Cinepak cvid QuickTime.qts YUY2 ­
Win32/QuickTime SVQ3 SVQ3 QuickTimeEssentials.qtx YUY2 ­

BGR32
BGR24
BGR8
Y800
cinewave uncompressed 10­
v210 CineWave.qtx RGB32 ­
bit codec
RGB24
RGB8
YV12
YUY2
QuickTime AIC video decoder icod QuickTime.qts UYVY Mac OS X only
apch
apcn
Apple ProRes 422 (HQ) apcs
AppleProResDecoder.qtx YUY2 ­
decoder apco
ap4h
ap4x
apch
apcn
apcs 422P10
FFmpeg Apple ProRes prores ­
apco 444P10LE
ap4h
ap4x
apch
apcn
apcs 422P10
Libav ProRes prores_lgpl ­
apco 444P10LE
ap4h
ap4x
VSS Codec Light VSSV vsslight.dll BGR24 ­
VSS H.264 New VSSH vsshdsd.dll YV12 ­
VSS H.264 Old VSSH vssh264.dll BGR24 ­
VSS Wavelet Video Codec VSSW vsswlt.dll BGR24 ­

AVIzlib ZLIB avizlib.dll BGR24 24bpp only

AVImszh MSZH avimszh.dll BGR24 24bpp only
VGPX UYVY
Alaris VideoGramPiX vgpix32d.dll ­
VTLP BGR24
Q1.0
Q­Team's QPEG (www.q­ QPEG
qpeg32.dll BGR8 BGR8 only!
team.de) Q1.1
qpeq
Q1.0
QPEG
FFmpeg Q­team QPEG qpeg BGR8 ­
Q1.1
qpeq
BGR32
FFmpeg TechSmith Camtasia TSCC BGR24
camtasia ­
Screen Codec tscc BGR15LE
BGR8
FFmpeg TechSmith Camtasia
tsc2 tscc2 444P ­
Screen Codec 2
BGR32
TechSmith Camtasia Screen TSCC BGR24
tsccvid.dll ­
Codec tscc BGR15LE
BGR8
BGR32
TechSmith Camtasia Screen TSC2 BGR24
tsc2_codec32.dll works on winxp only
Codec 2 tsc2 BGR15LE
BGR8

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CamStudio Screen Codec CSCD camstudio BGR32 ­

cscd BGR32
BGR24
BGR15LE
BGR15LE
FRAPS: Realtime Video FPS1
frapsvid.dll BGR32 Requires a processor with SSE???
Capture fps1
BGR24
FPS1
FFmpeg Fraps fraps YV12 ­
fps1
I420
FFmpeg Dxtory xtor dxtory YV12 ­

FFmpeg Bitmap Brothers JV FFJV jv BGR8 ­

FFmpeg Tiertex SEQ TSEQ tiertexseqvideo BGR8 ­
FFmpeg Sierra VMD video VMDV vmdvideo BGR8 ­
FFmpeg Feeble Files DXA
DXA1 dxa BGR8 ­
video
FFmpeg Delphine CIN video DCIV dsicinvideo BGR8 ­
FFmpeg THP video THPV thp YV12 ­
FFmpeg BFI Video BFIV bfi BGR8 ­

FFmpeg RL2 RL2V rl2 BGR8 ­

FFmpeg Renderware TeXture
TXDV txd BGR32 ­
Dictionary
FFmpeg 8088flex TMV tmv8 tmv BGR8 ­
BGR24
XAN Video Xxan xanlib.dll BGR15LE ­
BGR8
FFmpeg XAN wc4 Xxan xan_wc4 YV12 ­
FFmpeg Discoworld II BMV
BMVV bmv_video BGR8 ­
Video
FFmpeg Chronomaster DFA CDFA dfa BGR8 ­

FFmpeg Electronic Arts TGV fVGT eatgv BGR8 ­

FFmpeg Escape 130 E130 escape130 YV12 ­
­
RAW RGB32 raw  ­ RGB32 ­
BGR
­
RAW RGB24 raw  ­ RGB24 ­
BGR
­
RAW RGB16 raw  ­ RGB16 ­
BGR
RAW BGR32 ­ ­ BGR32 ­
­
RAW BGR32 ­ BGR32 ­
RGB
RAW BGR24 ­ ­ BGR24 ­
­
RAW BGR24 raw  ­ BGR24 ­
RGB

