VLC Features Formats

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This is an unofficial page that lists the audio/video codecs that VLC can or cannot read. You can get the official features page on VideoLAN website.


Video Codecs

Contrib Status
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