| 1978 |
A.M.Paredes predictor |
This is a LossLess video codec. >>> |
| 2VUY |
2VUY / BlackMagic |
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| 3IV0 |
3ivx |
3IV0 no longer used for this codec, however some files might be around. >>> |
| 3IV1 |
3ivx |
MPEG4-based codec. Used by 3ivx Delta 1.0-3.5. FOURCC "3IV0" was al... >>> |
| 3IV2 |
3ivx |
MPEG4-based codec. To be used for "3ivx Delta 4.0." >>> |
| 3IVD |
FFmpeg DivX (MS MPEG-4 v3) |
Seems to be a MPEG-4 variation from Microsoft. >>> |
| 3IVX |
3ivx |
Yet another FourCC for the 3ivc Mpeg4 codec. >>> |
| 8BPS |
Planar RGB Codec |
RLE codec storing RGB image in planar format under Quicktime. >>> |
| AAS4 |
Autodesk Animator codec (RLE) |
This codec is part of Autodesk's discontinued Animator Studio for Windows. >>> |
| AASC |
Autodesk Animator codec (RLE) |
This codec is part of Autodesk's discontinued Animator Studio for Windows. >>> |
| ABYR |
Kensington codec |
Apparently a low resolution, low frame rate (6fps) codec similar to >>> |
| ACTL |
Streambox ACT-L2 |
Streaming codec for streaming video over the internet. Since replaced by Stre... >>> |
| ADV1 |
WaveCodec |
Apparently used in various CCTV products. >>> |
| ADVJ |
ADVJ |
Also known as AVRn >>> |
| AEIK |
Intel Indeo Video 3.2 |
>>> |
| AEMI |
Array VideoONE MPEG1-I Capture |
Array's codec used for I frame only MPEG1 AVI files. >>> |
| AFLC |
Autodesk Animator FLC (256 color) |
AVI equivalent of the FLC native file format. >>> |
| AFLI |
AFLI - Autodesk Animator FLI (256 color) |
AVI equivalent of Autodesk's native FLI file format (presumably). >>> |
| AHDV |
CineForm 10-bit Visually Perfect HD (Wavelet) |
>>> |
| AJPG |
AJPG |
22fps JPEG-based codec used for movie capture by some digital cameras. >>> |
| AMPG |
AMPG |
Codec for Array VideoONE hardware-based MPEG compression system. >>> |
| ANIM |
ANIM |
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| AP41 |
AngelPotion Definitive |
Another hacked version of Microsoft's MP43 codec. One source recommends again... >>> |
| AP42 |
AngelPotion Definitive |
Another hacked version of Microsoft's MP43 codec. >>> |
| ASLC |
Alparysoft Lossless Codec |
Codec offering approximately 5x compression in mathematically lossless mode o... >>> |
| ASV1 |
Asus Video |
Codec supplied with the Asus TNT Video Capture adapter. Supposedly a very sim... >>> |
| ASV2 |
Asus Video (2) |
New codec from Asus. Supposedly a very simple DCT codec. >>> |
| ASVX |
Asus Video 2.0 |
Unusual codec which stores audio in the .avi file but puts the video in a com... >>> |
| ATM4 |
ATM4 |
Ahead Nero Mpeg-4 variant codec. >>> |
| AUR2 |
Aura 2 Codec - YUV 422 |
>>> |
| AURA |
Aura 1 Codec - YUV 411 |
More background and details is available in the following thread: >>> |
| AVC1 |
AVC1 |
Apple's version of the MPEG4 part 10/H.264 standard apparently. >>> |
| AVRN |
AVRN |
Also known as ADVJ in Quicktime files. >>> |
| BA81 |
BA81 |
This format stores raw 8bit Bayer samples. The Bayer color filter array is de... >>> |
| BINK |
Bink Video |
Pretty popular codec in Windows games. I'm not sure if this is available as a... >>> |
| BLZ0 |
BLZ0 |
MPEG-4 codec used in WarCraft 3 movies. >>> |
| BT20 |
Prosumer Video |
Codec optimised for realtime compression of YUV images. Download the ZIP and ... >>> |
| BTCV |
BTCV |
This, now obsolete, format supported a special data format used by the Brookt... >>> |
