Status of codecs support

Video codecs
Audio codecs
Video codecs:

Working video codecs
codec name fourcc codecfile out comments
FFmpeg Zip Motion-Block Video ZMBV zmbv RGB24 -
Zip Motion-Block Video ZMBV zmbv.dll BGR24
BGR15
BGR8		 -
MPEG-PES output (.mpg or DXR3/IVTV/DVB card) -
 - MPES for hardware decoding
MPEG-1 or 2 (libmpeg2) -

DVR
hdv2
mpg1
PIM1
VCR2
mpg2
MPG2
MPEG
hdv3
mx5p		 - YV12
I420
IYUV
422P		 with postprocessing
FFmpeg MPEG-1 -
mpg1
PIM1
VCR2
MPEG		 mpeg1video YV12
I420
IYUV		 -
FFmpeg MPEG-2 -
mpg2
MPG2
DVR
hdv2
MPEG
hdv3
mx5p		 mpeg2video YV12
I420
IYUV
422P
444P		 -
FFmpeg MPEG-1/2 -

mpg1
mpg2
MPG2
PIM1
VCR2
DVR
hdv2
MPEG
hdv3
mx5p		 mpegvideo YV12
I420
IYUV
422P
444P		 -
NuppelVideo NUV1
RJPG		 nuv I420 -
NuppelVideo NUV1
RJPG		 - I420
IYUV		 -
FFmpeg GIF decoder gif gif BGR32
BGR24
BGR8
Y800
RGB32
RGB24
RGB8		 -
FFmpeg PNG decoder mpng
MPNG
png 		png BGR32
BGR24
BGR8
Y800
RGB32
RGB24
RGB8		 -
PNG image decoder mpng
MPNG
png 		libpng BGR32
BGR24
BGR8
Y800		 Gray scaled PNG with Alpha channel not supported
TGA image decoder mtga
MTGA		 - BGR32
BGR24		 Only 24bpp and 32bpp RGB TGA files supported
SGI image decoder SGI1 - BGR24 -
FFmpeg Intel Indeo 3.1/3.2 IV31
iv31
IV32
iv32		 indeo3 YVU9 -
Autodesk FLI/FLC Animation FLIC flic BGR16
BGR15
BGR8		 -
Autodesk RLE decoder AASC aasc BGR24 -
LOCO video decoder LOCO loco 422P
YV12
BGR32
BGR24		 -
QuickTime Animation (RLE) rle qtrle BGR32
RGB24
BGR15
BGR8		 -
QuickTime Apple Video rpza
azpr		 rpza BGR15 -
Apple Graphics (SMC) codec smc smc BGR8 -
Planar RGB (Photoshop) 8BPS 8bps BGR32
BGR24
BGR8		 -
Creative YUV (libavcodec) cyuv
CYUV		 cyuv 411P -
Microsoft RLE -

WRLE		 msrle BGR8 -
Id RoQ File Video Decoder RoQV roqvideo YV12 -
LZO compressed LZO1 liblzo YV12
I420
BGR24		 -
Theora (free
reworked VP3)		 theo
Thra		 libtheora YV12 -
Cinepak Video (native codec) cvid
CVID		 cinepak YV12
BGR8		 -
Cinepak Video cvid iccvid.dll BGR24
BGR15		 -
Microsoft Video 1 (native codec) cram
CRAM
msvc
MSVC
wham
WHAM		 msvideo1 BGR15
BGR8		 -
AVImszh (native codec) MSZH mszh BGR24 -
AVIzlib (native codec) ZLIB zlib BGR24 -
FFmpeg HuffYUV HFYU
FFVH		 huffyuv YUY2
422P
YV12
BGR32
BGR24		 -
FFV1 (lossless codec) FFV1 ffv1 411P
444P
422P
YV12
I420
IYUV
YVU9
BGR32		 -
FFSNOW (Michael's wavelet codec) snow
SNOW		 snow YV12 -
FFmpeg ASUS V1 ASV1 asv1 YV12
I420
