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{{website|FFmpeg|http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net/}}
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'''FFmpeg''' is an [[open source]] library for [[encoding]] and [[decoding]] different types of media files, generally [[MPEG]] and MPEG-based files.


FFmpeg supports lots of [[codec]]s: the main ones are included on the codecs page. If you want the full list, (including different spellings for the same codec), the [[source code]] lists them all (theres way to many to list them all here ;-). In [http://trac.videolan.org/vlc/browser/modules/codec/avcodec/fourcc.h modules/codec/avcodec/fourcc.h] look under ''Codec fourcc -> ffmpeg_id mapping'' (that bit changes the codecs you type in to vlc to ffmpeg's internal codec names).

== Avcodec ==
{{Module|name=avcodec|type=decoder and encoder|description=libavcodec based decoder}}

== Avformat ==
{{Module|name=avformat|type=demuxer and muxer|description=libavformat based demuxer}}

The libavformat module is a [[muxing|mux]] and a [[demuxing|demux]] [[module]] for {{VLC}}, based on the libavformat library.

It can decode and encode most of the containers supported in VLC, but is not usually the default one, except for a few ones, listed under.

{{mux|id=gxf|encoder=y}}
{{mux|id=mxf|encoder=n}}
{{mux|id=flv|encoder=y}}
{{mux|id=nut|encoder=y}}
{{mux|id=webm|encoder=y}}
{{mux|id=rm|encoder=n}}

==Source code==
{{file|modules/codec/avcodec/fourcc.h|codec}}

[[Category:Libraries]]


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