Video Codecs, Subtypes and Descriptions
This is a current known list of the video codecs, descriptions, and sub types that have been tested with our system and will be reported. Since our system is strictly deterministic it is important to reference this table during your integration in order to understand which codecs (and what they are called) may be present in our report.
| Codec | Description | Subtype | Subtype Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8bps | QuickTime 8BPS | ||
| a12v | Uncompressed 4:2:2 10-bit | ||
| aasc | Autodesk RLE | ||
| aic | Apple Intermediate Codec | ||
| alaris_vgp | Alaris VideoGramPiX | ||
| alparysoft | Alparysoft lossless codec | ||
| arbc | Gryphon's Anim Compressor | ||
| asv1 | ASUS V1 video codec | ||
| asv2 | ASUS V2 video codec | ||
| aura | Auravision AURA 1 | ||
| aura2 | Auravision AURA 2 | ||
| av1 | Alliance for Open Media AV1 | ||
| camcorder | Camcorder Video (MS Office 97) | ||
| cavs | Chinese AVS | ||
| cfhd | GoPro CineForm HD | ||
| cinepak | Cinepak | ||
| clearvideo | Iterated Systems ClearVideo | ||
| cljr | Cirrus Logic AccuPak | ||
| cllc | Canopus Lossless | ||
| creativewebcam | Creative WebCam | ||
| cscd | CamStudio | ||
| cyuv | Creative YUV | ||
| dirac | SMPTE VC-2 / Dirac | ||
| dnxhd | SMPTE VC-3 / DNxHD | ||
| dv | Digital Video DV | ||
| avid | AVID DV | ||
| canopus | Canopus DV Video | ||
| dv_ntsc | DV Video NTSC | ||
| dv_pal | DV Video PAL | ||
| dvcpro_100 | DV Video C Pro 100 (1080/60i, 1080/50i, or 720/60P) | ||
| dvcpro_100_ntsc | DV Video C Pro 100 NTSC | ||
| dvcpro_100_pal | DV Video C Pro 100 PAL | ||
| dvcpro_25 | DV Video C Pro 25 (525-60 or 625-50) | ||
| dvcpro_50 | DV Video C Pro 50 | ||
| dvcpro_50_ntsc | DV Video C Pro 50 NTSC | ||
| dvcpro_50_pal | DV Video C Pro 50 PAL | ||
| dvcpro_hd_1080i50 | DV Video C Pro HD 1080i50 | ||
| dvcpro_hd_1080i60 | DV Video C Pro HD 1080i60 | ||
| dvcpro_hd_24 | DV Video C Pro HD 720p24 | ||
| dvcpro_hd_25 | DV Video C Pro HD 720p25 | ||
| dvcpro_hd_30 | DV Video C Pro HD 720p30 | ||
| dvcpro_hd_720p50 | DV Video C Pro HD 720p50 | ||
| dvcpro_hd_720p60 | DV Video C Pro HD 720p60 | ||
| dvpro | DV Video Pro | ||
| dvpro_pal | DV Video Pro PAL | ||
| hd_dvcr | HD-DVCR (1125-60 or 1250-50) | ||
| iodata_gigaavi | IO-DATA DEVICE GigaAVI | ||
| iris | VSYNC DualMoon Iris | ||
| miro | MIROVideo DV | ||
| panasonic | Panasonic DV | ||
| sd_dvcr | SD-DVCR (525-60 or 625-50) | ||
| sdl_dvcr | SDL-DVCR (525-60 or 625-50) | ||
| softlab | SoftLab DVCAM | ||
| dxtory | ExKode Dxtory | ||
| dxv | Resolume DXV | ||
| v3 | Version 3 | ||
| ffv1 | FFmpeg video codec #1 | ||
| fic | Mirillis FIC | ||
| flashsv | Flash Screen Video v1 | ||
| flashsv2 | Flash Screen Video v2 | ||
| flic | Autodesk Animator Flic video | ||
| flv1 | Sorenson Spark H.263 | ||
| fmvc | FM Screen Capture Codec | ||
| fraps | Fraps | ||
| frwu | SoftLab-NSK Vision Forward Uncompressed | ||
| g2m | Go2Meeting | ||
