Codec

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See Also the Official documentation: list of codecs

For more information of codecs in general, look ar wikipedia and wiki.multimedia.cx.

Codec is short for coder/decoder. For portability to almost all decoders, we recommend using the MPEG-1 standard of vcodec=mp1v, acodec=mpga, and mux=mpeg1.

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 you vcodec=... commands

name description
mp1v MPEG-1 Video - recommended for portability
mp2v MPEG-2 Video - used in DVDs
mp4v MPEG-4 Video
Sorenson Video
Windows Media Video
Digital Video
MJPG MJPEG
H263 H263
h264 H264
theo Theora
Indeo Video
Real Media Video
Cinepak
On2 VP
Flash Video
Creative YUV
Huffman YUV

Audio Codecs

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

name description
mpga MPEG audio (recommended for portability)
mp3 MPEG Layer 3 audio
mp4a MP4 audio
a52 or ac3 Dolby Digital (A52 or AC3)
DTS
vorb Vorbis
spx Speex
AAC (Advanced Audio Coding)
Windows Media Audio
DV Audio
flac or fl32 FLAC
LPCM
ADPCM
AMR
QuickTime Audio
Real Audio
MACE
MusePack

Muxers

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

name description
ts MPEG Transport Stream, primarily used for streaming MPEG
ps MPEG Program Stream, primarily used for saving MPEG data to disk
avi AVI
mp4 MPEG-4
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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