// FOURCC tags from page http://www.fourcc.org/codecs.php 3IV1 3ivx 3IVX MPEG4-based codec. Used by 3ivx Delta 1.0-3.5. FOURCC "3IV0" was also used for a while but never publicly released. 3IV2 3ivx 3IVX MPEG4-based codec. To be used for "3ivx Delta 4.0." 8BPS Planar RGB Codec Apple? RLE codec storing RGB image in planar format under Quicktime. AASC Autodesk Animator codec Autodesk This codec is part of Autodesk's discontinued Animator Studio for Windows. ABYR ? Kensington? Apparently a low resolution, low frame rate (6fps) codec similar to AJPG which is used in implementing movie capture in some digital cameras. ADV1 WaveCodec Loronix Apparently used in various CCTV products. ADVJ Avid M-JPEG Avid Technology Also known as AVRn AEMI Array VideoONE MPEG1-I Capture Array Microsystems Array's codec used for I frame only MPEG1 AVI files AFLI Autodesk Animator codec Autodesk AVI equivalent of Autodesk's native FLI file format (presumably). AFLC Autodesk Animator codec Autodesk AVI equivalent of the FLC native file format. AJPG ? ? 22fps JPEG-based codec used for movie capture by some digital cameras. AMPG Array VideoONE MPEG Array Microsystems Codec for Array VideoONE hardware-based MPEG compression system. ANIM RDX Intel ? AP41 AngelPotion Definitive AngelPotion Another hacked version of Microsoft's MP43 codec. One source recommends against installing this codec "due to its occasional tendency to modify client structures". Apparently this means that it can destroy or otherwise mess up the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\avifile section of your registry leaving some tools incapable of playing video any more. ASLC Alparysoft Lossless Codec Alparysoft Codec offering approximately 5x compression in mathematically lossless mode or 5-15x compression in "visually lossless" operation. ASV1 Asus Video Asus Codec supplied with the Asus TNT Video Capture adapter. Supposedly a very simple, DCT-based codec. Complete technical details can be found here. ASV2 Asus Video (2) Asus New codec from Asus. Supposedly a very simple DCT codec. Complete technical details can be found here. ASVX Asus Video 2.0 Asus Unusual codec which stores audio in the .avi file but puts the video in a companion .asv file. Click here for information on how to play back these files on Windows 2000 PCs. AUR2 Aura 2 Codec - YUV 422 Auravision ? AURA Aura 1 Codec - YUV 411 Auravision ? avc1 H.264 Apple Apple's version of the MPEG4 part 10/H.264 standard apparently. AVRn Avid M-JPEG Avid Technology Also known as ADVJ in Quicktime files. BA81 Raw 8bit RGB Bayer ? This format stores raw 8bit Bayer samples. The Bayer color filter array is described here. I wonder if this is a duplicate of BYR1? BINK Bink Video RAD Game Tools Pretty popular codec in Windows games. I'm not sure if this is available as a standard Windows codec but the web site makes it sound interesting enough to list here even if it does require non-standard tools to use. BLZ0 ? Blizzard MPEG-4 codec used in WarCraft 3 movies. BT20 Prosumer Video Conexant Codec optimised for realtime compression of YUV images. Download the ZIP and add VIDC.BT20=btvvc32.drv and VIDC.Y41P=btvvc32.drv to the [drivers32] section of your SYSTEM.INI to enable the codec BTCV Composite Video Codec Conexant This, now obsolete, format supported a special data format used by the Brooktree Bt2115 chipset which could perform "software encoded video output" - a kind of software TV-out capability. BW10 Broadway MPEG Capture/Compression Data Translation Codec for Broadway hardware-based MPEG compression system. BYR1 Raw 8bit RGB Bayer ? This format stores raw 8bit Bayer samples. The Bayer color filter array is described here. BYR2 Raw 16bit RGB Bayer ? This format stores packed 16bit Bayer samples with 12bit precision. The Bayer color filter array is described here. CC12 YUV12 Codec Intel ? CDVC Canopus DV Codec Canopus Allegedly used with digital video cameras. The Canopus download page has a free software-only version of this codec which will install on machines which are not equipped with their capture hardware. Apparently if you edit the AVI and change the FOURCC to dvsd, it will play with these codecs too. CFCC DPS Perception Digital Processing Systems Native format used when capturing AVIs using a DPS Perception adapter. CGDI Camcorder Video Microsoft AVI format used by Office 97 camcorder application. CHAM Caviara Champagne Winnov ? CMYK Uncompressed CMYK Colorgraph Uncompressed 32bpp CMYK as used in printing processes. CJPG WebCam JPEG Creative Labs Used by Creative Video Blaster Webcam Go control. See here for info on how to download and install this codec. CPLA YUV 4:2:0 Weitek This sounds like an uncompressed format to me. Anyone know? CRAM Microsoft Video 1 Microsoft Allegedly identical to MSVC. CSCD CamStudio Codec RenderSoft CTRX Citrix Scalable Video Codec Citrix? ? CVID