RAW BGR15 ­ ­ BGR16 ­
­
RAW BGR15 raw  ­ BGR16 ­
RGB
RAW BGR15 ­ ­ BGR15LE ­
­
RAW BGR15 raw  ­ BGR15LE ­
RGB
RAW BGR8 ­ ­ BGR8 ­
­
RAW BGR8 raw  ­ BGR8 ­
RGB
­
RAW BGR1 raw  ­ BGR1 ­

RGB
RAW YUY2 ­ ­ YUY2 ­
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raw 
yuy2 
YUY2
V422  
YUNV
VYUY 
yuvs
DVOO
YUYV
­
raw 
RAW YUV2 ­ YUY2 ­
yuv2
YUV2
­
2vuy
raw 
uyvy
UYVY
HDYC
RAW UYVY ­ UYVY ­
UYNV
UYNY
uyv1
2Vu1
VDTZ
auv2
­
raw 
RAW 444P 444p ­ 444P ­
444P
YV24
­
raw 
422p
RAW 422P 422P ­ 422P ­
P422
Y42B
YV16
­
raw 
RAW YV12 ­ YV12 ­
yv12
YV12
­
raw 
RAW NV21 ­ NV21 ­
nv21
NV21
­
raw 
RAW NV12 ­ NV12 ­
nv12
NV12
­
raw 
RAW HM12 ­ YV12 ­
hm12
HM12
­
raw 
i420
I420
RAW I420 I420 ­ ­
IYUV
IYUV
iyuv
R420
­
raw 
RAW YVU9 ­ YVU9 ­
yvu9
YVU9
­
Y8  Y800
RAW Y8/Y800 ­ ­
y800 Y8
Y800
BGR8
FFmpeg NO16 rawvideo NO16 rawvideo ­
ARGB
RAW YUY2 ­ rawvideo YUY2 ­
raw 
yuy2
YUY2
V422
v422
YUNV
yunv
VYUY
vyuy

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yuvs
YUVS
DVOO
YUYV
­
raw 
RAW YUV2 rawvideo YUY2 ­
yuv2
YUV2
­
raw 
uyvy
UYVY
HDYC
hdyc
UYNV
uynv
UYNY
uyny
uyv1
UYV1
RAW UYVY rawvideo UYVY ­
2Vu1
2vu1
2VU1
2Vuy
2vuy
2VUY
AV1x
AVup
AVUI
VDTZ
auv2
cyuv
­
raw 
RAW 444P 444p rawvideo 444P ­
444P
YV24
­
raw 
422p
422P
P422
RAW 422P rawvideo 422P ­
p422
Y42B
y42b
YV16
yv16
­
raw 
RAW YV12 rawvideo YV12 ­
yv12
YV12
­
raw 
i420
I420
RAW I420 I420 rawvideo ­
IYUV
IYUV
iyuv
R420
­
raw 
RAW YVU9 rawvideo YVU9 ­
yvu9
YVU9
Y41B
RAW Y41B rawvideo 411P ­
R411
­
Y8  Y800
RAW Y8/Y800 rawvideo ­
y800 Y8
Y800
RAW ABGR ABGR rawvideo ABGR ­

YV12
I420
YUY2
UYVY
NULL codec (no decoding!) ­ ­ YVU9 for unknown/unsupported codecs or testing
BGR32
BGR24
BGR16
BGR15LE
black codec (no decoding ­ ­ YV12 for unknown/unsupported codecs or testing
just output black frames!) I420
YUY2
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UYVY
RGB24 
BGR32 

New / Untested codecs
codec name fourcc driver name comments

mtga
FFmpeg TGA MTGA targa ­
tga
FFmpeg Flash Screen 2 video FSV2 flashsv2 ­
FFmpeg ZyGo ZyGo h263 ­
m261
M261 msh261.drv ­
M261
VP30
vp30
FFmpeg VP3 VP31 vp3 ­
vp31
VP3
theo
FFmpeg Theora theora ­
Thra
FFmpeg VP6A VP6A vp6a ­

VFAPI rgb transcode codec vifp VFCodec.dll ­

loronix wavelet ADV1 wavlor.dll ­
Win32/QuickTime
bhiv BeHereiVideo.qtx sample file wanted!
BeHereiVideo
v210
FFmpeg V210 ­ 10­bit v210 ­
C210
Codecs with problems
codec name fourcc driver name comments