IYUV		 -
FFmpeg ASUS V2 ASV2 asv2 YV12
I420
IYUV		 -
FFmpeg ATI VCR1 VCR1 vcr1 YVU9 -
FFmpeg Cirrus Logic AccuPak (CLJR) CLJR cljr 411P -
FFmpeg Sorenson Video v1 (SVQ1) SVQ1
svq1		 svq1 YVU9 -
FFmpeg 4XM video 4XMV 4xm BGR16 -
Miro/Pinnacle VideoXL codec VIXL
PIXL		 xl 411P -
QuickDraw native decoder qdrw qdraw RGB24 -
Indeo 2 native decoder RT21 indeo2 YVU9 -
FFmpeg Flash video FLV1 flv YV12 -
FFmpeg Flash Screen video FSV1 flashsv BGR24 -
FFmpeg DivX ;-) (MS MPEG-4 v3) MPG3
mpg3
MP43
mp43
DIV5
div5
DIV6
div6
DIV3
div3
DIV4
div4
AP41
COL1
col1
COL0
col0
3IVD
3ivd		 msmpeg4 YV12
I420
IYUV		 -
FFmpeg M$ MPEG-4 v2 DIV2
div2
MP42
mp42		 msmpeg4v2 YV12
I420
IYUV		 -
FFmpeg M$ MPEG-4 v1 DIV1
div1
MPG4
mpg4		 msmpeg4v1 YV12
I420
IYUV		 -
FFmpeg M$ WMV1/WMV7 WMV1
wmv1		 wmv1 YV12
I420
IYUV		 -
FFmpeg H.264 H264
h264
X264
x264
avc1
AVC1
davc
DAVC
 h264 YV12
I420
IYUV		 -
FFmpeg Sorenson Video v3 (SVQ3) SVQ3 svq3 YV12
I420
IYUV		 -
FFmpeg MPEG-4 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
SMP4
smp4
 mpeg4 YV12
I420
IYUV		 -
WV1F MPEG-4 WV1F mpeg4 YV12
I420
IYUV		 -
XviD (MPEG-4) DIVX
divx
xvid
XVID
XviD
 libxvidcore.a YV12
I420
YUY2
UYVY
YVYU
BGR32
BGR24
BGR16
BGR15		 -
DivX ;-) (MS MPEG-4 v3) MP43
mp43
DIV5
div5
DIV6
div6
DIV3
div3
DIV4
div4
AP41		 divx_c32.ax YUY2
UYVY
BGR32
BGR24
BGR16
BGR15		 with postprocessing
DivX ;-) (MS MPEG-4 v3) MP43
mp43
DIV5
div5
DIV6
div6
DIV3
div3
DIV4
div4
AP41		 divxc32.dll YUY2
BGR32
BGR24
BGR15		 -
Microsoft MPEG-4 v1/v2 DIV2
div2
MP4S
mp4s
MPG4
mpg4
MP42
mp42		 mpg4ds32.ax YUY2 with postprocessing
Microsoft MPEG-4 v1/v2 MPG4
mpg4
MP42
mp42
DIV2		 mpg4c32.dll YUY2
BGR32
BGR24
BGR15		 -
Windows Media Video 8 WMV2 wmv8ds32.ax YV12
I420
IYUV
YUY2
UYVY		 -
Windows Media Video 7 WMV1 wmvds32.ax YUY2
UYVY		 -
Windows Media Video 9 DMO WMV3
WMVP		 wmv9dmod.dll YV12
YUY2
UYVY		 -
Windows Media Video DMO WMV1
WMV2
WMV3
WMVP		 wmvdmod.dll YV12
YUY2
UYVY		 -
Windows Media Video Adv DMO WMVA
WVP2		 wmvadvd.dll YV12
YUY2
UYVY		 -
Windows Media Video (VC-1) Advanced Profile Decoder WVC1 wvc1dmod.dll YV12
YUY2		 -
Windows Media Screen Codec 2 MSS1
MSS2		 wmsdmod.dll BGR32
BGR24
BGR16		 -
FFmpeg MJPEG decoder MJPG
mjpg
AVRn
AVDJ
jpeg
mjpa
JFIF
ijpg
IJPG
JPEG
JPGL
LJPG
dmb1		 mjpeg 444P
422P
YUY2
YV12
I420
IYUV
BGR32
RGB24
Y800		 -
FFmpeg MJPEG-B decoder mjpb mjpegb 444P
422P