Cinepak Providenza & Boekelheide Originally owned by Supermac then Radius, now P & B. Complete technical details can be found here. CWLT Color WLT DIB Microsoft Apparently WLT is "with lookup table". Presumably, therefore, this is similar to a standard DIB using FOURCC 0? CXY1 Conexant YUV 4:1:1 Conexant Uncompressed, planar 4:1:1 YUV format. CXY2 Conexant YUV 4:2:2 Conexant Uncompressed, planar 4:2:2 YUV format. CYUV Creative YUV Creative Labs Proprietary YUV compression algorithm CYUY ? ATI Technologies Proprietary YUV compression algorithm D261 H.261 DEC Presumably now owned by Intel. D263 H.263 DEC Presumably now owned by Intel. davc MPEG-4/H.264 Dicas H.264/MPEG-4 AVC base profile codec. Dicas tell me that this codec will be available for free download from their site some time in June 2004. I am waiting to hear the exact URL for the download. DCL1 Data Connection Conferencing Codec Data Connection Ltd. Format used in Data Connection Ltd's conferencing services. DCL2 Data Connection Multimedia Conferencing Codec Data Connection Ltd. Format used in Data Connection Ltd's conferencing services. DCL3 Data Connection Enhanced Conferencing Codec Data Connection Ltd. Format used in Data Connection Ltd's conferencing services. DCL4 Data Connection Extended Conferencing Codec Data Connection Ltd. Format used in Data Connection Ltd's conferencing services. DCL5 Data Connection Media Conferencing Codec Data Connection Ltd. Format used in Data Connection Ltd's conferencing services. DIV3 DivX MPEG-4 DivX Low motion codec (optimised for low motion source material?). Several sources tell me that this is an old and illegal codec that should not be used to encode new material. DIV4 DivX MPEG-4 DivX Fast motion codec.Several sources tell me that this is an old and illegal codec that should not be used to encode new material. DIV5 ? ? Apparently almost as old as DIV3 and DIV4. Changing DIV5 AVI's FOURCC to DIV3 or DIV4 seems to allow them to play just fine. DIVX DivX OpenDivX This FOURCC code is used for versions 4.0 and later of the DivX codec. DivX, "the MP3 of video," is the popular and market-leading MPEG-4 video codec that is emerging as the standard for full screen, full motion, DVD-quality video over IP-based networks. divx DivX ? Apparently used interchangeably with "DIVX". This FOURCC is supported by LEAD's MCMP Codec. DM4V MPEG-4 Dicas MPEG4 codec compatible with DivX4 and 5. dmb1 Rainbow Runner hardware compression Matrox Hardware codec used by Matrox Rainbow Runner video capture product. Apparently a form of Motion JPEG). LEAD's MCMP codec supports this format. DMB2 ? ? MJPEG codec used by Paradigm. DMK2 ? ? Movies generated by a ViewSonic V36 PDA appear to be AVI files using this video codec. Oddly enough, they are named .mpg - go figure. DSVD DV Codec ? The DSVD codec is a VFW-based compressor that firewire- and DV-based capture cards use. It is supported by Graphedit (from divx-digest.com), Adobe Premier and StudioDV. VirtualDub doesn't support the format. DUCK TrueMotion S Duck Corporation Rather nice RGB codec which, strangely enough, appears to have two distinct FOURCCs. dv25 DVCPRO Matrox SMPTE 314M 25Mb/s compressed video. A professional variant of DVC (dvsd). Unlike dvsd, it uses 4:1:1 sampling structure for both NTSC and PAL. dv50 DVCPRO50 Matrox SMPTE 314M 50Mb/s compressed video. Has twice the data rate (50Mbits/sec) of dv25 and uses 4:2:2 sampling structure. DVAN ? ? ? DVCS DV Video Microsoft? A generic DV codec along the same lines as DVSD. Microsoft indicates here that this codec should be considered obsolete now that standard FOURCCs for the various DV flavours have been defined. DVE2 DVE-2 Videoconferencing Codec InSoft ? dvh1 SMPTE 370M Panasonic? SMPTE 370M - data structure for DV based audio, data and compressed video at 100 Mb/s - 1080/60i, 1080/50i, and 720/60p. This is basically a high definition variant of dv25 and dv50. dvhd 50Mbps Consumer DV Microsoft? SD-DVCR 1125-60 or SD-DVCR 1250-50. See also dvsl and dvsd. dvsd 25Mbps Consumer DV Pinnacle Systems? SD-DVCR 525-60 or SD-DVCR 625-50. See also dvsl and dvhd. DVSD DV Video Microsoft? Used by Adobe After Effects, Uleads Mediastudio 6 (and probably VideoStudio) as a generic DV FOURCC. Probably the same as "dvsd". Sources indicate that these FOURCCs were used interchangeably in early versions. Microsoft indicates here that this codec should be considered obsolete now that standard FOURCCs for the various DV flavours have been defined. dvsl 12.5Mbps Consumer DV Microsoft? SD-DVCR 525-60 or SD-DVCR 625-50. See also dvsd and dvhd. DVX1 DVX1000SP Video Decoder Lucent ? DVX2 DVX2000S Video Decoder Lucent ? DVX3 DVX3000S Video Decoder Lucent ? DX50 DivX MPEG-4 DivX Apparently this is used interchangeably with the DIVX FOURCC when using version 5 of the co...
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