GEOV crashes without ­nosound
GeoCodec GeoCodec.dll
GEOX hangs on exit

QuickTime sheervideo Shr0 SheerVideo Pro.qtx ­

FFmpeg MPEG­1/2 (XvMC) ­ ­ mpegvideo_xvmc ­
deprecated  
just use ffmpeg12 mpg1
mpg2
MPG2
DVR 
PIM1
PIM2
VCR2
MPEG
mx5p
MMES
mmes
hdv1
hdv2
hdv3
hdv4
hdv5
hdv6
hdv7
hdv8
hdv9
hdva
xdhd
xdh2
xdv1
xdv2
xdv3
xdv4
xdv5
xdv6
xdv7
xdv8
xdv9
xdva
xdvb
xdvc
xdvd
xdve
xdvf
xd5a
xd5b
xd5c
xd5d
xd5e

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xd5f
xd59 
xd54
xd55
xd51
mx5n
mx4n
mx4p
mx3n
mx3p
AVmp
mp2v  
mpgv
m2v1  
m1v1 
m1v   
LMP2 
cram
CRAM
msvc
Microsoft Video 1 msvidc32.dll ­vf palette required for 8bpp
MSVC
wham
WHAM

HuffYUV HFYU huffyuv.dll ­

XAnim's Radius Cinepak
cvid vid_cvid.xa ­
Video
MPG3
mpg3
MP43
mp43
DIV5
div5
DIV6
div6
DIV3
div3
FFmpeg DivX ;­) (MSMPEG­4 DIV4
msmpeg4_crystalhd ­
v3) (CrystalHD) div4
DIVF
divf
AP41
COL1
col1
COL0
col0
3IVD
3ivd
DVX3
WMV3
FFmpeg WMV3/WMV9 wmv3 ­
wmv3
FFmpeg WMV3/WMV9 WMV3
wmv3 ­
(VDPAU) wmv3
FFmpeg WMV3/WMV9 WMV3
wmv3_crystalhd ­
(CrystalHD) wmv3
WVC1
wvc1
FFmpeg WVC1 WMVA vc1 ­
vc­1
VC­1
WVC1
wvc1
FFmpeg WVC1 (VDPAU) WMVA vc1 ­
vc­1
VC­1
WVC1
wvc1
FFmpeg WVC1 (CrystalHD) WMVA vc1_crystalhd ­
vc­1
VC­1
DIVX
divx
DIV1
div1
MP43
DivX4Windows­VFW mp43 divx.dll sig11 with ­framedrop
DIV3
div3
DIV4
div4
AP41
UB Video MPEG­4 mp4v ubvmp4d.dll black&white
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UMP4
MJPG
Zoran MJPEG passthrough ­ ­
jpeg
ImagePower MJPEG2000 IPJ2 jp2avi.dll ­

H261
XAnim's CCITT H.261 vid_h261.xa ­
h261
RV30
rv30
Linux RealPlayer 10 RV30/40 drvc.so ­
RV40
rv40
RV40
Linux RealPlayer 9 RV40 drv4.so.6.0 ­
rv40
RV30
Linux RealPlayer 8 RV30 drv3.so.6.0 ­
rv30
RV30
FFmpeg RV30 rv30 ­
rv30
RV20
Linux RealPlayer 8 RV20 drv2.so.6.0 ­
rv20
Lagarith Lossless Video
LAGS lagarith ­
Codec
ULRA
ULRG
ULY2
UTVideo Codec ULY0 utv_dmo.dll ­
ULH2
ULH0
UQY2
sif1 alpha4 SIF1 Sif1Dec.ax one frame every 5 seconds?
SP60
SP6x codec SP61 sp6x_32.dll ­
SP62
FFmpeg Mirillis Action
FICV fic ­
screen capture codec
ZyGo
win32/quicktime ZyGo zygo ZyGoVideo.qtx wrong colors
lsvx
Win32/QuickTime SVQ1 SVQ1 QuickTime.qts ­

FFmpeg Apple Intermediate icod aic ­

FFmpeg Bethesda Software
BETH bethsoftvid video plays much too fast
VID
FFmpeg XAN wc3 WC3V xan_wc3 ­
FFmpeg Id CIN video IDCI idcinvideo ­
FFmpeg Interplay Video INPV interplayvideo ­
FFmpeg VQA Video VQAV vqavideo ­

FFmpeg C93 Video C93V c93 ­

FFmpeg Escape 124 E124 escape124 ­
­
raw 
RAW NV12 rawvideo ­
nv12
NV12
Not yet working codecs:
codec name fourcc driver name comments

