VLC Features Formats
This is an unofficial page that list the audio/video codecs that VLC can or cannot read. You can get the official features pages on VideoLAN website.
Video Codecs
| Name | FOURCC | Decoded | Encoded | library | Comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3ivx | No | No | ||||
| MPEG-1 | Yes | Yes | libmpeg | |||
| MPEG-2 | Yes | Yes | libmpeg2 | |||
| Divx (1, 2, 3) | Yes | Yes | ffmpeg | |||
| DivX 4, 5, Xvid, 3ivx D4, MPEG-4 | Yes | Yes | ffmpeg | |||
| H.264 | Yes | Yes | ffmpeg (decode), x264 (encode) | |||
| Sorenson 1/3 (Quicktime) | Yes | ?? | ffmpeg | |||
| DV | Yes | Yes | ffmpeg | |||
| Cinepak | Yes | ?? | ffmpeg | |||
| Theora | Yes | Yes broken | libtheora | |||
| H.263 / H.263i | Yes | Yes | ffmpeg | |||
| MJPEG (A/B) | Yes | ?? | ffmpeg ??? | |||
| WMV 1/2 | Yes | Yes | ffmepg | |||
| WMV 3 / WMV-9 / VC-1 | Yes | No | ffmpeg | |||
| Indeo Video v3 | IV32 | Yes | No | ?? | ||
| Indeo Video v4/5 | IV41, IV51 | Yes | No | ?? | ||
| Real Video | No | No |