codec information appliance

Supported Video Codecs (v2.70a)
4CC Codec Description Vendor / Source / Notes
     
1978 A.M.Paredes predictor (LossLess) A.M.Paredes
_BIT BI_BITFIELDS (Raw RGB) * No codec needed
_JPG BI_JPEG JPEG compressed Joint Photo Experts Group
_PNG BI_PNG PNG compressed W3C/ISO/IEC (RFC-2083)
_RAW Full Frames (Uncompressed) N.A.
_RGB BI_RGB Raw Bitmap * No codec needed
_RL4 BI_RLE4 (RLE 4bpp RGB) * No codec needed
_RL8 BI_RLE8 (RLE 8bpp RGB) * No codec needed
2VUY Optibase VideoPump 8-bit 4:2:2 Component Y'CbCr Optibase
3IV0 MPEG4-based codec 3ivx 3ivx
3IV1 3ivx (MPEG4-based) 3ivx
3IV2 3ivx (MPEG4-based) 3ivx
3IVD 3ivx DivX Doctored 3ivx
3IVX 3ivx (MPEG4-based) 3ivx
3VID 3ivx (MPEG4-based) 3ivx
8BPS Planar RGB w/alpha Apple
AAS4 Autodesk Animator codec (RLE) Autodesk
AASC Autodesk Animator codec Autodesk
ABYR Kensington Kensington
ACTL Streambox ACT-L2 Streambox
ADV1 Loronix WaveCodec (used in various CCTV products) Loronix
ADVJ Avid M-JPEG Avid Technology Also known as AVRn Avid Technology, Inc
AEIK Intel Indeo Video 3.2 (Vector Quantization) Intel
AEMI Array VideoONE MPEG1-I Capture Array Microsystems
AFLC Autodesk Animator codec Autodesk
AFLI Autodesk Animator codec Autodesk
AHDV CineForm 10-bit Visually Perfect HD (Wavelet) CineForm
AJPG 22fps JPEG-based codec for digital cameras JPEG
ALAC Apple lossless audio Apple
ALPH Not specified. Ziracom Digital Communications Inc.
AMPG Array VideoONE MPEG Array Microsystems
AMR  AMR Speech Codec 3GPP.org
ANIM Intel RDX Intel
AP41 AngelPotion Definitive AngelPotion
AP42 AngelPotion Definitive (hack MS MP43) AngelPotion
ASLC AlparySoft Lossless Codec AlparySoft
ASV1 Asus Video Asus
ASV2 Asus Video (2) Asus
ASVX Asus Video 2.0 Asus
ATM4 Ahead Nero Digital MPEG-4 Codec Nero
AUR2 AuraVision Aura 2: YUV 422 AuraVision Corporation
AURA AuraVision Aura 1: YUV 411 AuraVision Corporation
AUVX AUVX video codec. USH GmbH
AV1X Avid 1:1x (Quick Time) Avid Technology, Inc
AVC1 H.264/MPEG-4 AVC ITU-T/ISO/IEC 
AVD1 Avid DV (Quick Time) Avid Technology, Inc
AVDJ Independent JPEG Group's codec JPEG
AVDN Avid DNxHD (Quick Time) Avid Technology, Inc
AVDV Avid DV Avid Technology, Inc
AVI1 MainConcept Motion JPEG Codec MainConcept
AVI2 MainConcept Motion JPEG Codec MainConcept
AVID Avid Motion JPEG Avid Technology, Inc
AVIS Wrapper for AviSynth (Dummy codec) Avid Technology, Inc
AVMP Avid IMX (Quick Time) Avid Technology, Inc
AVR  Avid ABVB/NuVista MJPEG w/alpha Avid Technology, Inc
AVRN Independent JPEG Group's codec JPEG
AVUI Avid Meridien Uncompressed w/alpha Avid Technology, Inc
AVUP Avid 10bit Packed (Quick Time) Avid Technology, Inc
AYUV 4:4:4 YUV format *No codec needed
AZPR Apple QuickTime Apple
AZRP Apple QuickTime Apple
BGR  Raw RGB32 * No codec needed
BHIV BeHere iVideo BeHere
BINK Bink Video RAD Game Tools
BIT  BI_BITFIELDS (Raw RGB) * No codec needed
BITM Microsoft H.261 Microsoft
BLOX Jan Jezabek BLOX MPEG Codec Jan Jezabek
BLZ0 MPEG-4 Blizzard Entertainment 
BMV1 MicroFirst Bitmap Video MicroFirst, Inc.
BT20 Prosumer Video Conexant
BTCV Composite Video Codec Conexant
BTVC Conexant Composite Video Conexant
BW00 BergWave (Wavelet) bergos.org
BW10 Broadway MPEG Capture/Compression Data Translation
BXBG BOXX BGR Boxx Technologies
BXRG BOXX RGB Boxx Technologies
BXY2 BOXX 10-bit YUV Boxx Technologies
BXYV BOXX YUV Boxx Technologies
CC12 YUV12 Codec Intel
CDV5 Canopus SD50/DVHD Canopus
CDVC Canopus DV Codec Canopus
CDVH Canopus SD50/DVHD Canopus
CFCC DPS Perception Digital Processing Systems
CFHD CineForm 10-bit Visually Perfect HD (Wavelet) CineForm
CGDI Camcorder Video Microsoft
CHAM MM_WINNOV_CAVIARA_CHAMPAGNE Winnov, Inc.
CJPG WebCam JPEG Creative Labs
CLJR Cirrus Logic YUV 4:1:1 Cirrus
CLLC Canopus LossLess Canopus
CLPL Format similar to YV12 but including a level of indirection. ?
