Codec

See Also the Official documentation: list of modules

Codec is short for coder/decoder.

To know what codecs are readable with VLC media player, see VLC Features Formats.

For portability to almost all decoders, we recommend using the MPEG-1 standard of vcodec=mp1v, acodec=mpga, and mux=mpeg1. See the MPEG Wiki page for more details on the other MPEG standards.

To save a file in a different codec, you can use the transcoding wizard or transcode from the command prompt with a command like this:

vlc file --sout='#transcode{vcodec=mp1v, vb=1024, acodec=mpga, ab=128}:std{access=file, mux=mpeg1, url=C:\file_name.mpg}'

Video Codecs

Use the "name" part in your vcodec=... commands

name	description
mp1v	MPEG-1 Video - recommended for portability
mp2v	MPEG-2 Video - used in DVDs
mp4v	MPEG-4 Video
SVQ1	Sorenson Video v1
SVQ3	Sorenson Video v3
WMV1	Windows Media Video v1
WMV2	Windows Media Video v2
WMV3	Windows Media Video v3, also called Windows Media 9 (unsupported)
DVSD	Digital Video
MJPG	MJPEG
H263	H263
h264	H264
theo	Theora
IV20	Indeo Video
IV40	Indeo Video version 4 or later (unsupported)
RV10	Real Media Video
cvid	Cinepak
VP31	On2 VP
FLV1	Flash Video
CYUV	Creative YUV
HFYU	Huffman YUV
MSVC	Microsoft Video v1
MRLE	Microsoft RLE Video
AASC	Autodesc RLE Video
FLIC	FLIC video
QPEG	QPEG Video

Audio Codecs

Use the "name" part in your acodec=... commands

name	description
mpga	MPEG audio (recommended for portability)
mp3	MPEG Layer 3 audio
mp4a	MP4 audio
a52	Dolby Digital (A52 or AC3)
vorb	Vorbis
spx	Speex
flac or fl32	FLAC

No-"name" Codecs

• DTS
• AAC (Advanced Audio Coding)
• Windows Media Audio
• DV Audio
• LPCM
• ADPCM
• AMR
• QuickTime Audio
• Real Audio
• MACE
• MusePack

Subtitle Codecs

See Subtitles Codec for more information.

CVD	CVD Subtitles
SVCD (Overlay Graphics)	SVCD Subtitle (OGT) Information
SRT	Subrip Subtitles
SSA/ASS	Sub Station Alpha or Advanced Sub Station Subtitles
SubViewer	SubViewer Subtitles
VobSub	VobSub Subtitles
DVD subtitles	DVD Subtitles
VPlayer	Vplayer Subtitles
MicroDVD	MicroDVD Subtitles
Sami	Sami Subtitles

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Muxers

Use the "name" part in you mux=... commands

name	description
mpeg1	MPEG-1 multiplexing - recommended for portability. Only works with mp1v video and mpga audio, but works on all known players
ts	MPEG Transport Stream, primarily used for streaming MPEG. Also used in DVDs
ps	MPEG Program Stream, primarily used for saving MPEG data to disk.
mp4	MPEG-4 mux format, used only for MPEG-4 video and MPEG audio.
avi	AVI
asf	ASF
dummy	dummy output, can be used in creation of MP3 files.
ogg	Xiph.org's ogg container format. Can contain audio, video, and metadata.

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