| v2 | Version 2 | ||
| v3 | Version 3 | ||
| v4 | Version 4 | ||
| gif | CompuServe Graphics Interchange Format | ||
| h261 | H.261 | ||
| h263 | H.263 | ||
| dec | DEC H263 | ||
| h263plus | ITU H263+ | ||
| lead | LEAD H263 | ||
| march | March H263 | ||
| microsoft | Microsoft H263 | ||
| vivo | VivoActive H.263 | ||
| xirlink | Xirlink H263 | ||
| h263i | Intel H.263 | ||
| h264 | H.264 / AVC / MPEG-4 AVC / MPEG-4 part 10 | ||
| apple | Apple H.264 | ||
| avcintra | AVC-Intra | ||
| avcintra_100_1080i50 | AVC-Intra 100M 1080i50 | ||
| avcintra_100_1080i60 | AVC-Intra 100M 1080i60 | ||
| avcintra_100_1080p24_30_60 | AVC-Intra 100M 1080p24/30/60 | ||
| avcintra_100_1080p25_50 | AVC-Intra 100M 1080p25/50 | ||
| avcintra_100_720p24_30_60 | AVC-Intra 100M 720p24/30/60 | ||
| avcintra_100_720p25_50 | AVC-Intra 100M 720p25/50 | ||
| avcintra_50_1080i50 | AVC-Intra 50M 1080i50 | ||
| avcintra_50_1080i60 | AVC-Intra 50M 1080i60 | ||
| avcintra_50_1080p24_30_60 | AVC-Intra 50M 1080p24/30/60 | ||
| avcintra_50_1080p25_50 | AVC-Intra 50M 1080p25/50 | ||
| avcintra_50_720p24_30_60 | AVC-Intra 50M 720p24/30/60 | ||
| avcintra_50_720p25_50 | AVC-Intra 50M 720p25/50 | ||
| dicas | Dicas MPEGable H.264 | ||
| dideonet_smv2 | DideoNET SMV2 Codec | ||
| dolby_vision | Dolby Vision H264 | ||
| drex | DreX H.264 | ||
| geovision | GeoVision MPEG-4 AVC | ||
| qnap | QNAP H.264 | ||
| smooth_streaming | Smooth Streaming H.264 MPEG 4 Annex B | ||
| vanguard_vss | Vanguard VSS H264 | ||
| hap | Vidvox Hap | ||
| hevc | H.265 / HEVC | ||
| hq_hqa | Canopus HQ/HQA | ||
| hqx | Canopus HQX | ||
| huffyuv | HuffYUV | ||
| imm4 | Infinity IMM4 | ||
| imm5 | Infinity IMM5 | ||
| indeo2 | Intel Indeo 2 | ||
| indeo3 | Intel Indeo 3 | ||
| indeo4 | Intel Indeo Video Interactive 4 | ||
| indeo5 | Intel Indeo Video Interactive 5 | ||
| jpeg2000 | JPEG 2000 | ||
| avid | Avid JPEG 2000 | ||
| lead | LEAD MJPEG 2000 | ||
| motion_jpeg2000 | Motion JPEG 2000 | ||
| jpegls | JPEG-LS | ||
| kgv1 | Kega Game Video | ||
| kmvc | Karl Morton's video codec | ||
| lagarith | Lagarith lossless | ||
| lead | LEAD MCMP | ||
| lead_mcmw | LEADTools MCMW 9Motion Wavelet | ||
| loco | JPEG-LS / Loco | ||
| lscr | LEAD Screen Capture | ||
| lzo | LZO (Lempel–Ziv–Oberhumer) Compressed video | ||
| m101 | Matrox Uncompressed SD | ||
| mcu | Moscow State University LossLess | ||
| media100 | Media-100 iFinish Transcoder | ||
| mhfy | A.M.Paredes mhuffyYUV LossLess codec | ||
| microcosm | Digital Anarchy Microcosm | ||
| mimic | MSN Messenger Webcam Codec | ||
| mjpeg | Motion JPEG | ||
| acd | ACD Systems Digital Imaging | ||
| apple_mjpega | Apple MJPEG-A | ||
| apple_mjpegb | Apple MJPEG-B | ||
| avid | Avid | ||
| cctv | CCTV Recording | ||
| creative | Creative Webcam | ||
| intel | Intel JPEG Library Video | ||
| intergraph | Intergraph JPEG | ||
| lead | LEAD MJPEG | ||
| mainconcept | MainConcept MJPEG | ||
| midvid | Midvid JPEG Video | ||