| BW10 |
Broadway MPEG Capture/Compression |
Codec for Broadway hardware-based MPEG compression system. >>> |
| BYR1 |
BYR1 |
This format stores raw 8bit Bayer samples. The Bayer color filter array is de... >>> |
| BYR2 |
BYR2 |
This format stores packed 16bit Bayer samples with 12bit precision. The Bayer... >>> |
| CC12 |
CC12 |
>>> |
| CDVC |
CDVC |
Allegedly used with digital video cameras. The >>> |
| CFCC |
CFCC |
Native format used when capturing AVIs using a DPS Perception adapter. >>> |
| CGDI |
CGDI |
AVI format used by >>> |
| CHAM |
CHAM |
>>> |
| CJPG |
WebCam JPEG |
Used by Creative Video Blaster Webcam Go control. See ... >>> |
| CMYK |
CMYK |
Uncompressed 32bpp CMYK as used in printing processes. >>> |
| CPLA |
CPLA |
This sounds like an uncompressed format to me. Anyone know? >>> |
| CRAM |
CRAM |
Allegedly identical to MSVC. >>> |
| CSCD |
CamStudio Codec |
Open source (GPL license) codec optimised for screen capture applications. So... >>> |
| CTRX |
CTRX |
>>> |
| CVID |
Cinepak |
Originally owned by Supermac then Radius, now >>> |
| CWLT |
CWLT |
Apparently WLT is "with lookup table". Presumably, therefore, this ... >>> |
| CXY1 |
Conexant YUV 4:1:1 |
Uncompressed, planar 4:1:1 YUV format. >>> |
| CXY2 |
Conexant YUV 4:2:2 |
Uncompressed, planar 4:2:2 YUV format. >>> |
| CYUV |
Creative YUV |
Proprietary YUV compression algorithm >>> |
| CYUY |
CYUY |
Proprietary YUV compression algorithm >>> |
| D261 |
D261 |
Presumably now owned by Intel. >>> |
| D263 |
D263 |
Presumably now owned by Intel. >>> |
| DAVC |
DAVC |
H.264/MPEG-4 AVC base profile codec. >>> |
| DCL1 |
DCL1 |
Format used in Data Connection Ltd's conferencing services. >>> |
| DCL2 |
DCL2 |
Format used in Data Connection Ltd's conferencing services. >>> |
| DCL3 |
DCL3 |
Format used in Data Connection Ltd's conferencing services. >>> |
| DCL4 |
DCL4 |
Format used in Data Connection Ltd's conferencing services. >>> |
| DCL5 |
DCL5 |
Format used in Data Connection Ltd's conferencing services. >>> |
| DIV3 |
DivX MPEG-4 |
Low motion codec (optimised for low motion source material?). Several sources te... >>> |
| DIV4 |
DivX MPEG-4 |
Fast motion codec.Several sources tell me that this is an old and illegal cod... >>> |
| DIV5 |
DIV5 |
Apparently almost as old as DIV3 and DIV4. Changing DIV5 AVI's FOURCC to DIV3... >>> |
| DIVX |
DivX |
This FOURCC code is used for versions 4.0 and later of the DivX codec. DivX, &qu... >>> |
| DM4V |
DM4V |
MPEG4 codec compatible with DivX4 and 5. >>> |
| DMB1 |
Rainbow Runner hardware compression |
Hardware codec used by Matrox Rainbow Runner video capture product. Apparently a... >>> |
| DMB2 |
DMB2 |
MJPEG codec used by Paradigm. >>> |
| DMK2 |
DMK2 |
Movies generated by a ViewSonic V36 PDA appear to be AVI files using this vid... >>> |
| DSVD |
DSVD |
The DSVD codec is a VFW-based compressor that firewire- and DV-based capture car... >>> |
| DUCK |
TrueMotion S |
Rather nice RGB codec which, strangely enough, appears to have two distinct F... >>> |
| DV25 |
DVCPRO |
SMPTE 314M 25Mb/s compressed video. A professional variant of DVC (dvsd). Unl... >>> |
| DV50 |
DVCPRO50 |
SMPTE 314M 50Mb/s compressed video. Has twice the data rate (50Mbits/sec) of ... >>> |
| DVAN |
DVAN |
>>> |
| DVCS |
DVCS |
A generic DV codec along the same lines as DVSD. Microso... >>> |
| DVE2 |
DVE2 |
>>> |
| DVH1 |
SMPTE 370M |
SMPTE 370M - data structure for DV based audio, data and compressed video at ... >>> |
| DVHD |
50Mbps Consumer DV |
SD-DVCR 1125-60 or SD-DVCR 1250-50. See also dvsl and >>> |
| DVSD |
25Mbps Consumer DV |
SD-DVCR 525-60 or SD-DVCR 625-50. See also dvsl and >>> |
| DVSL |
12.5Mbps Consumer DV |
SD-DVCR 525-60 or SD-DVCR 625-50. See also dvsd and >>> |
| DVX1 |
DVX1 |
>>> |
| DVX2 |
DVX2 |
>>> |
| DVX3 |
DVX3 |
>>> |
| DX50 |
DivX MPEG-4 |
Apparently this is used interchangeably with the DIVX FOURCC when using versi... >>> |
| DXGM |
DXGM |
The movies in the game "Lord of the Rings: Return of the King" are ... >>> |
| DXTC |
DXTC |
Another of the DXTn set, I suppose. >>> |
| DXTN |
DXTN |
5 different versions (DXT1 - DXT5) of compressed texture formats exist. Full ... >>> |
| EKQ0 |
Elsa Quick Codec |
>>> |
| ELK0 |
ELK0 |
Codec used by some Elsa graphics cards. May be a YUV format with reduced colo... >>> |
| EM2V |
Etymonix MPEG-2 Video |
HIgh quality, MPEG-2 I picture codec with user selectable YUV 4:2:0, 4:2:2 or... >>> |
| ES07 |
Eyestream 7 Codec |
>>> |
| ESCP |
ESCP |
Codec used by Eidos Technologies ESCAPE VideoStudio. >>> |
| ETV1 |
eTreppid Video Codec |
>>> |
| ETV2 |
eTreppid Video Codec |
>>> |
| ETVC |
ETVC |
>>> |
| FFV1 |
FFMPEG Codec |
A lossless video codec based on arithmetic coding developed in the open sourc... >>> |
| FLJP |
FLJP |
Field encoded motion JPEG with LSI bitstream format. Morgan Multimedia offers... >>> |
| FMP4 |
FFMpeg |
The default MPEG4 format used by tool mencoder. DirectShow filters suppo... >>> |
| FMVC |
FM Screen Capture Codec |
A codec intended for use in screen capture applications. >>> |
| FPS1 |
Fraps Codec |
Codec used by Fraps screen video capture application. >>> |
| FRWA |
Forward Motion JPEG with alpha channel |
A version of motion JPEG as used in the Forward project from SoftLab-Nsk. Thi... >>> |
| FRWD |
Forward Motion JPEG |
A version of motion JPEG as used in the Forward project from SoftLab-Nsk. Sim... >>> |
| FVF1 |
FVF1 |
>>> |
| GEOX |
GEOMPEG4 |
MPEG shipped as part of GeoVision's CCTV surveillance systems. >>> |
| GJPG |
GJPG |
Shipped as part of the driver package with some dgital cameras from Fuji. >>> |
| GLZW |
Motion LZW |
GIF-like codec written by gabest@freemail... >>> |
| GPEG |
Motion JPEG |
Motion JPEG codec written as a learning exercise by >>> |
| GWLT |
GWLT |
8bpp greyscale image. WLT apparently means "with lookup table" so i... >>> |
| H260 THROUGH H269 |
H260 THROUGH H269 |
Conferencing codecs H.263 format video is for POTS-based videoconferencing. U... >>> |
| HDYC |
Raw YUV 4:2:2 |
This is apparently identical to UYVY except that t... >>> |
| HEVC |
H.265/HEVC |
Brand new codec next geration codec. >>> |
| HFYU |
Huffman Lossless Codec |
Huffman codec for YUV and RGB formats. Available in source and DLL forms. Ful... >>> |
| HMCR |
HMCR |
Proprietary motion compensation surface format used by Rendition V2x00 Direct... >>> |
| HMRR |
HMRR |
Newer, proprietary motion compensation surface format used by Rendition drive... >>> |
| I263 |
ITU H.263 |
PictureWorks NetCard Player - another H.263 implementation from Intel. There'... >>> |
| ICLB |
ICLB |
>>> |
| IGOR |
IGOR |
>>> |
| IJPG |
IJPG |
Intergraph's version of a JPEG codec (don't you hate it when I just state the... >>> |
| ILVC |
ILVC |
>>> |
| ILVR |
ILVR |
>>> |
| IPDV |
Giga AVI DV Codec |
Codec used with I-O Data Device's IEEE1394 Digital Video Control & Captur... >>> |
| IR21 |
Indeo 2.1 |
Old Indeo codec >>> |
| IRAW |
IRAW |
No indication of the pixel format - sorry. >>> |
| ISME |
ISME |
May be installed by >>> |
| IV30 THROUGH IV39 |
Indeo 3 |
The family of Indeo Video 3 codecs originally developed by Intel but now hand... >>> |
| IV32 |
Indeo 3.2 |
Fairly widespread Indeo 3 codec >>> |
| IV40 THROUGH IV49 |
Indeo Interactive |
Indeo 4.1 improves image quality and introduces transparency masks. Ligos als... >>> |
| IV50 |
Indeo Interactive |
Version 5.0 of the Indeo codec series designed for internet video delivery. L... >>> |
| JBYR |
JBYR |
>>> |
| JPEG |
JPEG Still Image |
This is presumably exactly the same as "JPEG". >>> |
| JPGL |
JPEG Light? |
Proprietary format used by many WebCams which are built around the DIVIO NW 801/... >>> |
| KMVC |
KMVC |
Shipped as part of the game "Worms" by Team17 Software. Info is all... >>> |
| L261 |
L261 |
>>> |
| L263 |
LEAD H.263 |
LEAD tell me that "The LEAD H.263 codec is a high quality lossy interfra... >>> |
| LBYR |
LBYR |
Based on the naming, I would hazard a guess that this describes some Bayer im... >>> |
| LCMW |
LEAD MCMW Video Codec |
This is a wavelet-based codec. LEAD tell me "The MCMW Codec is designed ... >>> |
| LCW2 |
LEAD MJPEG2000 |
Codec saving standard JPEG2000 streams. LEAD has more info about it >>> |
| LEAD |
LEAD Video Codec |
LEAD tell me that this codec is now obsolete yet it seems that their " >>> |
| LGRY |
LGRY |
Supports 12 and 16bpp grayscale images with additional low and high range inf... >>> |
| LJ11 |
LEAD JPEG 4:1:1 |
Presumably a JPEG codec which encodes YUV in 4:1:1 format. This is supported ... >>> |
| LJ22 |
LEAD JPEG 4:2:2 |
Presumably a JPEG codec which encodes YUV in 4:2:2 format. This is supported ... >>> |
| LJ2K |
LEAD MJPEG 2000 |
LEAD tell me "the LEAD MJPEG2000 Video codec saves standard JPEG200... >>> |
| LJ44 |
LEAD JPEG 4:4:4 |
Presumably a JPEG codec which encodes YUV in 4:4:4 format. This is supported ... >>> |
| LJPG |
LEAD MJPEG Codec |
Supports color JPEG 4:1:1, 4:2:2, 4:4:4, grayscale JPEG 4:0:0) FOURCCs suppor... >>> |
| LMP2 |
LEAD MPEG-2 Video Codec |
LEAD's implementation of the MPEG-2 video compression standard. The codec lin... >>> |
| LMP4 |
LEAD MPEG-4 Video Codec |
An H.264 codec suporting Main and Base Profles and levels up to 3.2. LEAD off... >>> |
| LSVC |
LSVC |
Old version of the codec now identified as LSVX. >>> |
| LSVM |
LSVM |
Another old version of the codec now identified as LSVX.... >>> |
| LSVX |
Lightning Strike Video Codec |
Multi-bitrate decoder used in the eViewStreamX product. >>> |
| LZO1 |
Lempel-Ziv-Oberhumer Codec |
A fast, lossless codec available in source code format. >>> |
| M261 |
M261 |
Redmond's codec implementing the H.261 compression standard. >>> |
| M263 |
M263 |
Redmond's codec implementing the H.263 compression standard. >>> |
| M4CC M4CC |
M4CC M4CC |
>>> |
| M4S2 |
M4S2 |
Final fully-compliant ISO MPEG4 decoder, compliant to MPEG-4 version 2 simple... >>> |
| MC12 |
MC12 |
Proprietary format used by ATI in MPEG decoding. >>> |
| MCAM |
MCAM |
Proprietary format used by ATI in MPEG decoding. >>> |
| MJ2C |
Motion JPEG 2000 |
Motion JPEG 2000 >>> |