MJPG
mjpa
Morgan MJPEG mjpb m3jpegdec.ax ­
mjpg
dmb1
Pegasus Motion JPEG MJPG pvmjpg21.dll ­
JPGL
Pegasus lossless JPEG pvljpg20.dll ­
MJPG
Pegasus Motion Wavelet
PVW2 pvwv220.dll ­
2000

XAnim's CCITT H.263 H263 vid_h263.xa ­

h263
viv1

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VIVO
vivo
Win32/QuickTime H.263 h263 QuickTime.qts ­
rpza
Win32/Quicktime RLE/RPZA QuickTime.qts no colorspace accepted
rle
Win32/QuickTime VP3 VP31 On2_VP3.qtx ­
IV31
iv31
Win32/QuickTime Indeo IV32 QuickTime.qts ­
iv32
IV41
dmb1
Win32/QuickTime MJPEG mjpa QuickTime.qts ­
mjpb
Win32/QuickTime MPEG­4 mp4v QuickTime.qts ­

ATI VCR­1 VCR1 ativcr1.dll ­

Pinnacle Hardware MPEG­1 PIM1 pclepim1.dll no picture. use ffmpeg12!
rricm dmb1 rricm.dll ­
 
Audio codecs:
 
Working audio codecs
codec name format driver name comments

0x162
Windows Media Audio 9 DMO wma9dmod.dll ­
0x163
0x160
0x161
Windows Media Audio DMO wmadmod.dll ­
0x162
0x163
Windows Media Audio 9 Speech DMO 0xA wmspdmod.dll ­
Windows Media Audio 9 Speech DShow 0xA wmavds32.ax ­
FFmpeg QDM2 audio 0x324D4451 qdm2 ­

0x324D4451
QuickTime QDMC/QDM2 audio QuickTime.qts ­
0x434D4451
0x706C6351
FFmpeg QCLP audio 0x70637173 qcelp ­
0x716C6351
QuickTime QCLP audio 0x706C6351 QuickTime.qts ­
QuickTime MACE3 audio 0x3343414D QuickTime.qts ­
QuickTime MACE6 audio 0x3643414D QuickTime.qts ­
Zygo audio 0x4E585053 ZyGoAudioS.qtx ­
0x345F3431
FFmpeg RealAudio 1.0 real_144 ­
0x4A63706C

FFmpeg RealAudio 2.0 0x385F3832 real_288 ­

FFmpeg COOK audio 0x6B6F6F63 cook ­
FFmpeg Atrac 1 audio 0x31525441 atrac1 ­
0x63727461
FFmpeg Atrac 3 audio atrac3 ­
0x270
FFmpeg Atrac 3+ audio 0xE923AABF atrac3plus ­
0x72706973
FFmpeg Sipr/Acelp.net audio sipr ­
0x130
RealAudio 1.0 0x345F3431 14_4.so.6.0 ­

Win32 RealAudio 1.0 0x345F3431 14_43260.dll ­

Mac OS X RealAudio 1.0 0x345F3431 14_4.shlb ­
RealAudio 2.0 0x385F3832 28_8.so.6.0 ­
Win32 RealAudio 2.0 0x385F3832 28_83260.dll ­
Mac OS X RealAudio 2.0 0x385F3832 28_8.shlb ­
RealPlayer 10 COOK audio 0x6B6F6F63 cook.so supports cook 5.1

RealAudio COOK 0x6B6F6F63 cook.so.6.0 ­

Win32 RealAudio 10 COOK 0x6B6F6F63 cook.dll supports cook 5.1

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Win32 RealAudio COOK 0x6B6F6F63 cook3260.dll ­
Mac OS X RealAudio COOK 0x6B6F6F63 cook.bundle/Contents/MacOS/cook ­
RealAudio Sipro 0x72706973 sipr.so.6.0 ­
RealPlayer 10 RealAudio Sipro 0x72706973 sipr.so ­

Win32 RealAudio 10 Sipro 0x72706973 sipr.dll ­

Win32 RealAudio Sipro 0x72706973 sipr3260.dll ­
Mac OS X RealAudio Sipro 0x72706973 sipr.bundle/Contents/MacOS/sipr ­
RealAudio ATRAC3 0x63727461 atrc.so.6.0 ­
RealPlayer 10 RealAudio ATRAC3 0x63727461 atrc.so ­
Win32 RealAudio 10 ATRAC3 0x63727461 atrc.dll ­