| paradigm | Paradigm Matrix | ||
| pegasus | Pegasus lossless | ||
| rainbow_runner | Rainbow Runner hardware | ||
| sigmatel | Sigmatel Motion Video | ||
| softlab | SoftLab-NSK MJPEG | ||
| truevision | TrueVision MJPG | ||
| mlc | MLC Lossless Codec | ||
| mobiclip | Actimagine Mobiclip Video Codec | ||
| motion_wavelets | Aware Motion Wavelets | ||
| mpeg1video | MPEG-1 video | ||
| broadway | Broadway MPEG-1 | ||
| pinnacle | Pinnacle MPEG-1 | ||
| Xing MPEG (I-Frame only) | |||
| mpeg2video | ITU-T H.262 / MPEG-2 Part 2 | ||
| ati_vcr2 | ATI VCR-2 | ||
| avid_imx_pal | AVID IMX PAL | ||
| hdmv | HDMV | ||
| hdv_1080i50 | FCP HDV 1080i50 | ||
| hdv_1080i60 | Sony HDV 1080i60 | ||
| hdv_1080p24 | HDV 1080p24 | ||
| hdv_1080p25 | HDV 1080p25 | ||
| hdv_1080p30 | HDV 1080p30 | ||
| hdv_720p24 | HDV 720p24 | ||
| hdv_720p25 | HDV 720p25 | ||
| hdv_720p30 | HDV 720p30 | ||
| hdv_720p50 | HDV 720p50 | ||
| hdv_720p60_jvc | HDV 720p60 JVC | ||
| imx_ntsc_525_60_30mbps | IMX NTSC 525/60 30Mb/s | ||
| imx_ntsc_525_60_40mbps | IMX NTSC 525/60 40Mb/s | ||
| imx_ntsc_525_60_50mbps | IMX NTSC 525/60 50Mb/s | ||
| imx_pal_625_50_30mbps | IMX NTSC 625/50 30Mb/s | ||
| imx_pal_625_50_40mbps | IMX PAL 625/50 40Mb/s | ||
| imx_pal_625_60_50mbps | IMX PAL 625/60 50Mb/s | ||
| lead | Lead MPEG-2 | ||
| matrox_es | Matrox MPEG-2 ES | ||
| matrox_m701 | Matrox MPEG-2 M701 | ||
| matrox_m702 | Matrox MPEG-2 M702 | ||
| matrox_m703 | Matrox MPEG-2 M703 | ||
| matrox_m704 | Matrox MPEG-2 M704 | ||
| matrox_m705 | Matrox MPEG-2 M705 | ||
| pinnacle | Pinnacle MPEG-2 | ||
| softlab | SoftLab MPEG-2 I-frames | ||
| xdcam_ex_1080i50_35mbps | XDCAM EX 1080i50 50Mb/s CBR | ||
| xdcam_ex_1080i60_35mbps | XDCAM EX 1080i60 50Mb/s CBR | ||
| xdcam_ex_1080p24_35mbps | XDCAM EX 1080p24 50Mb/s CBR | ||
| xdcam_ex_1080p25_35mbps | XDCAM EX 1080p25 50Mb/s CBR | ||
| xdcam_ex_1080p30_35mbps | XDCAM EX 1080p30 50Mb/s CBR | ||
| xdcam_ex_720p24_35mbps | XDCAM EX 720p24 35Mb/s | ||
| xdcam_ex_720p25_35mbps | XDCAM EX 720p25 35Mb/s | ||
| xdcam_ex_720p30_35mbps | XDCAM EX 720p30 35Mb/s | ||
| xdcam_ex_720p50_35mbps | XDCAM EX 720p50 35Mb/s | ||
| xdcam_ex_720p60_35mbps | XDCAM EX 720p60 35Mb/s | ||
| xdcam_hd422_1080i50_50mbps | XDCAM HD422 1080i50 50Mb/s CBR | ||
| xdcam_hd422_1080i60_50mbps | XDCAM HD422 1080i60 50Mb/s CBR | ||
| xdcam_hd422_1080p24_50mbps | XDCAM HD422 1080p24 50Mb/s CBR | ||
| xdcam_hd422_1080p25_50mbps | XDCAM HD422 1080p25 50Mb/s CBR | ||
| xdcam_hd422_1080p30_50mbps | XDCAM HD422 1080p30 50Mb/s CBR | ||
| xdcam_hd422_540p | XDCAM HD422 540p | ||
| xdcam_hd422_720p24_50mbps | XDCAM HD422 720p24 50Mb/s CBR | ||
| xdcam_hd422_720p25_50mbps | XDCAM HD422 720p25 50Mb/s CBR | ||
| xdcam_hd422_720p30_50mbps | XDCAM HD422 720p30 50Mb/s CBR | ||
| xdcam_hd422_720p50_50mbps | XDCAM HD422 720p50 50Mb/s CBR | ||
| xdcam_hd422_720p60_50mbps | XDCAM HD422 720p60 50Mb/s CBR | ||
| xdcam_hd_1080i50_35mbps | XDCAM HD 1080i50 35Mb/s | ||