YUY2
YV12
I420
IYUV		 -
Independent JPEG Group's codec ijpg
IJPG
jpeg
AVRn
AVDJ
CJPG		 libjpeg RGB24
BGR24
BGR32		 -
Morgan Motion JPEG Codec MJPG
mjpa
mjpb
mjpg
dmb1		 m3jpeg32.dll YUY2
UYVY
BGR32
BGR24
BGR15		 -
MainConcept Motion JPEG MJPG
mjpa
mjpb
mjpg		 mcmjpg32.dll YUY2
UYVY
BGR32
BGR24
BGR15		 -
AVID Motion JPEG AVRn
AVDJ
MJPG
mjpg		 AvidAVICodec.dll BGR24 slooooooooow but stable
LEAD (M)JPEG MJPG
jpeg
LEAD		 LCodcCMP.dll BGR24
BGR15		 supports interlaced MJPEG
Morgan MJPEG2000 MJ2C m3jp2k32.dll YV12
I420
IYUV
YUY2
UYVY
BGR32
BGR24
BGR15		 -
Vivo H.263 VIVO
vivo
viv1
viv2		 ivvideo.dll BGR32
BGR24
BGR15		 -
UB Video H.263/H.263+/H.263++ Decoder U263
vivo
VIVO
viv1		 ubv263d+.ax BGR24 -
I263 I263
i263
vivo
VIVO
viv1		 i263_32.drv I420
YUY2
BGR32
BGR24
BGR15		 -
FFmpeg I263 decoder I263
i263		 h263i YV12
I420
IYUV		 -
FFmpeg H.263+ decoder H263
U263
h263
X263
M263
viv1
s263		 h263 YV12
I420
IYUV		 -
CCITT H.261 H261
h261		 h261 YV12 -
QuickTime H.261 video decoder H261
h261		 QuickTime.qts YUY2 -
Intel Indeo 5 IV50
iv50		 ir50_32.dll YV12
IYUV
I420
YUY2
UYVY
BGR32
BGR24
BGR16
BGR15		 -
Intel Indeo 5 IV50
iv50		 ir50_32.dll YUY2
BGR32
BGR24
BGR15		 -
Intel Indeo 4.1 IV41
iv41		 ir41_32.dll IF09
BGR24
BGR15		 -
Intel Indeo 3.1/3.2 IV31
iv31
IV32
iv32		 ir32_32.dll IF09
BGR24
BGR15		 -
XAnim's Intel Indeo 5 IV50
iv50		 vid_iv50.xa YVU9 -
XAnim's Intel Indeo 4.1 IV41
iv41		 vid_iv41.xa YVU9 -
XAnim's Intel Indeo 3.1/3.2 IV31
iv31
IV32
iv32		 vid_iv32.xa YVU9 -
Sony Digital Video (DV) dvsl
dvsd
dvhd
DVSD
dvcp
dvc 		qdv.dll YUY2
UYVY
BGR24
BGR16
BGR15		 -
FFmpeg DV decoder DVSD
dvsd
DVCS
dvcs
dvcp
dvc
dvpp		 dvvideo 411P
422P
YV12		 -
Raw DV decoder (libdv) DVSD
dvsd
DVCS
dvcs
dvcp
dvc
dvpp
AVdv		 libdv.so.2 YUY2 -
MainConcept DV Codec DVSD
dvsd
DVCS
dvcs
CDVC
cdvc
dvcp
dvc 		mcdvd_32.dll YUY2
UYVY
BGR32
BGR24
BGR15		 -
XAnim's 3ivx Delta 3.5 plugin 3IV1 vid_3ivX.xa YV12
IYUV
I420		 -
Linux RealPlayer 10 RV30/40 decoder RV30
rv30
RV40
rv40		 drvc.so I420 -
Linux RealPlayer 9 RV40 decoder RV40
rv40		 drv4.so.6.0 I420 -
Win32 RealPlayer 9 RV40 decoder RV40
rv40		 drv43260.dll I420 -
Mac OS X RealPlayer 9 RV40 decoder RV40
rv40		 drvc.bundle/Contents/MacOS/drvc I420 -
Linux RealPlayer 8 RV30 decoder RV30
rv30		 drv3.so.6.0 I420 -
Win32 RealPlayer 8 RV30 decoder RV30
rv30		 drv33260.dll I420 -