Win32 RealAudio ATRAC3 0x63727461 atrc3260.dll ­

Mac OS X RealAudio ATRAC3 0x63727461 atrc.bundle/Contents/MacOS/atrc ­
FFmpeg EVRC decoder 0x63766573 evrc ­
FFmpeg SEGA CRI adx codec 0x78646153 adpcm_adx ­
FFmpeg AMV IMA ADPCM audio 0x41564D41 adpcm_ima_amv ­
FFmpeg APC IMA ADPCM audio 0x41435041 adpcm_ima_apc ­
FFmpeg SMJPEG IMA ADPCM audio 0x4D435041 adpcm_ima_smjpeg ­

FFmpeg QT IMA ADPCM audio 0x34616D69 adpcm_ima_qt ­

0x11
FFmpeg WAV IMA ADPCM audio 0x1100736D adpcm_ima_wav ­
0x11005354
FFmpeg PCM Zork audio 0x116B727A pcm_zork ­
0x2
FFmpeg MS ADPCM audio adpcm_ms ­
0x200736D
0x10
FFmpeg ADPCM IMA Dialogic OKI adpcm_ima_oki ­
0x17
FFmpeg ADPCM Nintendo Gamecube AFC 0x20434641 adpcm_afc ­
FFmpeg ADPCM Yamaha AICA 0x41434941 adpcm_aica ­

FFmpeg ADPCM Nintendo Gamecube DTK 0x204B5444 adpcm_dtk ­

FFmpeg ADPCM IMA Radical 0x50444152 adpcm_ima_rad ­
FFmpeg DK4 IMA ADPCM audio 0x61 adpcm_ima_dk4 ­
FFmpeg DK3 IMA ADPCM audio 0x62 adpcm_ima_dk3 ­
FFmpeg Funcom IMA ISS ADPCM 0x53534941 adpcm_ima_iss ­
FFmpeg ADPCM IMA Electronic Arts SEAD 0x44414553 adpcm_ima_ea_sead ­

FFmpeg ADPCM IMA Electronic Arts EACS 0x53434145 adpcm_ima_ea_eacs ­

Id RoQ File Audio 0x41516F52 roq_dpcm ­
FFmpeg Bink Audio (RDFT) 0x32554142 binkaudio_rdft ­
FFmpeg Discoworld II BMV Audio 0x41564D42 bmv_audio ­
FFmpeg Delphine CIN audio 0x41494344 dsicinaudio ­
FFmpeg 4XM ADPCM audio 0x414D5834 adpcm_4xm ­
FFmpeg Westwood IMA ADPCM audio 0x53574941 adpcm_ima_ws ­

FFmpeg LucasArts VIMA audio 0x414D4956 adpcm_vima ­

FFmpeg Packed Animation File 0x41464150 paf_audio ­
FFmpeg Westwood SND1 0x31444E53 ws_snd1 ­
FFmpeg Interplay ACM audio 0x97280301 interplay_acm ­
FFmpeg Interplay DPCM audio 0x41504E49 interplay_dpcm ­
FFmpeg EA ADPCM audio 0x41454441 adpcm_ea ­

FFmpeg EA ADPCM R1 audio 0x31524145 adpcm_ea_r1 ­

FFmpeg EA ADPCM R2 audio 0x32524145 adpcm_ea_r2 ­
FFmpeg EA ADPCM R3 audio 0x33524145 adpcm_ea_r3 ­
FFmpeg ADPCM Electronic Arts XAS 0x53415845 adpcm_ea_xas ­
FFmpeg EA MAXIS XA ADPCM audio 0x41584441 adpcm_ea_maxis_xa ­
FFmpeg FFmpeg ADPCM Playstation 0x58535041 adpcm_psx ­

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FFmpeg XA ADPCM audio 0x41585350 adpcm_xa ­
0x6E617841 Wing Commander 4 files only work with libavformat
FFmpeg XAN DPCM audio xan_dpcm
0x594A demuxer
FFmpeg Yamaha ADPCM audio 0x20 adpcm_yamaha ­
0x41504854
FFmpeg THP ADPCM audio adpcm_thp ­
0x50444147
FFmpeg THP ADPCM little endian audio 0x4C504854 adpcm_thp_le ­
raw DV audio (libdv) 0x56444152 libdv.so.2 ­
0x56444152
0x61766476
FFmpeg DV audio dvaudio ­
0x61637664
0x75617664
0x4C34504D
FFmpeg AAC in LATM aac_latm ­
0x1602
0x6134706D
0x4134504D
0x20424C56
0x20434141
0x50434141
0x63616172
FFmpeg AAC (MPEG­2/MPEG­4 Audio) 0x70636172 aac ­
0xFF
0x1600
0x706D
0x4143
0xA106
0xAAC0
0x43614C66
FFmpeg FLAC audio 0xF1AC flac ­
0xACF1736D
FFmpeg ALAC audio 0x63616C61 alac ­
FFmpeg True Audio (TTA) 0x31415454 tta ­
FFmpeg WavPack audio 0x4B505657 wavpack ­