| MJPG |
Motion JPEG |
Motion JPEG video. Codecs implementing MJPEG are (or have been) available from >>> |
| MMES |
MMES |
Matrox MPEG-2 video elementary stream.MPEG-2 main profile or 4:2:2 profile cl... >>> |
| MP2A |
Eval download |
MPEG-2 Audio >>> |
| MP2T |
Eval download |
MPEG-2 Transport Stream >>> |
| MP2V |
Eval download |
MPEG-2 Video >>> |
| MP42 |
MPEG-4 |
Apparently one of several different and incompatible MPEG-4 codecs. Rumour has i... >>> |
| MP43 |
MP43 |
Yet another MPEG-4 variation from Microsoft. This FOURCC is not, however, lis... >>> |
| MP4A |
Eval download |
MPEG-4 Audio >>> |
| MP4S |
MP4S |
The first ISO standard codec for use with the Sharp digital camera implementi... >>> |
| MP4T |
Eval download |
MPEG-4 Transport Stream >>> |
| MP4V |
Eval download |
MPEG-4 Video. >>> |
| MPEG |
MPEG |
MPEG video - presumably MPEG I ? >>> |
| MPG4 |
MPG4 |
MPEG-4 Video High Speed Compressor. This codec was shipped with some versions... >>> |
| MPGI |
MPGI |
Editable MPEG codec >>> |
| MR16 |
MR16 |
>>> |
| MRCA |
MRCA |
And I thought it stood for "Multi Role Combat Aircraft". >>> |
| MRLE |
MRLE |
Run length encoded RGB format from Microsoft. Basically the same as the BI_RLE f... >>> |
| MSVC |
MSVC |
Original codec shipped with Video For Windows. Deals with 8bpp and 16bpp imag... >>> |
| MSZH |
AVImszh |
Kenji Oshima also developed a multi-threaded M3JPEG codec based on one by Mor... >>> |
| MTX1 THROUGH MTX9 |
MTX1 THROUGH MTX9 |
Apparently these are MJPG variations registered by Matrox consumer products g... >>> |
| MVI1 |
Motion Pixels MVI1 Codec |
Part of the Motion Pixels player. Install the player and the codec will becom... >>> |
| MVI2 |
Motion Pixels MVI2 Codec |
As for MVI1, this is part of the Motion Pixels player. >>> |
| MWV1 |
Aware Motion Wavelets |
Wavelet compression-based codec optimised for Intel MMX platforms. Codec file... >>> |
| NAVI |
NAVI |
>>> |
| NDSC |
NDSC |
Nero registered this with me recently but provided no information other than ... >>> |
| NDSM |
NDSM |
A contributor suggests that this codec is owned by Nero Digital and refe... >>> |
| NDSP |
NDSP |
Apparently an MPEG4 implementation of some description. >>> |
| NDSS |
NDSS |
A contributor suggests that this codec is owned by Nero Digital and refe... >>> |
| NDXC |
NDXC |
Presumably a variation of MPEG4 part 10/AVC. >>> |
| NDXH |
NDXH |
Presumably a variation of MPEG4 part 10/AVC. >>> |
| NDXP |
NDXP |
Presumably a variation of MPEG4 part 10/AVC. >>> |
| NDXS |
NDXS |
Presumably a variation of MPEG4 part 10/AVC. >>> |
| NHVU |
NHVU |
Apparently a texture format introduced for GEForce 3. >>> |
| NTN1 |
NTN1 |
>>> |
| NTN2 |
NTN2 |
An evolution of NTN1. >>> |
| NVDS |
NVDS |
>>> |
| NVHS |
NVHS |
Apparently a texture format introduced for GEForce 3. >>> |
| NVS0- NVS5 |
NVS0- NVS5 |
Supported by GEForce 2 GTS Pro / 64Mb DDR. Possibly a texture format. >>> |
| NVT0- NVT5 |
NVT0- NVT5 |
Supported by GEForce 2 GTS Pro / 64Mb DDR. Possibly a texture format. >>> |
| PDVC |
DVC codec |
DV codec for I-O DATA Digital Video Capture products. >>> |
| PGVV |
PGVV |
>>> |
| PHMO |
PHMO |
>>> |
| PIM1 |
PIM1 |
MPEG-1 based codec >>> |
| PIM2 |
PIM2 |
Pinnacle DC1000 firewire video editing card supports this format. >>> |
| PIMJ |
Pegasus Lossless JPEG |
High speed compression and decompression of 24-bit RGB and 8-bit grayscale us... >>> |