Mac OS X RealPlayer 9 RV30 decoder RV30
rv30		 drvc.bundle/Contents/MacOS/drvc I420 -
FFmpeg RV20 decoder RV20
rv20		 rv20 YV12
I420
IYUV		 -
Linux RealPlayer 8 RV20 decoder RV20
rv20		 drv2.so.6.0 I420 -
Win32 RealPlayer 8 RV20 decoder RV20
rv20		 drv23260.dll I420 -
Mac OS X RealPlayer 9 RV20 decoder RV20
rv20		 drv2.bundle/Contents/MacOS/drv2 I420 -
FFmpeg RV10 decoder RV10
rv10
RV13
rv13		 rv10 YV12
I420
IYUV		 -
Alparysoft lossless codec dshow ASLC aslcodec_dshow.dll BGR24 -
Alparysoft lossless codec vfw ASLC aslcodec_vfw.dll BGR24 -
Lead CMW wavelet 2.0 LCW2 LCODCCMW2E.dll BGR24
BGR8		 -
On2 Open Source VP3 Codec VP30
vp30
VP31
vp31		 vp31vfw.dll YUY2
BGR32
BGR24
BGR15		 For SSE-systems use fixed DLL from ftp://mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/samples/drivers32/
On2 VP4 Personal Codec VP40
VP31
VP30
vp31
vp30		 vp4vfw.dll YUY2
BGR32
BGR24		 Decodes also VP3
FFmpeg VP5 decoder VP50 vp5 YV12 -
On2 VP5 Personal Codec VP50 vp5vfw.dll YUY2
BGR32
BGR24		 -
FFmpeg VP6 decoder VP60
VP61
VP62		 vp6 YV12 -
FFmpeg VP6 Flash decoder VP6F vp6f YV12 -
On2 VP6 Personal Codec VP60
VP61
VP62		 vp6vfw.dll YUY2
BGR32
BGR24		 -
On2 VP7 Personal Codec VP70 vp7vfw.dll YUY2
BGR32
BGR24		 -
Motion Wavelets MWV1 icmw_32.dll BGR24
BGR15		 -
ASUS V2 ASV2 asusasv2.dll UYVY
BGR32
BGR24
BGR15		 -
ASUS V1 ASV1 asusasvd.dll UYVY
BGR32
BGR24
BGR15		 -
IBM Ultimotion native decoder ULTI ultimotion YVU9 -
IBM Ultimotion ULTI ultimo.dll YUY2
UYVY
BGR32
BGR24
BGR15		 -
Windows Screen Video MSS1 msscds32.ax BGR32
BGR24
BGR16
BGR15		 -
UCOD-ClearVideo UCOD clrviddd.dll BGR32
BGR24
BGR15		 -
ATI VCR-2 VCR2 ativcr2.dll YV12
BGR24		 -
CJPG CJPG CtWbJpg.DLL YUY2
UYVY
BGR24
BGR15		 -
Duck Truemotion1 DUCK truemotion1 BGR15
BGR16
BGR24
BGR32		 -
FFmpeg Duck/On2 TrueMotion 2.0 TM20 truemotion2 YV12 -
TrueMotion 2.0 TM20 tm20dec.ax BGR32
BGR24
BGR16		 YUV faulting
SP5x codec - used by Aiptek MegaCam SP53
SP54
SP55
SP56
SP57
SP58		 sp5x YV12 -
SP5x codec - used by Aiptek MegaCam SP53
SP54
SP55
SP56
SP57
SP58		 sp5x_32.dll BGR24
BGR15		 -
SoftMedia ViVD V2 codec VfW GXVE
gxve		 ViVD2.dll YUY2
YV12
I420
YVU9
BGR32
BGR24
BGR15		 -
Winnov Videum winx codec WINX wnvwinx.dll BGR32
BGR24
BGR15		 -
FFmpeg wnv1 native codec WNV1 wnv1 422P -
Winnov Videum wnv1 codec WNV1 wnvplay1.dll BGR32
BGR24
BGR15		 -
VDOWave codec VDOM vdowave.drv BGR24 -