FFmpeg Shorten audio 0x6E726873 shorten ­

FFmpeg Monkey's Audio 0x20455041 ape ­
FFmpeg ALS 0x20534C41 als ­
FFmpeg MLP 0x20504C4D mlp ­
FFmpeg TrueHD 0x44485254 truehd ­
0x4C4C454E
FFmpeg Nellymoser Audio nellymoser ­
0x736F6D6E

0x6134706D
0x4134504D
0x4C34504D
0x20424C56
0x20434141
0x50434141
FAAD AAC (MPEG­2/MPEG­4 Audio) 0x63616172 libfaad2 ­
0x70636172
0xFF
0x706D
0x4143
0xA106
0xAAC0
0x0
0x1
0x3
0xFFFE
0x20776172
0x736F7774
0x74776F73
0x32336C66
Uncompressed PCM 0x666C3332 ­ ­
0x454E4F4E
0x34326E69
0x696E3234
0x32336E69
0x696E3332
0x6D63706C
0x32334C46
0x204D4350
0x160
DivX audio (WMA) divxa32.acm ­
0x161

vdowave ACM 0xFFFC vdowave.acm ­

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MS ADPCM 0x2 msadp32.acm ­
FFmpeg PCM 16­bit little­endian planar 0x4C503631 pcm_s16le_planar ­
Xbox Media Audio 1 (FFmpeg) 0x165 xma1 ­
Xbox Media Audio 2 (FFmpeg) 0x166 xma2 ­
0x50
0x55
0x5500736D
MPEG 1.0/2.0/2.5 layers I
0x5000736D
II ­ High­performance decoder using libmpg123.
0x55005354
III
0x33706D2E
0x2033504D
0x454D414C
FFmpeg Multi­channel MPEG layer­3 on MP4
0x1D61346D mp3on4float ­
audio
FFmpeg Multi­channel MPEG layer­3 on MP4
0x1D61346D mp3on4 ­
audio
0x55
0x5500736D
0x55005354
FFmpeg MPEG layer­3 audio mp3float floating point decoder
0x33706D2E
0x2033504D
0x454D414C
0x55
0x5500736D
0x55005354
FFmpeg MPEG layer­3 audio mp3 integer only
0x33706D2E
0x2033504D
0x454D414C
FFmpeg MPEG layer­3 adu audio 0x55756461 mp3adufloat integer only
FFmpeg MPEG layer­3 adu audio 0x55756461 mp3adu integer only
0x50
0x5000736D
FFmpeg MPEG layer­1 and layer­2 audio mp2float floating point decoder
0x32706D2E
0x31706D2E
0x50
0x5000736D
FFmpeg MPEG layer­1 and layer­2 audio mp2 integer only
0x32706D2E
0x31706D2E

0x50
0x55
0x5500736D
libMAD MPEG layer 1­2­3 libmad ­
0x33706D2E
0x2033504D
0x454D414C
MPEG layer­3 0x55 l3codeca.acm conflicts with security kernel patches

IMA ADPCM 0x11 imaadp32.acm ­

0x204D5347
FFmpeg GSM 06.10 0x1500 gsm ­
0x6D736761
0x31
FFmpeg MS GSM gsm_ms ­
0x32
0x204D5347
libgsm GSM 06.10 libgsm ­
0x1500
0x31
libgsm MS GSM libgsm_ms ­
0x32
MS GSM 0x31 msgsm32.acm ­
MSN AUDIO 0x32 msnaudio.acm ­
0x6
aLaw ­ ­
0x77616C61