| PIXL |
Video XL |
This is apparently an alias for VIXL. You can find more ... >>> |
| PJPG |
PJPG |
Non-standard codec based on MJPEG. >>> |
| PVEZ |
PVEZ |
TrueMotion based codec (?) It appears that Horizons Technology has now been a... >>> |
| PVMM |
PVMM |
Software MPEG4 codec that supports multiple bitrate encoding/decoding. It is ... >>> |
| PVW2 |
Pegasus Wavelet 2000 Compression |
High speed compression and decompression of 24-bit RGB and 8-bit grayscale us... >>> |
| QPEG |
QPEG |
Q-Team Dr.Knabe's 8-bit output codec with automatic palette switching for sea... >>> |
| QPEQ |
QPEQ |
>>> |
| RGBT |
RGBT |
That's odd. I registered RGBT at the same time as a bunch of other FOURCCs an... >>> |
| RLE |
RLE |
I expect this is an equivalent to one of the the BI_RLEx FOURCCs (see the >>> |
| RLE4 |
RLE4 |
Equivalent to BI_RLE4. See RGB page for more details. >>> |
| RLE8 |
RLE8 |
Equivalent to BI_RLE8. See RGB page for more details. >>> |
| RMP4 |
RMP4 |
>>> |
| RPZA |
Apple Video |
RGB555 block-based codec used in Quicktime files. >>> |
| RT21 |
RT21 |
What Indeo was called before the marketing guys got their hands on it. RTV or... >>> |
| RV20 |
RV20 |
RealVideo G2 (6.0 and greater versions of the player and encoder) >>> |
| RV30 |
RV30 |
>>> |
| RV40 |
RV40 |
Apparently you need to install RealPlayer 10 to enable playback of any A... >>> |
| S422 |
VideoCap C210 |
YUV422 codec shipped as part of the driver package for Tekram's C210 product.... >>> |
| SAN3 |
SAN3 |
A direct copy of DivX 3.11a, apparently. If you use a FOURCC changer tool on ... >>> |
| SDCC |
SDCC |
>>> |
| SEDG |
SEDG |
MPEG-4 hardware and software codec used in Samsung digital video products. >>> |
| SFMC |
Surface Fitting Method |
CrystalGram video email codec. >>> |
| SMP4 |
SMP4 |
Codec used by Samsung VP-ms15 Digicam. This appears to be a DIVX clone since ... >>> |
| SMSC |
SMSC |
>>> |
| SMSD |
SMSD |
>>> |
| SMSV |
SMSV |
Windows 95 codec installed automatically (and without warning) whenever you r... >>> |
| SP40 |
SP40 |
Appears to be an uncompressed YUV format of some kind but I have no info... >>> |
| SP44 |
SP44 |
Presumably a precursor to SP54? >>> |
| SP54 |
SP54 |
Apparently a form of MJPEG but with some header or other missing. Software shipp... >>> |
| SPIG |
SPIG |
>>> |
| SQZ2 |
SQZ2 |
>>> |
| STVA |
STVA |
Data from ST CMOS Imagers that is passed to a codec external to the driver fo... >>> |
| STVB |
STVB |
Data from ST CMOS Imagers that is passed to a codec external to the driver&nb... >>> |
| STVC |
STVC |
Data from ST CMOS Imagers that is passed to a codec external to the driver ... >>> |
| STVX |
STVX |
Data from ST CMOS Imagers that is passed to a codec external to the driver ... >>> |
| STVY |
STVY |
Data from ST CMOS Imagers that is passed to a codec external to the driver fo... >>> |
| SV10 |
Video R1 |
Allegedly popular as a Quicktime codec. Used for trailer videos on Star Wars ... >>> |
| SVQ1 |
Sorenson Video 1 |
Hierarchicial adaptive multistage vector quantizer with mean removal and inte... >>> |
| SVQ3 |
SVQ3 |
Video codec used in Quicktime files. A variant of H.264 >>> |
| TLMS |
TLMS |
>>> |
| TLST |
TLST |
>>> |
| TM20 |
TM20 |
Version 2.0 of Duck Corp's Truemotion codec. I'm told this codec is available... >>> |
| TM2X |
TM2X |
Duck Corp's follow-on codec after TM20. >>> |