Vianet Lsvx Video Decoder lsvx
lsvm
lsvc		 lsvxdec.dll BGR32
BGR24
BGR16		 -
FFmpeg VMware video VMnc VMware video BGR32
BGR15
BGR8		 -
VMware video VMnc vmnc.dll BGR24
BGR15
BGR8		 -
FFmpeg Smacker Video SMK2
SMK4		 smackvid BGR8 -
Chinese AVS Video CAVS cavs I420 -
win32/quicktime 3IV1 (3ivx) decoder 3IV1 3ivx Delta 3.5.qtx YUY2 -
Win32/QuickTime Avid Meridien Uncompressed AVUI AvidQTAVUICodec.qtx YUY2 -
Win32/QuickTime Cinepak decoder cvid QuickTime.qts YUY2 -
Win32/QuickTime SVQ3 decoder SVQ3 QuickTimeEssentials.qtx YUY2 -
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
Q-Team's QPEG (www.q-team.de) Q1.0
QPEG
Q1.1
qpeq		 qpeg32.dll BGR8 BGR8 only!
TechSmith Camtasia Screen Codec (native) TSCC
tscc		 camtasia BGR32
BGR24
BGR15
BGR8		 -
TechSmith Camtasia Screen Codec TSCC
tscc		 tsccvid.dll BGR32
BGR24
BGR15
BGR8		 -
CamStudio Screen Codec CSCD
cscd		 camstudio BGR32
BGR24
BGR15		 -
FRAPS: Realtime Video Capture FPS1
fps1		 frapsvid.dll BGR32 Requires a processor with SSE???
FFmpeg Fraps FPS1
fps1		 fraps BGR24
I420		 -
FFmpeg Tiertex SEQ TSEQ tiertexseqvideo BGR8 -
FFmpeg Sierra VMD video VMDV vmdvideo BGR8 -
FFmpeg Delphine CIN video DCIV dsicinvideo BGR8 -
RAW RGB32 -
raw
BGR		 - RGB32 -
RAW RGB24 -
raw
BGR		 - RGB24 -
RAW RGB16 -
raw
BGR		 - RGB16 -
RAW BGR32 - - BGR32 -
RAW BGR32 -
RGB		 - BGR32 -
RAW BGR24 - - BGR24 -
RAW BGR24 -
raw
RGB		 - BGR24 -
RAW BGR15 - - BGR16 -
RAW BGR15 -
raw
RGB		 - BGR16 -
RAW BGR15 - - BGR15 -
RAW BGR15 -
raw
RGB		 - BGR15 -
RAW BGR8 - - BGR8 -
RAW BGR8 -
raw
RGB		 - BGR8 -
RAW BGR1 -
raw
RGB		 - BGR1 -
RAW YUY2 -
raw
yuy2
YUY2		 - YUY2 -
RAW UYVY -
raw
uyvy
UYVY		 - UYVY -
RAW 444P -
raw
444p
444P		 - 444P -
RAW 422P -
raw
422p
422P		 - 422P -
RAW YV12 -
raw
yv12
YV12		 - YV12 -
RAW NV21 -
raw
nv21
NV21		 - YV12 -
RAW NV12 -
raw
nv12
NV12		 - YV12 -
RAW HM12 -
raw
hm12
HM12		 - YV12 -
RAW I420 -
raw
i420
I420
IYUV
iyuv		 - I420
IYUV		 -
RAW YVU9 -
raw
yvu9
YVU9		 - YVU9 -
RAW Y8/Y800 -
Y8
y800
Y800		 - Y800
Y8		 -
New / Untested codecs
codec name fourcc codecfile problem
FFmpeg TIFF decoder tiff tiff -
FFmpeg TGA decoder mtga
MTGA
tga 		targa -
FFmpeg ZyGo ZyGo h263 -
M261 m261
M261		 msh261.drv -
FFmpeg VP3 VP30
vp30
VP31
vp31
VP3 		vp3 -
FFmpeg Theora theo
Thra
 theora -
Win32/QuickTime BeHereiVideo decoder bhiv BeHereiVideo.qtx sample file wanted!
Codecs with problems
codec name fourcc codecfile problem
ffkmvc KMVC kmvc -
FFmpeg MPEG-1/2 (XvMC) -

mpg1
mpg2
MPG2
DVR
hdv2
PIM1
VCR2
MPEG
hdv3
mx5p		 mpegvideo_xvmc -
Microsoft Video 1 cram
CRAM
msvc
MSVC
wham
WHAM		 msvidc32.dll -vf palette required for 8bpp
HuffYUV HFYU huffyuv.dll -
XAnim's Radius Cinepak Video cvid vid_cvid.xa -
FFmpeg M$ WMV2/WMV8 WMV2
wmv2		 wmv2 -
FFmpeg M$ WMV3/WMV9 WMV3
wmv3		 wmv3 -
FFmpeg M$ WVC1 WVC1
wvc1
WMVA		 vc1 -
DivX4Windows-VFW DIVX
divx
DIV1
div1
MP43
mp43
DIV3
div3
DIV4
div4
AP41
 divx.dll sig11 with -framedrop
UB Video MPEG-4 mp4v
UMP4		 ubvmp4d.dll black&white
Zoran MJPEG passthrough MJPG
jpeg		 - -
ImagePower MJPEG2000 IPJ2 jp2avi.dll -
XAnim's CCITT H.261 H261
h261		 vid_h261.xa -
win32/quicktime ZyGo decoder ZyGo
zygo
lsvx		 ZyGoVideo.qtx wrong colors
Win32/QuickTime SVQ1 decoder SVQ1 QuickTime.qts -
FFmpeg XAN wc3 WC3V xan_wc3 -
FFmpeg Id CIN video IDCI idcinvideo -
FFmpeg Interplay Video INPV interplayvideo -
FFmpeg VQA Video VQAV vqavideo -
Not yet working codecs:
codec name fourcc codecfile problem
Morgan MJPEG MJPG
mjpa
mjpb
mjpg
dmb1		 m3jpegdec.ax -
Pegasus Motion JPEG MJPG pvmjpg21.dll -
Pegasus lossless JPEG JPGL
MJPG		 pvljpg20.dll -
Pegasus Motion Wavelet 2000 PVW2 pvwv220.dll -
XAnim's CCITT H.263 H263
h263
viv1
VIVO
vivo		 vid_h263.xa -
3ivx Delta 3.5 3IV1 3ivxdmo.dll -
Win32/QuickTime H.263 decoder h263 QuickTime.qts -
Win32/Quicktime RLE/RPZA decoder rpza
rle 		QuickTime.qts no colorspace accepted
Win32/QuickTime VP3 decoder VP31 On2_VP3.qtx -
Win32/QuickTime Indeo decoder IV31
iv31
IV32
iv32
IV41		 QuickTime.qts -
Win32/QuickTime MJPEG decoder dmb1
mjpa
mjpb		 QuickTime.qts -
Win32/QuickTime MPEG-4 decoder mp4v QuickTime.qts -
Alaris VideoGramPiX VGPX
VTLP		 vgpix32d.dll only produces strange patterns
ATI VCR-1 VCR1 ativcr1.dll -
Pinnacle Hardware MPEG-1 PIM1 pclepim1.dll no picture. use ffmpeg12!