CM10 MediaShow 1.0. CyberLink Corporation
CMYK Common Data Format in Printing Colorgraph (UK)
COL0 FFmpeg DivX ;-) (MS MPEG-4 v3) FFmpeg Project
COL1 FFmpeg DivX ;-) (MS MPEG-4 v3) FFmpeg Project
CPLA YUV 4:2:0 Weitek
CRAM Microsoft Video 1 * No codec needed
CSCD RenderSoft CamStudio lossless Codec (LZO & GZIP compression) RenderSoft
CT10 TalkingShow 1.0. CyberLink Corporation
CTRX Citrix Scalable Video Codec Citrix
CUVC Canopus HQ Canopus
CVID Cinepak by Supermac Supermac
CWLT Microsoft Color WLT DIB Microsoft
CYUV Creative Labs YUV Creative Labs, Inc.
CYUY ATI Proprietary YUV compression ATI Technologies
D261 H.261 ITU-T
D263 H.263 ITU-T
DAVC Dicas MPEGable H.264/MPEG-4 AVC base profile codec Dicas
DC25 MainConcept ProDV Codec MainConcept
DCAP Pinnacle DV25 Codec Pinnacle
DCL1 Data Connection Conferencing Codec Data Connection Ltd
DCT0 WniWni Codec ?
DFSC DebugMode FrameServer VFW Codec ?
DIB  Device Indep Bitmap * No codec needed
DIV1 Microsoft MPEG-4 v1 Microsoft
DIV2 Microsoft MPEG-4 v2 Microsoft
DIV3 DivX 3 Low-Motion hacked MS
DIV4 DivX 3 Fast-Motion hacked MS
DIV5 DivX 5.x/6.x DivX
DIV6 DivX ;-) (MS MPEG-4 v3) hacked MS?
DIVX DivX 4 (OpenDivX) Project Mayo
DJPG Broadway 101 Motion JPEG codec. Data Translation, Inc.
DM4V Dicas MPEGable MPEG-4 Dicas
DMB1 Matrox MJPG for RainbowRunner Matrox
DMB2 Matrox MJPG for RainbowRunner Matrox
DMK2 ViewSonic V36 PDA Video ViewSonic
DP02 DynaPel MPEG-4 DynaPel
DP16 YUV411 with DPCM 6-bit compression. Matsushita
DP18 YUV411 with DPCM 8-bit compression. Matsushita
DP26 YUV422 with DPCM 6-bit compression. Matsushita
DP28 YUV422 with DPCM 8-bit compression. Matsushita
DP96 YVU9 with DPCM 6-bit compression. Matsushita
DP98 YVU9 with DPCM 8-bit compression. Matsushita
DP9L YVU9 with DPCM 6-bit compression and thinned-out. Matsushita
DPS0 DPS Reality Motion JPEG DPS/Leitch
DPSC DPS PAR Motion JPEG DPS/Leitch
DRMI iPod DRM Protected Apple
DRWX Pinnacle DV25 Codec Apple
DSVD DV Codec Pinnacle
DTMT Media-100 Codec Media 100
DTNT Media-100 Codec Media 100
DUCK TrueMotion S Duck Corporation
DV10 BlueFish444 (lossless RGBA, YUV 10-bit) Bluefish444
DV25 Matrox DVCPRO codec Matrox
DV50 Matrox DVCPRO50 codec Matrox
DVAN Pinnacle miroVideo DV300 SW codec Pinnacle / Avid
DVC  DVC/DV Video IEC 61834 and SMPTE 314M
DVCP DVC/DV Video IEC 61834 and SMPTE 314M
DVCS MainConcept DV Codec MainConcept
DVE2 DVE-2 Videoconferencing Codec InSoft
DVH1 Pinnacle DVHD100 Pinnacle
DVHD DV 1125 lines at 30.00 Hz or 1250 lines at 25.00 Hz IEC Standard
DVIS VSYNC DualMoon Iris DV codec VSYNC
DVL  Radius SoftDV 16:9 NTSC Radius / Cinepak
DVLP Radius SoftDV 16:9 PAL Radius / Cinepak
DVMA Darim Vision DVMPEG (dummy for MPEG compressor) Darim Vision Co., Ltd.
DVNM Not specified. Matsushita
DVOR BlueFish444 (lossless RGBA, YUV 10-bit) Bluefish444
DVPN Apple QT DV (NTSC) Apple
DVPP Apple QT DV (PAL) Apple
DVR1 TARGA2000 Codec Pinnacle
DVRS VSYNC DualMoon Iris DV codec VSYNC
DVSD DVC/DV Video IEC 61834 and SMPTE 314M
DVSL DV compressed in SD (SDL) IEC Standard
DVX1 DVX1000SP Video Decoder Lucent
DVX2 DVX2000S Video Decoder Lucent
DVX3 DVX3000S Video Decoder Lucent
DX50 DivX 5.x/6.x divx.com
DXGM Electronic Arts Game Video codec Electronic Arts
DXRE DivX Subtitle Codec DivX
DXSB DivX Subtitle Codec DivX
DXT0 Reserved. Microsoft
DXT1 DirectX Texture Compression Format 1 Microsoft 
DXT2 DirectX Texture Compression Format 2 Microsoft 
DXT3 DirectX Texture Compression Format 3 Microsoft 
DXT4 DirectX Texture Compression Format 4 Microsoft 
DXT5 DirectX Texture Compression Format 5 Microsoft 
DXT6 Reserved. Microsoft
DXT7 Reserved. Microsoft
DXT8 Reserved. Microsoft
DXT9 Reserved. Microsoft
DXTA Reserved. Microsoft
DXTB Reserved. Microsoft
DXTC DirectX Texture Compression Microsoft
DXTD Reserved. Microsoft
DXTE Reserved. Microsoft
DXTF Reserved. Microsoft
DXTG Reserved. Microsoft
DXTH Reserved. Microsoft
DXTI Reserved. Microsoft
DXTJ Reserved. Microsoft
DXTK Reserved. Microsoft
DXTL Reserved. Microsoft
DXTM Reserved. Microsoft
DXTN DirectX Compressed Texture Microsoft
DXTO Reserved. Microsoft
DXTP Reserved. Microsoft
DXTQ Reserved. Microsoft
DXTR Reserved. Microsoft
DXTS Reserved. Microsoft
DXTT Reserved. Microsoft
DXTU Reserved. Microsoft
DXTV Reserved. Microsoft
DXTW Reserved. Microsoft
DXTX Reserved. Microsoft
DXTY Reserved. Microsoft
DXTZ Reserved. Microsoft
EKQ0 related to Elsa Graphics cards Else Graphics
ELK0 related to Elsa Graphics cards Elsa Graphics
EM2V Etymonix MPEG-2 I-frame Etymonix
EMWC EverAd Marquee WMA codec. EverAd, Inc.
