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Good lists of FourCC (or FOURCC) can be found here:
Good lists of FourCC (or FOURCC) can be found here:


* [http://abcavi.kibi.ru/fourcc.php]
* http://abcavi.kibi.ru/fourcc.php
* [http://www.fourcc.org/codecs.php]
* http://www.fourcc.org/codecs.php
* [http://wiki.multimedia.cx/index.php?title=FourCC]
* http://wiki.multimedia.cx/index.php?title=FourCC






[[Category:Glossary]]
[[Category:Glossary]]

Revision as of 08:17, 21 May 2007

FourCC, - sometimes called FOURCC or fourcc - is a 4-bytes identifier which specifies the format of data contained in a media file.

Every codec has its own unique FourCC.

This is very useful to tell if VLC media player can or cannot read a video codec.

Good lists of FourCC (or FOURCC) can be found here: