VLC Features Formats
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
| 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 |
Audio Codecs
| Name | FOURCC | Decoded | Encoded | library | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MP3 | Yes | Yes | ffmpeg, mp3lame (recompile needed) | ISO/IEC MPEG | |
| MPEG-Audio 1 Layer 2 | Yes | Yes | libmad (decoding), twolame (encoding) | ISO/IEC MPEG | |
| AAC | Yes | Yes | faad (decode), faac (encoding) | ISO/IEC MPEG | |
| HE-AAC | Yes | Yes | faad (decode), faac (encoding) | ISO/IEC MPEG | |
| AC-3 | Yes | Yes | liba52 | ||
| ATRAC | No | No | |||
| iLBC | No | No | to check | ||
| Mu-Law | No | No | to chek | ||
| NellyMoser | No | No | to chek | ||
| Real Audio | lpcJ, 28_8, dnet, sipr, cook, atrc, raac, racp, ralf | Yes | No | Some works. atrc, ralf don't | |
| Shorten | shrn | No | No | ffmpeg and ffplay do it. VLC doesn't | |
| Speex | Yes | Yes | libspeex | ||
| Vorbis | Yes | Yes | libvorbis | ||
| DTS | Yes | Yes | libdca | DTS-HD unsupported | |
| MPC | Yes | No | libmpcdec | ||
| WMA | Yes | Yes | ffmpeg | WMA9 is not supported | |
| Flac | Yes | Yes | libflac | lossless | |
| Apple Lossless Audio Codec | No | No | lossless | ||
| Monkey's Audio | No | No | lossless - NON FREE LICENSE |