ENCA ISMA Encrypted/Protected audio ~ISOMP4
ENCV ISMA Encrypted/Protected video ~ISOMP4
EQK0 Elsa graphics card quick codec Elsa
ESCP Escape Eidos Technologies
ETV1 eTreppid Video Codec eTreppid Technologies
ETV2 eTreppid Video Codec eTreppid Technologies
ETVC eTreppid Video Codec eTreppid Technologies
FFDS ffds Lossless Video FFmpeg
FFV1 ffds Lossless Video FFmpeg
FFVH FFmpeg Lossless HuffYUV (open source) FFmpeg
FLIC Autodesk FLI/FLC Animation http://www.autodesk.com
FLJP Field Encoded Motion JPEG D-Vision
FLV1 Flash Sorenson Video Sorenson Media
FLV4 Flash VP6 On2 Technologies
FMJP D-Vision fieldbased ISO MJPEG D-Vision
FMP4 FFmpeg/ffdshow ISO MPEG-4 FFmpeg/ffdshow (open source)
FPS1 FRAPS Codec beepa
FRLE SoftLab-NSK Y16 + Alpha RLE SoftLab-Nsk
FRWA Forward Motion JPEG w/alpha SoftLab-Nsk
FRWD Forward Motion JPEG SoftLab-Nsk
FRWT Darim Vision Forward Motion JPEG Darim Vision Co., Ltd.
FRWU Darim Vision Forward Uncompressed Darim Vision Co., Ltd.
FSV1 FFmpeg Flash Screen video ffmpeg (open source)
FVF1 Fractal Video Frame Iterated Systems, Inc.
FVFW ff MPEG-4 based on XviD codec FFmpeg
FXT1 Not specified. 3dfx Interactive, Inc.
G2M2 GoToMeeting/GoToWebinar Codec v2.x Citrix Systems, Inc.
G2M3 GoToMeeting/GoToWebinar Codec v3.x Citrix Systems, Inc.
G726 ITU-T Recommendation G.726 (1990) ~ISOMP4
GEPJ Motion JPEG Codec White Pine (ex Paradigm Matrix)
GJPG GrandTech GT891x Codec GrandTech
GLCC GigaLink AV Capture codec GigaLink
GLZW Motion LZW Gabest
GPEG Motion JPEG Gabest
GPJM Pinnacle ReelTime MJPEG Codec Pinnacle
GREY Apparently a duplicate of Y800 * No codec needed
GWLT Microsoft Greyscale WLT DIB Microsoft
GXVE SoftMedia ViVD V2 SoftMedia
H260 H.260 ITU-T 
H261 H.261 ITU-T 
H262 H.262 ITU-T 
H263 H.263 ITU-T 
H264 H.264/MPEG-4 AVC ITU-T/ISO/IEC 
H265 Intel ITU H.265 ITU-T
H266 Intel ITU H.266 ITU-T
H267 Intel ITU H.267 ITU-T
H268 Intel ITU H.268 ITU-T
H269 Intel ITU H.263 for POTS-based videoconferencing ITU-T
HD10 BlueFish444 (lossless RGBA, YUV 10-bit) ITU-T
HDX4 HDX4 MPEG-4 Codec JOMIGO GmbH.
HFYU Huffyuv Lossless Codec Open Source
HM12 Hauppauge PVR 250/350 MB-YUV Format Hauppauge
HMCR Rendition Motion Compensation Format Rendition
HMRR Rendition Motion Compensation Format Rendition
I263 H.263 ITU-T
I420 RAW I420 *No Decoder Needed
IAN  Intel RDX. Intel Corporation
ICLB CellB Videoconferencing Codec InSoft
ICOD Apple Intermediate Codec (Final Cut, etc.) Apple, Inc.
IDM0 IDM Motion Wavelets 2.0 Independent Digital Media
IF09 Indeo YVU9 (YVU9 with additional delta-frame info after the U plane) *No codec needed
IFO9 Intel intermediate YUV9. Intel Corporation
IGOR Power DVD ?
IJPG Intergraph JPEG Intergraph
ILVC Layered Video Intel
ILVR H.263 ITU-T
IMAC Intel hardware motion compensation. Intel Corporation
IMC1 As YV12, except the U and V planes have same stride as the Y plane ?
IMC2 Similar to IMC1, w/ U and V lines interleaved at half stride boundaries ?
IMC3 As IMC1, except that U and V are swapped ?
IMC4 As IMC2, except that U and V are swapped ?
IMG  Apple RGB Apple
IMJG Accom SphereOUS MJPEG with Alpha-channel Accom
IPDV Giga AVI DV Codec I-O Data Device, Inc.