| xdcam_hd_1080i60_35mbps | XDCAM HD 1080i60 35Mb/s | ||
| xdcam_hd_1080p24_35mbps | XDCAM HD 1080p24 35Mb/s | ||
| xdcam_hd_1080p25_35mbps | XDCAM HD 1080p25 35Mb/s | ||
| xdcam_hd_1080p30_35mbps | XDCAM HD 1080p30 35Mb/s | ||
| xdcam_hd_540p | XDCAM HD 540p | ||
| mpeg4video | MPEG-4 part 2 / MPEG-4 Visual | ||
| 3ivx_delta | 3ivx Delta | ||
| 3ivx_delta_35 | 3ivx Delta 1.0 - 3.5 | ||
| 3ivx_delta_40 | 3ivx Delta 4.0 | ||
| advanced_simple | Advanced Simple Profile | ||
| blizzard | Blizzard Entertainment | ||
| divio | DIVIO INC | ||
| divx | DivX | ||
| divx4 | DivX 4 / OpenDivX | ||
| divx5 | DivX 5 | ||
| divx_microsoft | DivX / Microsoft | ||
| dynapel | DynaPel MPEG-4 | ||
| ea_game_video | Electronic Arts GameVideo | ||
| ephv | Ephv MPEG-4 | ||
| ffdshow | FFDShow | ||
| ffmpeg | FFmpeg MPEG-4 | ||
| fmp4 | fmp4 | ||
| geovision | GeoVision MPEG-4 | ||
| jomigo_hdx4 | Jomigo HDX4 | ||
| pelco | Pelco DVR MPEG-4 | ||
| qnap | QNAP Systems MPEG-4 | ||
| realmagic | Sigma Design "REALmagic" MPEG-4 | ||
| samsung | Samsung MPEG-4 | ||
| samsung_dc | Samsung MPEG-4 / Digital Camcorders | ||
| samsung_shr6040 | Samsung SHR-6040 | ||
| simple | Simple Profile | ||
| sorenson | Sorenson MPEG-4 | ||
| ub | UB Video MPEG-4 | ||
| vidm | Vidm 4.01 | ||
| viewsonic_v36 | ViewSonic V36 PDA | ||
| wawv | WaWv MPEG-4 | ||
| xvid | XviD MPEG-4 | ||
| xvid_ffmpeg | XviD-based FFmpeg MPEG-4 | ||
| msa1 | Microsoft ATC Screen | ||
| msmpeg4v1 | MPEG-4 part 2 / Microsoft variant v1 | ||
| msmpeg4v2 | MPEG-4 part 2 / Microsoft variant v2 | ||
| msmpeg4v3 | MPEG-4 part 2 / Microsoft variant v3 | ||
| 3ivx_delta_40 | 3ivx Delta 4.0 | ||
| angelpotion | AngelPotion Definitive | ||
| divx | DivX MPEG-4 | ||
| divx_412 | DivX 4.12 MPEG-4 | ||
| divx_fast | DivX MPEG-4 (Fast motion) | ||
| divx_ffmpeg | FFmpeg DivX | ||
| divx_low | DivX MPEG-4 (Low motion) | ||
| lucent_dvx1000sp | Lucent DVX1000SP | ||
| lucent_dvx2000s | Lucent DVX2000S | ||
| lucent_dvx3000s | Lucent DVX3000S | ||
| msrle | Microsoft RLE | ||
| mss1 | Microsoft Windows Media Screen V7 | ||
| mss2 | Microsoft Windows Media Video V9 Screen | ||
| msvideo1 | MS-CRAM / Microsoft Video 1 | ||
| mszh | Lossless Codec Libraries MSZH | ||
| mts2 | Microsoft Expression Encoder Screen | ||
| mv30 | MidiVid 3.0 | ||
| mvdv | MidiVid VQ | ||
| mwsc | MatchWare Screen Capture Codec | ||
| notchlc | NotchLC | ||
| pixlet | Apple Pixlet | ||
| prores | Apple ProRes | ||
| ap4c | 4444 | ||
| ap4h | 4444 | ||
| ap4x | 4444 XQ | ||
| apch | 422 HQ | ||
| apcn | 422 SD | ||
| apco | 422 Proxy | ||
| apcs | 422 LT | ||
| aprh | RAW HQ | ||
| aprn | RAW SD | ||
| prosumer | Brooktree ProSumer Video | ||
| qdraw | Apple QuickDraw | ||
| qpeg | Q-Team QPEG 1.0 | ||
| qtrle | Apple QuickTime RLE | ||
| r10k | AJA Kona 10-bit RGB Codec | ||
| logrgb | Log RGB | ||
| rawvideo | Uncompressed raw video | ||
| aja_video | AJA Video Systems Xena / Uncompressed 4:2:2 10-bit | ||