0x7
uLaw 0x77616C75 ­ ­
0x6C75

Uncompressed DVD/VOB LPCM 0x10001 ­ ­
Blu­ray LPCM 0x4D435042 pcm_bluray ­
Leitch/Harris PCM 0x46584C50 pcm_lxf ­
SMPTE 302M 0x44535342 s302m ­
FFmpeg AC­3 0x2000 ac3 ­
0x332D6361
0x332D4341
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0x332D4341
0x20736D
0xE06D802C
0x74656E64  
0x33636173  
0x33434145
FFmpeg E­AC­3 0x332D6365 eac3 ­
0xA7FB87AF
0x2000
0x332D6361
0x332D4341
AC3­liba52 0x20736D liba52 ­
0xE06D802C
0x74656E64
0x33636173
0x20737464
0x20535444
0x62737464
0x63737464
FFmpeg DTS 0x65737464 dca ­
0x68737464
0x6C737464
0x2001
0x86
0x20737464
0x20535444
0x62737464
0x63737464
DTS­libdca 0x65737464 ­ ­
0x68737464
0x6C737464
0x2001
0x86

Musepack sv7 audio codec 0x2043504D mpc7 only works with libavformat demuxer

0x3843504D
Musepack sv8 audio codec mpc8 only works with libavformat demuxer
0x4B43504D
0x2043504D
Musepack audio codec ­ ­
0x2B4D
FFmpeg DSD (Direct Stream Digital)
0x6C445344 dsd_lsbf Does it exist?
lsbit first
FFmpeg DSD (Direct Stream Digital)
lsbit first 0x6C465344 dsd_lsbf_planar in DSF files
planar
FFmpeg DSD (Direct Stream Digital)
0x20445344 dsd_msbf ­
msbit first
FFmpeg DSD (Direct Stream Digital)
msbit first 0x6D465344 dsd_lsbf_planar in DSF files
planar
0x726D6173
AMR Narrowband 0x57 amrnb ­
0x38
0x62776173
AMR Wideband amrwb ­
0x58
0x726D6173
AMR Narrowband 0x57 libopencore_amrnb ­
0x38
0x62776173
AMR Wideband libopencore_amrwb ­
0x58

FFmpeg libilbc 0x63626C69 libilbc ­

FFmpeg's ADPCM Flash­variant 0x5346 adpcm_swf ­
windows users need msms001.vwp and
VoxWare MetaVoice 0x74 voxmvdec.ax
mvoice.vwp in windows\\system32 folder
FFmpeg VoxWare Metasound 0x75 metasound ­
windows users need msms001.vwp in
VoxWare 0x75 voxmsdec.ax
windows\\system32 folder
Rhetorex ADPCM 0x100 rhetorex.acm ­
Sanyo ADPCM 0x125 ldadp32.acm ­

ACELP.net Sipro Lab Audio 0x130 acelpdec.ax ­

FFmpeg Intel Music Coder 0x401 imc ­
Intel Music Coder 0x401 imc32.acm ­
FFmpeg Intel Indeo Audio 0x402 iac ­

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Indeo audio 0x402 iac25_32.ax ­
FFmpeg ADPCM Sound Blaster Pro 2­bit 0x3253 adpcm_sbpro_2 ­

FFmpeg ADPCM Sound Blaster Pro 2.6­bit 0x3353 adpcm_sbpro_3 ­

FFmpeg ADPCM Sound Blaster Pro 4­bit 0x3453 adpcm_sbpro_4 ­
FFmpeg Creative ADPCM codec 0x200 adpcm_ct ­
Creative ADPCM codec 0x200 ctadp32.acm ­
FFmpeg Digital Speech Standars ­ Standard Play
0x73535344 dss_sp ­
mode (DSS_SP)
SC4 : Micronas speech codec (ADPCM
0x350 mi­sc4.acm ­
MPman recording)
0x2000
AC3 through S/PDIF 0x332D6361 ­ ­
0x74656E64

DTS through S/PDIF 0x2001 ­ ­
FFmpeg Sierra VMD audio 0x41444D56 vmdaudio ­
FFmpeg opus 0x7375706F opus ­
FFmpeg libopus 0x7375706F libopus ­
0x73627276
FFmpeg Vorbis vorbis ­
0x566F
0x73627276
OggVorbis Audio libvorbis OggVorbis driver using libvorbis
0x566F
0x73627276 fixed­point decoder useful for systems without
OggVorbis audio tremor
0x566F floating­point unit
0x674F
0x6750
OggVorbis ACM 0x676F vorbis.acm OggVorbis driver using vorbis.acm
0x6770
0x6771
0x20787073
0x78657073
Speex audio speex Speex driver using libspeex
0x4E585053
0xA109
0x20787073
0x78657073
ffmpeg libSpeex audio libspeex ffmpeg libspeex
0x4E585053
0xA109
0x111
Vivo G.723/Siren Audio Codec vivog723.acm ­
0x112