IPJ2 Image Power JPEG2000 Image Power, Inc
IR21 Indeo 2.1 Ligos / Indeo / Intel
IRAW Intel YUV Uncompressed Intel
ISME Intel's next-generation video codec. Intel Corporation
IUYV Interlaced version of UYVY http://www.leadtools.com/
IV30 Indeo 3.x Ligos / Indeo / Intel
IV31 Indeo 3.x Ligos / Indeo / Intel
IV32 Indeo 3.x Ligos / Indeo / Intel
IV33 Indeo 3.x Ligos / Indeo / Intel
IV34 Indeo 3.x Ligos / Indeo / Intel
IV35 Indeo 3.x Ligos / Indeo / Intel
IV36 Indeo 3.x Ligos / Indeo / Intel
IV37 Indeo 3.x Ligos / Indeo / Intel
IV38 Indeo 3.x Ligos / Indeo / Intel
IV39 Indeo 3.x Ligos / Indeo / Intel
IV40 Indeo 4.x Ligos / Indeo / Intel
IV41 Indeo 4.x Ligos / Indeo / Intel
IV42 Indeo 4.x Ligos / Indeo / Intel
IV43 Indeo 4.x Ligos / Indeo / Intel
IV44 Indeo 4.x Ligos / Indeo / Intel
IV45 Indeo 4.x Ligos / Indeo / Intel
IV46 Indeo 4.x Ligos / Indeo / Intel
IV47 Indeo 4.x Ligos / Indeo / Intel
IV48 Indeo 4.x Ligos / Indeo / Intel
IV49 Indeo 4.x Ligos / Indeo / Intel
IV50 Indeo 5.x Ligos / Indeo / Intel
IY41 Interlaced version of Y41P LEAD Multimedia
IYU1 12 bit format used in mode 2 of the IEEE 1394 1.04 spec IEEE standard
IYU2 24 bit format used in mode 2 of the IEEE 1394 1.04 spec IEEE standard
IYUV Planar YUV format (8-bpp Y plane, 8-bpp U and V planes) *No codec needed
JBYR Kensington Codec Kensington
JFIF JPEG File Interchange Format JPEG
JPEG Still Image JPEG DIB Microsoft 
JPG  JPEG compressed -
JPGL Pegasus Lossless Motion JPEG http://www.jpg.com/
KMVC Karl Morton's Video Codec (presumably) Team17 Software
KPCD Kodak Photo CD Kodak
L261 LEAD H.261 LEAD Multimedia
L263 LEAD H.263 LEAD Multimedia
L264 LEAD H.264 LEAD Multimedia
LAGS Lagarith Lossless Ben Greenwood
LBYR Creative WebCam Creative Labs, Inc.
LCMW LEAD Motion CMW Codec LEAD Multimedia
LCW2 LEAD MCMW 9Motion Wavelet LEAD Multimedia
LEAD LEAD Video Codec LEAD Multimedia
LGRY LEAD Grayscale Image LEAD Multimedia
LIA1 Liafail Liafail, Inc.
LJ2K LEADTools JPEG2000 LEAD Multimedia
LJPG LEAD MJPEG Codec LEAD Multimedia
LMP2 LEADTools MPEG2 LEAD Multimedia
LMRT Liquid Motion Runtime Control Microsoft
LOCO LOCO Lossless Codec -
LSCR LEAD Screen Capture LEAD
LSV0 Reserved. Infinop Inc.
LSVC Lightning Strike Video Codec ESPRE Solutions
LSVM Lightning Strike Video Codec ESPRE Solutions
LSVW Lightning Strike multi-bitrate Infinop Inc.
LSVX Lightning Strike Video Codec ESPRE Solutions
LX63 LEAD H263 Codec LEAD Multimedia
LZO1 LZO (oberhumer lossless) oberhumer.com
M101 Uncompressed field-based YUY2. Matrox Electronic Systems, Ltd.
M261 H.261 Microsoft 
M263 H.263 Microsoft 
M4CC ESS MPEG4 Divio codec ESS Technology
M4S2 Compliant MPEG-4 v2 Simple Profile Microsoft
MC12 Motion Compensation Format ATI Technologies
MC24 MainConcept Motion JPEG MainConcept
MCAM Motion Compensation Format ATI Technologies
MCZM Theory MicroCosm Lossless 64bit RGB w/alpha Red Giant Software
MDVD Alex MicroDVD Video (hacked MS MPEG-4) http://www.tiasoft.de/
MDVF Pinnacle DV/DV50/DVHD100 Pinnacle
MHFY A.M.Paredes mhuffyYUV (LossLess) ?
MJ2C Morgan Multimedia JPEG 2000 Morgan Multimedia
MJP2 Motion JPEG 2000 ISO
MJPA Morgan Motion JPEG Codec Morgan Multimedia
MJPB Morgan Motion JPEG Codec Morgan Multimedia
MJPG Motion JPEG JPEG
MJPX Pegasus PICVideo Motion JPEG Pegasus
ML20 Mimic MSN Messenger Webcam Logitech/Microsoft
MMES Matrox MPEG-2 I-frame Matrox
MMIF Matrox MPEG-2 elementary I-frame-only video stream. Matrox Electronic Systems, Ltd.
MNVD MindBend MindVid LossLess MindBend Software
MP2A Media Excel MPEG-2 Audio Media Excel
MP2T Media Excel MPEG-2 Transport Stream Media Excel
MP2V S-Mpeg 4 version 1 Microsoft
MP41 Microsoft MPEG-4 V1 (enhanced H263) Microsoft
MP42 S-Mpeg 4 version 2 Microsoft
MP43 S-Mpeg 4 version 3 Microsoft
MP4A MPEG-4 Audio ~ISOMP4
MP4S ISO MPEG-4 Video V1 Microsoft
MP4T Media Excel MPEG-4 Transport Stream -
MP4V MPEG-4 Video ~ISOMP4
MPEG MPEG-1 Chromatic Research
MPG1 FFmpeg MPEG 1/2 FFmpeg
MPG2 FFmpeg MPEG 1/2 FFmpeg
MPG3 MS MPEG-4 v3 Microsoft
MPG4 MS MPEG-4 v1 Microsoft 
MPGI MPEG Sigma Designs
MPNG PNG images decoder ?