| TMIC |
TMIC |
>>> |
| TMOT |
TMOT |
Another FOURCC for TrueMotion S. This relates to the version of the codec lic... >>> |
| TR20 |
TrueMotion RT 2.0 |
Realtime version of TrueMotion. >>> |
| TSCC |
TechSmith Screen Capture Codec |
Codec used by the Camtasia Screen "camcorder" application. >>> |
| TV10 |
TV10 |
>>> |
| TVJP |
TVJP |
Used by the Targa 2000 board. >>> |
| TVMJ |
TVMJ |
Used by the Targa 2000 board. Morgan Multimedia offers a >>> |
| TY0N |
TY0N |
>>> |
| TY2C |
TY2C |
>>> |
| TY2N |
TY2N |
>>> |
| UCOD |
ClearVideo |
Fractal compression-based video codec available as a Video for Windows codec ... >>> |
| ULTI |
Ultimotion |
Shipped with OS/2 but also available for Video for Windows. Link is to a very... >>> |
| V210 |
V210 |
Uncompressed format supported by AJA Video Systems Xena adapter. >>> |
| V261 |
V261 |
>>> |
| V655 |
V655 |
Component ordering and packing unknown. Can you help? >>> |
| VCR1 |
VCR1 |
Codec used by some ATI TV-PC products. >>> |
| VCR2 |
VCR2 |
Codec used by some ATI TV-PC products. >>> |
| VCR3-9 |
VCR3-9 |
Registered for ATI Video Codecs version 3-9. I'm not sure these actually exis... >>> |
| VDCT |
VDCT |
16bpp format - no information on colour space, packing or component ordering.... >>> |
| VDOM |
VDOM |
Another streaming video format from VDONet. >>> |
| VDOW |
VDOW |
H.263 internet streaming video format. Allegedly to be used (being used ?) by... >>> |
| VDTZ |
VideoTizer YUV Codec |
Codec used to store YUV AVIs captured with Darim Vision's VideoTizer product.... >>> |
| VGPX |
VideoGramPix |
Alaris VGPixel 32-bit AVI compression driver. It seems that this codec is ins... >>> |
| VIDS |
VIDS |
YUV 4:2:2 CCIR 601 for V422 (no, I don't understand this either) >>> |
| VIFP |
VFAPI Codec |
Take a look at http://www.doom... >>> |
| VIVO |
VIVO |
Vivo's version of the videoconferencing "standard" H.263 compressio... >>> |
| VIXL |
VIXL |
Used my MiroVideo products such as the DC10, DC20, DC30, etc. A motion JPEG f... >>> |
| VLV1 |
VLV1 |
Codec probably used in VideoLogic's Captivator product line >>> |
| VP30 |
VP30 |
On2 tell me "On2's VP3 codec will encode video into a VP3 file in multip... >>> |
| VP31 |
VP31 |
The successor to VP30. This algorithm was open sourced by On2 in 2001-2002 an... >>> |
| VP40 |
VP40 |
Another in On2/Duck's line of video codecs. >>> |
| VP50 |
VP50 |
..and another >>> |
| VP60 |
VP60 |
..and another >>> |
| VP61 |
VP61 |
..I can feel a pattern developing. >>> |
| VP62 |
VP62 |
..I wonder which one will be next? >>> |
| VP70 |
VP70 |
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| VP80 |
VP80 |
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| VQC1 |
VQC1 |
Digital video camera codec. ViewQuest offer lots of driver downloads on thei... >>> |
| VQC2 |
VQC2 |
Codec apparently used in Kodak DVC325 digital camera. Check the ViewQuest sit... >>> |
| VQJC |
VQJC |
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| VSSV |
VSS Video |
Real-time or near-real-time encoding with high compression ratios and good im... >>> |
| VUUU |
VUUU |
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| VX1K |
VX1K |
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| VX2K |
VX2K |
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| VXSP |
VXSP |
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| VYU9 |