G.722 Audio 0x28F g722 ­

0x31333237
0x111
G.723.1 Audio g723_1 ­
0x42
0xA100
G.723.1 MS 0x42 msg723.acm ­
0x45
FFmpeg G.726 Audio g726 ­
0x64
FFmpeg G.726 little endian Audio 0x47373236 g726le ­
FFmpeg G.729 0x39323747 g729 ­
0x83
verint g729 0xA104 G729DecoderDMO.dll ­
0x39323747
ALF2 0x1FC4 alf2cd.acm ­

0x22
FFmpeg TrueSpeech truespeech ­
0x1501
DSP Group TrueSpeech(TM) 0x22 tssoft32.acm ­
NetSpeak GSM 0x1500 nsgsm32.acm ­
NetSpeak TrueSpeech 0x1501 nstsp32.acm ­
VoxWare RT24 speech codec 0x181C nsrt2432.acm ­
0x1101
0x1102
Lernout & Hauspie CELP and SBC codecs lhacm.acm ­
0x1103
0x1104
Voxware AC aka Lernout & Hauspie CELP and 0x70 lhacm2.acm ­
CBS codecs 0x71

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0x72
0x73
Philips Speech Processing CELP 0x120 smcelp32.acm ­
FFmpeg TwinVQ 0x32495754 twinvq ­
VQF codec by NTTLabs 0x4E495754 tvqdec.dll ­
FFmpeg 8SVX raw 0x77617238 8svx_raw ­
FFmpeg 8SVX exponential 0x70786538 8svx_exp ­

FFmpeg 8SVX fibonacci 0x62696638 8svx_fib ­

0x500
FFmpeg On2 Audio for Video Codec on2avc ­
0x501
0x50
0x55
MPEG audio pass­through for hardware MPEG 0x5500736D
­ for hardware MPEG audio decoders
decoders 0x33706D2E
0x2033504D
0x454D414C
msn siren audio codec 0x28E sirenacm.dll ­
0x215
FFmpeg Ulead DV dvaudio ­
0x216
0x215
Ulead DV ACM dvacm.acm ­
0x216
libavformat/spdifenc AAC pass­through decoder 0x4134504D aac for AAC hardware decoders
0x2000
libavformat/spdifenc AC­3 pass­through decoder 0x332D6361 ac3 for AC­3 hardware decoders
0x74656E64
libavformat/spdifenc E­AC­3 pass­through
0x33434145 eac3 for E­AC­3 hardware decoders
decoder

0x2001
libavformat/spdifenc DTS pass­through decoder dca needs ­channels 8
0x86

0x50
0x55
0x5500736D
0x5000736D
libavformat/spdifenc MPEG AUDIO BC pass­
0x33706D2E mpa for MPEG AUDIO BC hardware decoders
through decoder
0x32706D2E
0x31706D2E
0x2033504D
0x454D414C
libavformat/spdifenc Dolby TrueHD pass­through
0x44485254 thd needs ­channels 8
decoder
FFmpeg wave synthesizer 0x53574646 wavesynth ­

FFmpeg TAK 0x204B4154 tak ­

New / Untested codecs
codec name format driver name comments

FFmpeg Real Audio Lossless 0x3A44534C ralf ­

D­Cinema audio (FFmpeg) 0x64756164 pcm_s24daud ­
DivX audio v1 (FFmpeg) 0x160 wmav1 ­

0x32414D57
DivX audio v2 (FFmpeg) wmav2 ­
0x161
0x162
WMA Pro audio (FFmpeg) wmapro ­
0x33414D57
WMA lossless audio (FFmpeg) 0x163 wmalossless ­
WMA Voice audio (FFmpeg) 0xA wmavoice ­
Macintosh Audio Compression and Expansion
0x3343414D mace3 ­
3:1
Macintosh Audio Compression and Expansion
0x3643414D mace6 ­
6:1
0x434E4F53
FFmpeg Sonic sonic ­
0x2048
0x202
Creative FastSpeech 8 and FastSpeech 10 CODEC ctfs32.acm ­
0x203

Sharp G.726 Audio 0x45 scg726.acm ­

Codecs with problems

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codec name format driver name comments

FFmpeg Smacker Audio 0x414B4D53 smackaud ­

FFmpeg Bink Audio (DCT) 0x31554142 binkaudio_dct ­
Sony ATRAC3 0x270 atrac3.acm format not accepted
Not yet working codecs
codec name format driver name comments

0x111
G.711/G.721/G.723 g72x.c does not work yet ­ just noise :(
0x112

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