MRCA Mrcodec FAST Multimedia
MRLE Run Length Encoding Microsoft 
MSS1 Windows Media 7 Screen Video Microsoft
MSS2 Windows Media 9 Screen Video Microsoft
MSUC MSU LossLess Moscow State University
MSUD MSU LossLess Moscow State University
MSV1 Microsoft Video 1 * No codec needed
MSVC Video 1 Microsoft 
MSZH avimszh (lossless, ZLIB) S&K LCL (Lossless Codec Library)
MTGA Motion TGA images (24, 32 bpp) -
MTX1 Matrox, possibly a texture format Matrox
MTX2 Matrox, possibly a texture format Matrox
MTX3 Matrox, possibly a texture format Matrox
MTX4 Matrox, possibly a texture format Matrox
MTX5 Matrox, possibly a texture format Matrox
MTX6 Matrox, possibly a texture format Matrox
MTX7 Matrox, possibly a texture format Matrox
MTX8 Matrox, possibly a texture format Matrox
MTX9 Matrox, possibly a texture format Matrox
MV10 Nokia MVC video codec. Nokia Mobile Phones
MV11 Nokia MVC video codec. Nokia Mobile Phones
MV12 Motion Pixels Codec (old) Motion Pixels
MV99 Nokia MVC video codec. Nokia Mobile Phones
MVC1 Nokia MVC video codec. Nokia Mobile Phones
MVC2 Nokia MVC video codec. Nokia Mobile Phones
MVC9 Nokia MVC video codec. Nokia Mobile Phones
MVI1 Motion Pixels MVI Sirius Publishing
MVI2 Motion Pixels MVI Sirius Publishing
MWV1 Aware Motion Wavelets Aware Inc.
MYUV Media-100 844/X Uncompressed Media 100
NAVI SMR Codec (hack of Microsoft Mpeg-4) hacked MS
NDIG Ahead Nero Digital MPEG-4 Codec Nero
NHVU NVidia Texture Format (GEForce 3) NVidia
NO16 Theory None16 64bit uncompressed RAW Theory LLC
NT00 NewTek LightWave HDTV YUV with Alpha-channel http://www.newtek.com/
NTN1 Video Compression 1 Nogatech
NTN2 Nogatech Video Compression 2 (GrabBee hardware coder) Nogatech
NUV1 NuppelVideo (RTjpeg2.0) MythTV
NV11 8-bit 4:1:1 YUV *No Decoder Needed
NV12 8-bit Y plane 2x2 subsampling *No Decoder Needed
NV21 As NV12 with U and V reversed *No Decoder Needed
NVDS nVidia Texture Format Nvidia
NVHS NVidia Texture Format (GEForce 3) Nvidia
NVHU Not specified. NVIDIA Corporation
NVS0 Nvidia, probably a texture format NVIDIA Corporation
NVS1 Nvidia, probably a texture format NVIDIA Corporation
NVS2 Nvidia, probably a texture format NVIDIA Corporation
NVS3 Nvidia, probably a texture format NVIDIA Corporation
NVS4 Nvidia, probably a texture format NVIDIA Corporation
NVS5 Nvidia, probably a texture format NVIDIA Corporation
NVS6 Not specified. NVIDIA Corporation
NVS7 Not specified. NVIDIA Corporation
NVS8 Not specified. NVIDIA Corporation
NVS9 Not specified. NVIDIA Corporation
NVT0 Nvidia, probably a texture format NVIDIA Corporation
NVT1 Nvidia, probably a texture format NVIDIA Corporation
NVT2 Nvidia, probably a texture format NVIDIA Corporation
NVT3 Nvidia, probably a texture format NVIDIA Corporation
NVT4 Nvidia, probably a texture format NVIDIA Corporation
NVT5 Nvidia, probably a texture format NVIDIA Corporation
NVT6 Not specified. NVIDIA Corporation
NVT7 Not specified. NVIDIA Corporation
NVT8 Not specified. NVIDIA Corporation
NVT9 Not specified. NVIDIA Corporation
NY12 Nogatech YUV 12 format. Nogatech Ltd.
NYUV Nogatech YUV 422 format. Nogatech Ltd.
OSIL LEAD ISO DeMuxer LEAD Multimedia
PCL2 Pinnacle RL video codec. Pinnacle / Avid
PCLE Studio 400 video codec. Pinnacle / Avid
PDVC DVC codec I-O Data Device, Inc.
PGVV Radius Video Vision Radius
PHMO Photomotion IBM Corporation
PIM1 MPEG-1 Realtime (Pinnacle Cards) Pinnacle / Avid
PIM2 MPEG-2 IP (Pinnacle Cards) Pinnacle / Avid
PIMJ Pegasus Lossless JPEG Pegasus Imaging
PIXL MiroXL, Pinnacle PCTV Pinnacle / Avid
PMP4 Kguard PV3 Kguard Security
PNG  Apple PNG Apple
PNG1 Corecodec.org CorePNG Codec corecodec.org
PVEZ PowerEZ Horizons Technology
PVMM PacketVideo Corporation MPEG-4 PacketVideo Corporation
PVW2 Pegasus Wavelet 2000 Compression Pegasus Imaging
PVWV Pegasus Imaging Wavelet 2000 Pegasus Imaging
PXLT Apple Pixlet (Wavelet) Apple
Q1.0 Q-Team's QPEG (www.q-team.de) Q-Team Dr Knabe
Q1.1 Q-Team's QPEG (www.q-team.de) Q-Team Dr Knabe
QDGX Apple QuickDraw GX Apple
QDRW APPLE Quickdraw Palettized Video Apple
QPEG QPEG 1.1 Q-Team Dr Knabe
QPEQ Q-Team QPEG 1.1 Q-Team Dr Knabe
R210 BlackMagic YUV (Quick Time) ?