rricm dmb1 rricm.dll -
NULL codec (no decoding!) - - for unknown/unsupported codecs or testing

Audio codecs:

Working audio codecs
codec name format codecfile comments
Windows Media Audio 9 DMO 0x162
0x163		 wma9dmod.dll -
Windows Media Audio DMO 0x160
0x161
0x162
0x163		 wmadmod.dll -
Windows Media Audio 9 Speech DMO 0xA wmspdmod.dll -
FFmpeg QDM2 audio decoder 0x324D4451 qdm2 -
QuickTime QDMC/QDM2 audio decoders 0x324D4451
0x434D4451		 QuickTime.qts -
QuickTime QCLP audio decoder 0x706C6351 QuickTime.qts -
QuickTime MACE3 audio decoder 0x3343414D QuickTime.qts -
QuickTime MACE6 audio decoder 0x3643414D QuickTime.qts -
FFmpeg RealAudio 1.0 0x345F3431 real_144 -
FFmpeg RealAudio 2.0 0x385F3832 real_288 -
FFmpeg COOK audio decoder 0x6B6F6F63 cook -
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 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 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 ATRAC3 0x63727461 atrc3260.dll -
Mac OS X RealAudio ATRAC3 0x63727461 atrc.bundle/Contents/MacOS/atrc -
IMA ADPCM 0x11
0x34616D69
0x1100736D		 - -
MS ADPCM 0x2
0x200736D		 - -
Duck DK4 ADPCM (rogue format number) 0x61 - -
Duck DK3 ADPCM (rogue format number) 0x62 - -
Id RoQ File Audio Decoder 0x41516F52 roq_dpcm -
FFmpeg Delphine CIN audio 0x41494344 dsicinaudio -
FFmpeg 4XM ADPCM audio 0x414D5834 adpcm_4xm -
FFmpeg Westwood IMA ADPCM audio 0x53574941 adpcm_ima_ws -
FFmpeg Westwood SND1 0x31444E53 ws_snd1 -
FFmpeg Interplay DPCM audio 0x41504E49 interplay_dpcm -
FFmpeg EA ADPCM audio 0x41454441 adpcm_ea -
FFmpeg XAN DPCM audio 0x6E617841 xan_dpcm -
raw DV audio decoder (libdv) 0x56444152 libdv.so.2 -
FFmpeg DV audio decoder 0x56444152 dvaudio -
FAAD AAC (MPEG-2/MPEG-4 Audio) decoder 0x6134706D
0x4134504D
0x20434141
0x50434141
0xFF
0x706D		 libfaad2 -
FFmpeg FLAC audio decoder 0x43614C66
0xF1AC		 flac -
FFmpeg ALAC audio decoder 0x63616C61 alac -
FFmpeg True Audio (TTA) decoder 0x31415454 tta -
FFmpeg WavPack audio decoder 0x4B505657 wavpack -
FFmpeg Shorten audio decoder 0x6E726873 shorten -
Uncompressed PCM 0x0
0x1
0x3
0xFFFE
0x20776172
0x736F7774
0x74776F73
0x32336C66
0x666C3332
0x454E4F4E
0x34326E69
0x696E3234
0x32336E69
0x696E3332		 - -
DivX audio (WMA) 0x160
0x161		 divxa32.acm -
MS ADPCM 0x2 msadp32.acm -
mp3lib MPEG layer-2
layer-3		 0x50
0x55
0x5500736D
0x33706D2E
0x2033504D
0x454D414C		 - Optimized to MMX/SSE/3Dnow!