| apple_yuv422 | Apple YUV422 Codec | ||
| digital_voodoo10_422 | Digital Voodoo 10 bit Uncompressed 4:2:2 | ||
| digital_voodoo8_422 | Digital Voodoo 8 bit Uncompressed 4:2:2 | ||
| microsoft_yuv422 | Microsoft / YUV 4:2:0 Planar | ||
| none16 | Digital Anarchy None16 Uncompressed Codec | ||
| radius | Radius DV YUV PAL/NTSC | ||
| rpza | QuickTime Video (Road Pizza) | ||
| rscc | InnoHeim / Rsupport Screen Capture Codec | ||
| rududu | Rududu video | ||
| rv10 | RealVideo 1.0 | ||
| rv20 | RealVideo 2.0 | ||
| rv30 | RealVideo 3.0 | ||
| rv40 | RealVideo 4.0 | ||
| scpr | ScreenPressor | ||
| screenpresso | Screenpresso | ||
| sgirle | SGI RLE 8-bit | ||
| sheervideo | BitJazz SheerVideo | ||
| rgba_10b | RGB[A] 10b | ||
| rgba_8b | RGB[A] 8b | ||
| ycbcr_8b_422 | Y'CbCr 8bw 4:2:2 | ||
| ycbcra_10b_422 | Y'CbCr[A] 10bv 4:2:2[:4] | ||
| ycbcra_10b_444 | Y'CbCr[A] 10bv 4:4:4[:4] | ||
| ycbcra_8b_422 | Y'CbCr[A] 8bv 4:2:2[:4] | ||
| ycbcra_8b_444 | Y'CbCr[A] 8bv 4:4:4[:4] | ||
| smc | QuickTime Graphics | ||
| snow | FFMpeg Snow | ||
| speedhq | NewTek SpeedHQ | ||
| 420 | 4:2:0 | ||
| 420_alpha | 4:2:0 with alpha | ||
| 420_luma | 4:2:0, alpha = luma | ||
| 422 | 4:2:2 | ||
| 422_alpha | 4:2:2 with alpha | ||
| 444 | 4:4:4 | ||
| 444_alpha | 4:4:4 with alpha | ||
| stimager | ST Microelectronics CMOS Imager Data (Extended Data Format) | ||
| svq1 | Sorenson Vector Quantizer 1 / Sorenson Video 1 | ||
| svq3 | Sorenson Vector Quantizer 3 / Sorenson Video 3 | ||
| theora | Theora | ||
| truemotion1 | Duck TrueMotion 1.0 | ||
| truemotion2 | Duck TrueMotion 2.0 | ||
| tscc | TechSmith Screen Capture Codec | ||
| tscc2 | TechSmith Screen Codec 2 | ||
| ulti | IBM UltiMotion | ||
| utvideo | Ut Video Lossless | ||
| v308 | Uncompressed packed 4:4:4 | ||
| v408 | Uncompressed packed QT 4:4:4:4 | ||
| v410 | Uncompressed 4:4:4 10-bit | ||
| vble | MarcFD VBLE Lossless Codec | ||
| vc1 | SMPTE VC-1 | ||
| vcr1 | ATI VCR1 / Simple YUV Coding Formats | ||
| vdowave | VDONet Wave | ||
| vixl | Miro VideoXL | ||
| vmnc | VMware Video | ||
| vp3 | On2 VP3 | ||
| vp4 | On2 VP4 | ||
| vp5 | On2 VP5 | ||
| vp6 | On2 VP6 | ||
| flash | Flash version | ||
| flash_alpha | Flash version with alpha channel | ||
| vp7 | On2 VP7 | ||
| vp8 | On2 VP8 | ||
| vp9 | Google VP9 | ||
| vss | Vanguard VSS Codec Light | ||
| wavecodec | Loronix WaveCodec | ||
| wavelet | WorldConnect Wavelet Streaming Video | ||
| wavelet2000 | Pegasus Motion Wavelet 2000 | ||
| wmv1 | Windows Media Video 7 | ||
| wmv2 | Windows Media Video 8 | ||
| softmedia_vivd2 | SoftMedia ViVD v2 | ||
| wmv3 | Windows Media Video 9 | ||
| wnv1 | WinNov Videum Video 1 | ||
| wnv2 | WinNov Videum Video 2 | ||
| ylc | YUY2 Lossless Codec | ||
| yuv4 | Uncompressed packed 4:2:0 | ||
| zerocodec | ZeroCodec Lossless Video | ||
| zlib | Lossless Codec Libraries ZLIB | ||
| zmbv | Zip Motion Blocks Video |
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