R411 Radius DV NTSC YUV Radius / Cinepak
R420 Radius DV PAL YUV Radius / Cinepak
RASC LogMeIn Screen Codec  LogMeIn, Inc
RAV_ GroupTRON ReferenceAVI codec (dummy for MPEG compressor) grouptron.org
RAVI GroupTRON ReferenceAVI codec (dummy for MPEG compressor) grouptron.org
RAW  Uncompressed RGB * No codec needed
RGB  Uncompressed BGR32 * No codec needed
RGB1 Uncompressed RGB332 3:3:2 -
RGBA Raw RGB w/ Alpha * No codec needed
RGBO Uncompressed RGB555 5:5:5 -
RGBP Uncompressed RGB565 5:6:5 -
RGBQ Uncompressed RGB555X 5:5:5 BE -
RGBR Uncompressed RGB565X 5:6:5 BE -
RGBT Raw RGB w/ Transparency * No codec needed
RIVA Swizzled texture format. NVIDIA Corporation
RJPG ffmeg NuppelVideo (RTjpeg2.0) ffmpeg
RL4  RLE 4bpp RGB -
RL8  RLE 8bpp RGB -
RLE  Run Length Encoded * No codec needed
RLE4 Same as BI_RLE4 (RLE 4bpp RGB) * No codec needed
RLE8 Same as BI_RLE8 (RLE 8bpp RGB) * No codec needed
RLND Not specified. Roland Corporation
RMP4 REALmagic MPEG-4 (unauthorized XVID copy) http://www.sigmadesigns.com/
ROQV RoQ VideoGame File id Software
RPZA Apple RoadPizza Apple
RT21 Indeo 2.1 Ligos / Indeo / Intel
RTV0 NewTek VideoToaster (dummy format - only AVI header) NewTek
RUD0 Rududu video codec http://rududu.ifrance.com/rududu/
RV10 RealVideo 1.0 RealNetworks
RV13 RealVideo 1.0 variant RealNetworks
RV20 RealVideo 2.0 RealNetworks
RV30 RealVideo 3.0 RealNetworks
RV40 RealVideo 4.0 RealNetworks
RVX  Intel RDX Intel Corporation
S263 ITU H.263 video (3GPP) ~ISOMP4
S422 VideoCap C210 Tekram International
SAMR Narrowband AMR voice ~ISOMP4
SAN3 MPEG-4 codec (direct copy of DivX 3.11a) Hacked MS
SANM LucasArts Smush v2 LucasArts
SAWB Wideband AMR voice ~ISOMP4
SAWP Extended AMR-WB (AMR-WB+) ~ISOMP4
SCCD Luminositi SoftCam codec. Luminositi, Inc.
SDCC Digital Camera Codec Sun Communications
SEDG Samsung MPEG-4 codec -
SEG4 Cinepak for Sega Sega
SEGA Cinepak for Sega Sega
SEVC EVRC Voice (3GPP2) ~ISOMP4
SFMC Surface Fitting Method CrystalNet
SHR0 BitJazz SheerVideo (realtime lossless) BitJazz, Inc.
SHR1 BitJazz SheerVideo (realtime lossless) BitJazz, Inc.
SHR2 BitJazz SheerVideo (realtime lossless) BitJazz, Inc.
SHR3 BitJazz SheerVideo (realtime lossless) BitJazz, Inc.
SHR4 BitJazz SheerVideo (realtime lossless) BitJazz, Inc.
SHR5 BitJazz SheerVideo (realtime lossless) BitJazz, Inc.
SHR6 BitJazz SheerVideo (realtime lossless) BitJazz, Inc.
SHR7 BitJazz SheerVideo (realtime lossless) BitJazz, Inc.
SJPG CUseeMe Networks Codec Radvision
SL25 SoftLab-NSK DVCPRO SoftLab-NSK
SL50 SoftLab-NSK DVCPRO50 SoftLab-NSK
SLDV SoftLab-NSK Forward DV Draw codec SoftLab-NSK
SLIF SoftLab-NSK MPEG2 I-frames SoftLab-NSK
SLMJ SoftLab-NSK Forward MJPEG SoftLab-NSK
SMC  Apple Graphics Apple
SMK2 FFmpeg Smacker Video FFmpeg
SMK4 FFmpeg Smacker Video FFmpeg
SMP4 Samsung Camcorder Samsung
SMSC Proprietary codec Radius
SMSD Proprietary codec Radius
SMSV Wavelet Video WorldConnect
SNOW FFSNOW (Michael's wavelet codec) ffmpeg
SP40 SunPlus YUV SunPlus Technology Co, Ltd.
SP44 SunPlus Aiptek MegaCam Codec SunPlus Technology Co, Ltd.
SP53 SunPlus Aiptek MegaCam Codec SunPlus Technology Co, Ltd.
SP54 Sunplus Sp54 Codec for Mustek GSmart Mini 2 SunPlus Technology Co, Ltd.
SP55 SunPlus Aiptek MegaCam Codec SunPlus Technology Co, Ltd.
SP56 SunPlus Aiptek MegaCam Codec SunPlus Technology Co, Ltd.
SP57 SunPlus Aiptek MegaCam Codec SunPlus Technology Co, Ltd.
SP58 SunPlus Aiptek MegaCam Codec SunPlus Technology Co, Ltd.
SP61 Sunplus Codec for Hama Sightcam SunPlus Technology Co, Ltd.
