Working video codecs

codec name

fourcc

codecfile

out

comments

MPEG-PES output (.mpg or DXR3/DVB card)

-

-

MPES

for hardware decoding

MPEG-1 or 2 (libmpeg2)

- DVR hdv2 mpg1 PIM1 VCR2 mpg2

-

YV12 I420 IYUV 422P

with postprocessing

FFmpeg MPEG-1

- mpg1 PIM1 VCR2

mpeg1video

YV12 I420 IYUV

-

FFmpeg MPEG-2

- mpg2 DVR hdv2

mpeg2video

YV12 I420 IYUV 422P 444P

-

FFmpeg MPEG-1/2

- mpg1 mpg2 PIM1 VCR2 DVR hdv2

mpegvideo

YV12 I420 IYUV 422P 444P

-

NuppelVideo

NUV1 RJPG

-

I420 IYUV

-

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

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 VideoXL codec

VIXL

xl

411P

-

QuickDraw native decoder

qdrw

qdraw

RGB24

-

Indeo 2 native decoder

RT21

indeo2

YVU9

-

FFmpeg Flash video

FLV1

flv

YV12

-

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 avc1

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 3IV2 3iv2 DXGM

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

-

OpenDivX API (ODIVX DIVX4 DIVX5 XVID)

mp4v DIVX divx DIV1 div1 MP43 mp43 DIV3 div3 DIV4 div4 AP41 xvid XVID XviD DX50 BLZ0

libdivxdecore.so

YV12 I420 IYUV

with postprocessing

DivX4Linux API (DIVX4 DIVX5 XVID)

mp4v DIVX divx DIV1 div1 MP43 mp43 DIV3 div3 DIV4 div4 AP41 xvid XVID XviD DX50 BLZ0

libdivxdecore.so

YUY2 UYVY BGR32 BGR24 BGR16 BGR15

with postprocessing

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 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

-

FFmpeg MJPEG-B decoder

mjpb

mjpegb

444P 422P YUY2 YV12 I420 IYUV

-

Independent JPEG Group‘s codec

ijpg IJPG jpeg AVRn AVDJ

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 viv1 s263

h263

YV12 I420 IYUV

-

CCITT H.261

H261 h261

h261

YV12

-

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

dvvideo

411P YV12

-

Raw DV decoder (libdv)

DVSD dvsd DVCS dvcs dvcp dvc 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

-

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

-

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

-

FFmpeg RV10 decoder

RV10 rv10 RV13 rv13

rv10

YV12 I420 IYUV

-

On2 Open Source VP3 Codec

VP30 vp30 VP31 vp31

vp31vfw.dll

YUY2 BGR32 BGR24 BGR15

For SSE-systems use fixed DLL fromftp://mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/samples/drivers32/

On2 VP4 Personal Codec

VP40 VP31 VP30 vp31 vp30

vp4vfw.dll

YUY2 BGR32 BGR24

Decodes also VP3

On2 VP5 Personal Codec

VP50

vp5vfw.dll

YUY2 BGR32 BGR24

-

On2 VP6 Personal Codec

VP60 VP61 VP62

vp6vfw.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

-

Duck Truemotion1

DUCK

truemotion1

BGR15 BGR16 BGR24

-

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

-

VMware video

VMnc

vmnc.dll

BGR24 BGR15 BGR8

-

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

-

FRAPS: Realtime Video Capture

FPS1 fps1

frapsvid.dll

BGR32

Requires a processor with SSE???

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 ZyGo

ZyGo

h263

-

M261

m261 M261

msh261.drv

-

FFmpeg RV20 decoder

RV20 rv20

rv20

-

FFmpeg VP3

VP30 vp30 VP31 vp31 VP3

vp3

-

FFmpeg Theora

theo Thra

theora

-

CJPG

CJPG

CtWbJpg.DLL

sample files needed (this DLL is decompression only!)

Win32/QuickTime BeHereiVideo decoder

bhiv

BeHereiVideo.qtx

sample file wanted!

Codecs with problems

codec name

fourcc

codecfile

problem

FFmpeg MPEG-1/2 (XvMC)

- mpg1 mpg2 DVR hdv2 PIM1 VCR2

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

-

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

-

Not yet working codecs:

codec name

fourcc

codecfile

problem

FFmpeg M$ WMV3/WMV9

WMV3 wmv3

wmv3

-

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

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

-

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

-

RealAudio 1.0 / 2.0 native decoder

0x345F3431 0x385F3832

-

-

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

-

Win32 RealAudio Sipro

0x72706973

sipr3260.dll

-

Mac OS X RealAudio Sipro

0x72706973

sipr.bundle/Contents/MacOS/sipr

-

RealAudio ATRAC3

0x63727461

atrc.so.6.0

-

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

-

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 0xFF 0x706D

libfaad2

-

FFmpeg FLAC audio decoder

0x43614C66

flac

-

FFmpeg ALAC audio decoder

0x63616C61

alac

-

Uncompressed PCM

0x0 0x1 0x3 0xFFFE 0x20776172 0x736F7774 0x74776F73 0x32336C66 0x454E4F4E

-

-

DivX audio (WMA)

0x160 0x161

divxa32.acm

-

MS ADPCM

0x2

msadp32.acm

-

mp3lib MPEG layer-2 layer-3

0x50 0x55 0x33706D2E 0x5500736D 0x2033504D

-

Optimized to MMX/SSE/3Dnow!

FFmpeg Multi-channel MPEG layer-3 on MP4 audio decoder

0x1D61346D

mp3on4

-

FFmpeg MPEG layer-3 audio decoder

0x55 0x33706D2E 0x5500736D

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 0x33706D2E 0x5500736D

libmad

-

MPEG layer-3

0x55

l3codeca.acm

conflicts with security kernel patches

IMA ADPCM

0x11

imaadp32.acm

-

MS GSM

0x31

msgsm32.acm

-

MSN AUDIO

0x32

msnaudio.acm

-

MS GSM

0x31 0x32 0x6D736761

-

-

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 audio codec

0x2043504D 0x2B4D

-

-

AMR Narrowband

0x726D6173

amr_nb

-

AMR Widewband

0x62776173

amr_wb

-

FFmpeg‘s ADPCM Flash-variant

0x5346

adpcm_swf

-

VoxWare

0x75

voxmsdec.ax

-

ACELP.net Sipro Lab Audio Decoder

0x130

acelpdec.ax

-

Intel Music Coder

0x401

imc32.acm

driver athttp://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

-

-

OggVorbis Audio Decoder

0x73627276

libvorbis

OggVorbis driver using libvorbis

Vivo G.723/Siren Audio Codec

0x111 0x112

vivog723.acm

-

Sharp G.726 Audio

0x45

g726

-

ALF2

0x1FC4

alf2cd.acm

-

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

-

New / Untested codecs

codec name

format

codecfile

problem

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 RealAudio 1.0

0x345F3431

real_144

-

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

-

Sony ATRAC3

0x270

atrac3.acm

format not accepted

Not yet working codecs

codec name

format

codecfile

problem

FFmpeg RealAudio 2.0

0x385F3832

real_288

-

G.711/G.721/G.723

0x111 0x112

g72x.c

does not work yet - just noise