ATI YUV |
Planar YUV format supported by some ATI capture systems? >>> |
| VYUY |
ATI YUV |
Packed YUV format supported by some ATI capture systems? >>> |
| WBVC |
WBVC |
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| WHAM |
WHAM |
Yet another FOURCC describing Microsoft's MSVC/CRAM codec. >>> |
| WINX |
Winnov Software Compression |
Software codec used by some Winnov Videum products. >>> |
| WJPG |
Winbond JPEG |
Format supported by AverMedia USB TV-tuner/capture device. >>> |
| WMV1 |
WMV1 |
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| WMV2 |
WMV2 |
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| WMV3 |
Windows Media Video 9 |
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| WMVA |
WMVA |
The codec originally submitted for consideration as SMPTE VC1. This is not VC... >>> |
| WNV1 |
Winnov Hardware Compression |
Hardware codec used by Winnov Videum products. >>> |
| WVC1 |
WVC1 |
Microsoft's implementation of the SMPTE VC1 codec. >>> |
| X263 |
X263 |
Another H.263 codec. This one is apparently used by an IBM-branded webcam. >>> |
| X264 |
H.264 |
This FOURCC was originally registered by a company called XiWave but the... >>> |
| XLV0 |
XLV0 |
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| XMPG |
XMPG |
Editable (I frame only) MPEG codec >>> |
| XVID |
XVID MPEG-4 |
Codec is available in source form from XVID web site. Can also be downloaded as ... >>> |
| XWV0-XWV9 |
XWV0-XWV9 |
XWV3 is currently used to describe Xi-3 Video. Others are unused. >>> |
| XXAN |
XXAN |
Codec useing Huffman and RLE encoding paired with basic interframing. This forma... >>> |
| Y16 |
16bpp Grayscale Video |
A simple, uncompressed format for recording 16bpp grayscale images. >>> |
| Y411 |
Y411 |
Supposedly 16bpp packed but 4:1:1 is usually 12bpp - odd. This is an uncompre... >>> |
| Y41P |
Brooktree YUV 4:1:1 |
This is an uncompressed YUV 411 format I registered about 7 years ago. I've s... >>> |
| Y444 |
Y444 |
Format provided by the Windows 2000 drivers for the iRez Stealth Fire ca... >>> |
| Y8 |
Y8 |
Probably a duplicate of the uncompressed Y800 for... >>> |
| YC12 |
YC12 |
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| YUV8 |
YUV8 |
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| YUV9 |
YUV9 Raw Format |
An uncompressed YUV format used by Intel Indeo video products. >>> |
| YUVP |
YUVP |
An uncompressed YCrCb 4:2:2 format using 10-bit precision components ordered ... >>> |
| YUY2 |
YUY2 |
Yes, I know this isn't a compressed format but I get so many questions about ... >>> |
| YUYV |
YUYV |
Compressed YUV format. >>> |
| YV12 |
YUV 4:2:0 Planar |
Uncompressed format commonly used in MPEG video processing. You can find more... >>> |
| YV16 |
YV16 |
Uncompressed format similar to YV12 but with twice the chroma resolution. >>> |
| YV92 |
YV92 |
Codec used by Intel's Smart Video Recorder product. Apparently a compresssed... >>> |
| ZLIB |
ZLIB |
A generic lossless codec. Apparently also contains the MSZH >>> |
| ZMBV |
The DoxBox Project |
A codec using ZLIB compression which is used to capture screen information. >>> |
| ZPEG |
ZPEG |
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| ZYGO |
ZyGoVideo |
Video codec usually packaged in Quicktime files. Investigations suggest that ... >>> |
| ZYYY |
ZYYY |
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