SPIG Spigot Radius
SPLC Splash Studios ACM Audio Codec Splash Studios
SPRK Sorenson Spark Sorenson Media
SQCP 13K Voice (3GPP2) ~ISOMP4
SQZ2 VXTreme Video Codec V2 Microsoft
SSMV SMV Voice (3GPP2) ~ISOMP4
STVA ST CMOS Imager Data (Bayer) ST Microelectronics
STVB ST CMOS Imager Data (Nudged Bayer) ST Microelectronics
STVC ST CMOS Imager Data (Bunched) ST Microelectronics
STVX ST CMOS Imager Data (Extended CODEC  Format) ST Microelectronics
STVY ST CMOS Imager Data (Extended CODEC  Format w/ Correction) ST Microelectronics
SV10 Video R1 Sorenson Media
SV3M Sorenson SV3 module decoder. Sorenson Media
SVQ1 Sorenson v1 Sorenson Media
SVQ3 Sorenson v3 (QT 5) Sorenson Media
SWC1 MainConcept Motion JPEG MainConcept
T420 Toshiba YUV 4:2:0 Toshiba
TGA  Apple TGA w/alpha Apple
THEO Theora (free, reworked VP3) xiph.org/theora.org (open source)
THRA Theora (free, reworked VP3) xiph.org/theora.org (open source)
TIFF Apple TIFF w/alpha Apple
TIM2 Pinnacle RAL DVI Pinnacle
TLMS Motion Intraframe Codec TeraLogic
TLST Motion Intraframe Codec TeraLogic
TM10 TrueMotion 1.0 Duck (now ON2) Corp
TM20 TrueMotion 2.0 Duck (now ON2) Corp
TM2A Duck TrueMotion Archiver 2.0 Duck (now ON2) Corporation
TM2X Duck TrueMotion 2X Duck (now ON2) Corp
TMIC Motion Intraframe Codec TeraLogic
TMOT TrueMotion S Horizons Technology
TR20 TrueMotion RT 2.0 Duck Corporation
TRLE Akula Alpha Pro Custom AVI (LossLess) -
TSCC TechSmith Screen Capture Codec Techsmith Corp.
TV10 Tecomac Low-Bit Rate Codec Tecomac, Inc.
TVJP Targa 2000 board Pinnacle / Avid
TVMJ Targa 2000 board Pinnacle / Avid
TWOS Uncompressed 16-bit audio *No codec needed
TY0N Tecomac Low-Bit Rate Codec http://www.tecomac.com
TY2C Trident Decompression Driver Trident Microsystems
TY2N Trident Codec Trident Microsystems
U<Y  Discreet UC YUV 4:2:2:4 10 bit -
U<YA Discreet UC YUV 4:2:2:4 10 bit (with Alpha-channel) -
U263 UB Video H.263/H.263+/H.263++ Decoder UB Video Inc.
UCOD ClearVideo eMajix.com
ULTI Ultimotion IBM Corporation
UMP4 UB Video MPEG 4 http://www.ubvideo.com
UYNV Same as UYVY NVIDIA Corporation
UYVP YCbCr 4:2:2 extended precision Evans & Sutherland
UYVU SoftLab-NSK Forward YUV codec SoftLab-Nsk
UYVY UYVY (packed 4:2:2) *No codec needed
V210 Optibase VideoPump 10-bit 4:2:2 Component Y'CbCr optibase
V261 Lucent VX2000S Lucent
V422 24-bit YUV 4:2:2 Vitec Multimedia
V655 16-bit YUV 4:2:2 Vitec Multimedia
VBLE MarcFD VBLE Lossless Codec ziquash.chez-alice.fr
VCR1 ATI Video Codec 1 ATI Technologies
VCR2 ATI Video Codec 2 ATI Technologies
VCR3 ATI VCR 3.0 ATI Technologies
VCR4 ATI VCR 4.0 ATI Technologies
VCR5 ATI VCR 5.0 ATI Technologies
VCR6 ATI VCR 6.0 ATI Technologies
VCR7 ATI VCR 7.0 ATI Technologies
VCR8 ATI VCR 8.0 ATI Technologies
VCR9 ATI VCR 9.0 ATI Technologies
VCRD Dirac Video Codec Open Source
VCWV VideoCon wavelet. VideoCon
VDCT Video Maker Pro DIB Vitec Multimedia
VDOM VDOWave VDONet
VDOW VDOLive VDONet
VDST VirtualDub remote frameclient ICM driver -
VDTZ VideoTizer YUV Codec Darim Vision Co.
VGPX VGPixel Codec Alaris 
VIDM DivX 5.0 Pro Supported Codec DivX
VIDS YUV 4:2:2 CCIR 601 for V422 Vitec Multimedia
VIFP VFAPI Reader Codec http://www.yks.ne.jp/~hori/
VIV1 FFmpeg H263+ decoder FFmpeg
VIV2 Vivo H.263 Vivo Software
VIVO Vivo H.263 Vivo Software
VIXL Video XL Miro (now part of Pinnacle Systems)
VJPG A JPEG-based compression scheme for RGB bitmaps. Video Communication Systems
VLV1 Videologic codec VideoLogic (now PURE Digital)
VMNC VMware Codec VMware
VP30 On2 VP3 On2 Technologies
VP31 On2 VP3 On2 Technologies
VP40 On2 VP4 On2 Technologies
VP50 On2 VP5 On2 Technologies
VP60 On2 VP6 / Flash On2 Technologies
VP61 On2 VP6 / Flash On2 Technologies
VP62 On2 VP6 / Flash On2 Technologies
VP6F FFmpeg VP6 / Flash FFmpeg (open source)
VP70 On2 VP7 On2 Technologies
VP71 On2 VP7 On2 Technologies
VP72 On2 VP7 On2 Technologies
VQC1 Vector-quantised codec 1 (high compression) eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk
VQC2 Vector-quantised codec 2 (research) eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk
VQJP VQ630 dual-mode digital camera. ViewQuest Technologies Inc.
