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 | Decoder | Encoder | library | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MPEG-1 Part 2 | Yes | Yes | libmpeg2 | ||
| MPEG-2 Part 2 | Yes | Yes | libmpeg2 | ||
| Divx (1, 2, 3) | Yes | Yes | ffmpeg | ||
| DivX 4, 5, Xvid, 3ivx D4, MPEG-4 | Yes | Yes | ffmpeg | ||
| MPEG-4 Part 2 | Yes | Yes | ffmpeg | ||
| H.264 / X.264 | Yes | Yes | ffmpeg (decode), x264 (encode) | ||
| Sorenson 1/3 (Quicktime) | Yes | ?? | ffmpeg | ||
| DV | Yes | Yes | ffmpeg | ||
| Cinepak | Yes | ?? | internal | ||
| Theora | Yes | Yes broken | libtheora | ||
| H.263 / H.263i | Yes | Yes | ffmpeg | ||
| H.261 | Yes | Yes | ffmpeg | ||
| MJPEG (A/B) | Yes | Yes | ffmpeg ??? | ||
| WMV 1/2 | Yes | Yes | ffmepg | ||
| WMV 3 / WMV-9 / VC-1 | Yes | No | ffmpeg | ||
| On2 VP6 | VP60, VP61, VP62, VP6F | Yes | ?? | ffmpeg | |
| Indeo Video v3 | IV32 | Yes | No | ?? | |
| Indeo Video v4/5 | IV41, IV51 | Yes | No | ?? | |
| Real Video 1.0, 1.3, 2.0 | RV10, RV13, RV20 | Yes | No | ffmpeg | |
| Real Video 3 | No | No | |||
| Dirac | Yes | Yes | dirac | ||
| Huffyuv / Lagarith | ?? | ?? | |||
| SheerVideo | ?? | ?? | |||
| CorePNG | |||||
| MSU Lossless |
Audio Codecs
| Name | FOURCC | Decoder | Encoder | library | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MP3 | Yes | Yes | libmad (decoding), 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 (decode), ffmpeg (encode) | ||
| ATRAC | No | No | |||
| iLBC | No | No | to check | ||
| Mu-Law | Yes | No | ffmpeg | (check for encoder) | |
| 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. (It is in the FOURCC list in VLC's ffmpeg.c Dionoea) | |
| Speex | Yes | Yes | libspeex | ||
| Vorbis | Yes | Yes | libvorbis | ||
| DTS | Yes | No | 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 | ffmpeg can decode it - lossless (Also listed in VLC's ffmpeg.c Dionoea) | ||
| Monkey's Audio | No | No | lossless - NON FREE LICENSE |