FFmpeg Multi-channel MPEG layer-3 on MP4 audio decoder 0x1D61346D mp3on4 -
FFmpeg MPEG layer-3 audio decoder 0x55
0x5500736D
0x33706D2E
0x2033504D
0x454D414C		 mp3 integer only
FFmpeg MPEG layer-3 adu audio decoder 0x55756461 mp3adu integer only
FFmpeg MPEG layer-1 and layer-2 audio decoder 0x50 mp2 integer only
libMAD MPEG layer 1-2-3 0x50
0x55
0x5500736D
0x33706D2E
0x2033504D
0x454D414C		 libmad -
MPEG layer-3 0x55 l3codeca.acm conflicts with security kernel patches
IMA ADPCM 0x11 imaadp32.acm -
MS GSM 0x31
0x32
0x6D736761		 - -
MS GSM 0x31 msgsm32.acm -
MSN AUDIO 0x32 msnaudio.acm -
aLaw 0x6
0x77616C61		 - -
uLaw 0x7
0x77616C75		 - -
Uncompressed DVD/VOB LPCM 0x10001 - -
AC3-liba52 0x2000
0x74656E64		 liba52 -
AC3-libac3 0x2000
0x74656E64		 libac3 removed from MPlayer
use liba52
DTS 0x2001 dts -
Musepack sv7 audio codec 0x2043504D mpc sv7 only works with libavformat demuxer
Musepack audio codec 0x2043504D
0x2B4D		 - -
AMR Narrowband 0x726D6173 amr_nb -
AMR Wideband 0x62776173 amr_wb -
FFmpeg's ADPCM Flash-variant 0x5346 adpcm_swf -
VoxWare 0x75 voxmsdec.ax -
ACELP.net Sipro Lab Audio Decoder 0x130 acelpdec.ax -
FFmpeg Intel Music Coder 0x401 imc -
Intel Music Coder 0x401 imc32.acm driver at http://codeczone.virtualave.net/FXIMCAUD.zip
Indeo audio 0x402 iac25_32.ax -
Creative ADPCM native codec 0x200 adpcm_ct -
Creative ADPCM codec 0x200 ctadp32.acm -
SC4 : Micronas speech codec (ADPCM
MPman recording)		 0x350 mi-sc4.acm -
AC3 through S/PDIF 0x2000
0x74656E64		 - -
DTS through S/PDIF 0x2001 - -
FFmpeg Vorbis decoder 0x73627276
0x566F		 vorbis -
OggVorbis Audio Decoder 0x73627276
0x566F		 libvorbis OggVorbis driver using libvorbis
Speex Audio Decoder 0x20787073 speex Speex driver using libspeex
Vivo G.723/Siren Audio Codec 0x111
0x112		 vivog723.acm -
Sharp G.726 Audio 0x45 g726 -
ALF2 0x1FC4 alf2cd.acm -
FFmpeg TrueSpeech 0x22 truespeech -
DSP Group TrueSpeech(TM) 0x22 tssoft32.acm -
VoxWare RT24 speech codec 0x181C nsrt2432.acm -
Lernout & Hauspie CELP and SBC codecs 0x1101
0x1102
0x1103
0x1104		 lhacm.acm -
VQF codec by NTTLabs 0x4E495754 tvqdec.dll -
MPEG audio pass-through for hardware MPEG decoders 0x50
0x55
0x5500736D
0x33706D2E
0x2033504D
0x454D414C		 - for hardware MPEG audio decoders
New / Untested codecs
codec name format codecfile problem
D-Cinema audio (FFmpeg) 0x64756164 pcm_s24daud -
DivX audio v1 (FFmpeg) 0x160 wmav1 -
DivX audio v2 (FFmpeg) 0x161 wmav2 -
Macintosh Audio Compression and Expansion 3:1 0x3343414D mace3 -
Macintosh Audio Compression and Expansion 6:1 0x3643414D mace6 -
FFmpeg Sonic 0x434E4F53
0x2048		 sonic -
Sharp G.726 Audio 0x45 scg726.acm -
Codecs with problems
codec name format codecfile problem
Windows Media Audio 9 Speech DShow 0xA wmavds32.ax -
FFmpeg Smacker Audio 0x414B4D53 smackaud -
Sony ATRAC3 0x270 atrac3.acm format not accepted
Not yet working codecs
codec name format codecfile problem
G.711/G.721/G.723 0x111
0x112		 g72x.c does not work yet - just noise :(