VQS4 VQ110 digital video camera. ViewQuest Technologies Inc.
VR21 BlackMagic YUV (Quick Time) Sony
VRBS FFmpeg Vorbis decoder FFmpeg
VSSH Videosoft H.264 Codec 2 Videosoft
VSSV Vanguard Software Solutions Video Codec Vanguard Software
VSSW Vanguard VSS H.264 Vanguard Software
VTC1 Not specified. NVIDIA Corporation
VTC2 Not specified. NVIDIA Corporation
VTC3 Not specified. NVIDIA Corporation
VTC4 Not specified. NVIDIA Corporation
VTC5 Not specified. NVIDIA Corporation
VTC6 Not specified. NVIDIA Corporation
VTC7 Not specified. NVIDIA Corporation
VTC8 Not specified. NVIDIA Corporation
VTC9 Not specified. NVIDIA Corporation
VTLP Alaris VideoGramPiX Alaris
VX1K VX1000S Video Codec Lucent
VX2K VX2000S Video Codec Lucent
VXSP VX1000SP Video Codec Lucent
VYU9 ATI YUV ATI Technologies
VYUY ATI YUV ATI Technologies
WAKE Unknown MJPG Variant ?
WBVC W9960 Winbond Electronics
WHAM Microsoft Video 1 Microsoft
WINX Winnov Software Compression Winnov
WJPG Winbond JPEG? Winbond
WMS2 Reserved. Microsoft
WMV1 WMP v7 Microsoft
WMV2 WMP v8 Microsoft
WMV3 WMP v9 (VC-1 Simple/Main) Microsoft
WMVA WMP v10 (VC-1 Beta) Microsoft
WMVP WMP v9 Image Microsoft
WMVR WMV Unknown Microsoft
WNIX WniWni Codec ?
WNV1 Winnov Hardware Compression Winnov
WNVA Winnov hw compress Winnov
WPY2 Not specified. Winnov, Inc.
WRLE Apple RLE BMP Apple
WRPR VideoTools VideoServer Client (wrapper for AviSynth) VideoTools
WV1F WV1F (MPEG-4 variation) ?
WVC1 VC-1 Adv (WMP11) Microsoft
WVLT IllusionHope Wavelet 9/7 IllusionHope
WVP2 Windows Media Video 9.1 Image v2 Microsoft
WZCD iScan. CORE Co. Ltd.
WZDC iSnap. CORE Co. Ltd.
X263 Xirlink Xirlink
X264 XiWave GNU GPL x264 MPEG-4 Codec XiWave
XJPG Xirlink JPEG-like compressor. Xirlink, Inc.
XLV0 XL Video Decoder NetXL Inc.
XMPG XING MPEG XING Corporation
XVID XviD ISO MPEG-4 xvid.org (open source)
XVIX Based on XviD MPEG-4 codec ?
XWV0 XiWave Video Codec XiWave
XWV1 XiWave Video Codec XiWave
XWV2 XiWave Video Codec XiWave
XWV3 XiWave Video Codec (Xi-3 Video) XiWave
XWV4 XiWave Video Codec XiWave
XWV5 XiWave Video Codec XiWave
XWV6 XiWave Video Codec XiWave
XWV7 XiWave Video Codec XiWave
XWV8 XiWave Video Codec XiWave
XWV9 XiWave Video Codec XiWave
XXAN OSI Game Codec Origin Systems
XYZP Extended PAL format XYZ palette http://www.riff.org
Y211 YUV packed *No codec needed
Y216 Pinnacle TARGA CineWave YUV (Quick Time) Pinnacle
Y411 Same as Y41P *No codec needed
Y41B YUV 4:1:1 Planar Weitek
Y41P YUV 4:1:1 Packed *No codec needed
Y41T PC1 4:1:1 with transparency Brooktree Corporation
Y422 Copy of UYVY used in Pyro WebCam firewire camera ADS Technologies
Y42B YUV 4:2:2 Planar Weitek USA
Y42T UYVY with pixel transparency support Brooktree Corporation
Y444 IYU2 (iRez Stealth Fire camera) iRez
Y8   Grayscale video * No codec needed
Y800 Grayscale video * No codec needed
YC12 YUV 12 codec Intel
YCCK Uncompressed YCbCr video with key data. B.U.G., Inc.
YMPG YMPEG Alpha (dummy for MPEG-2 compressor) ?
YU12 ATI YV12 4:2:0 Planar ATI Technologies
YU92 YUV Intel Corporation
YUNV Same as YUY2 NVIDIA Corporation
YUV2 Apple YUV 4:2:2 Apple
YUV8 MM_WINNOV_CAVIAR_YUV8 Winnov, Inc.
YUV9 YUV9 Intel Corporation
YUVP Extended PAL format YUV palette ?
YUY2 YUV packed 4:2:2 *No codec needed
YUYP YCbCr 4:2:2 extended precision, 10 bits per component (Y0U0Y1V0). Evans & Sutherland
YUYV BI_YUYV, Canopus Canopus, Co., Ltd.
YV12 IYUV w/ U & V switched *No codec needed
YV16 Elecard YUV 4:2:2 Planar Elecard
YV92 Intel's Smart Video Recorder YVU9 Intel
YVU9 Planar YUV format *No codec needed
YVYU YUV packed 4:2:2 *No codec needed
ZLIB avizlib (lossless, ZLIB/PNG) S&K LCL (Lossless Codec Library)
ZMBV Zip Motion Blocks Video Konstantin Shishkov
ZPEG Video Zipper Metheus
ZPG1 Not specified. VoDeo Solutions, Inc.
ZPG2 Not specified. VoDeo Solutions, Inc.
ZPG3 Not specified. VoDeo Solutions, Inc.
ZPG4 Not specified. VoDeo Solutions, Inc.
ZYGO ZyGo Video Codec ZyGo

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