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A FourCC -- also spelled FOURCC or fourcc -- is a 4 byte identifier which specifies the format of a video stream.
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A FourCC also spelled FOURCC or fourcc is a 4-byte identifier which specifies the format of a video stream.
  
Every codec has its own unique FourCC.  Commonly, each byte corresponds to a printable character in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII ASCII character set], making the sequence human-readable.
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Every [[codec]] has its own unique FourCC.  Commonly, each byte corresponds to a printable character in the [[wikipedia:ASCII|ASCII character set]], making the sequence human-readable.
  
This is very useful for determining whether {{VLC}} can decode a video stream.  For audio streams, a [[TwoCC]] is used.
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This is very useful for determining whether {{VLC}} can decode a video stream.  For audio streams, a [https://wiki.multimedia.cx/index.php/TwoCC TwoCC] is used.
  
 
Good lists of FourCC can be found here:
 
Good lists of FourCC can be found here:
 
 
* http://abcavi.kibi.ru/fourcc.php
 
* http://abcavi.kibi.ru/fourcc.php
 
* http://www.fourcc.org/codecs.php
 
* http://www.fourcc.org/codecs.php
* http://wiki.multimedia.cx/index.php?title=FourCC
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* https://wiki.multimedia.cx/index.php?title=FourCC
 
 
 
 
  
 
[[Category:Glossary]]
 
[[Category:Glossary]]

Latest revision as of 00:20, 6 April 2019

A FourCC – also spelled FOURCC or fourcc – is a 4-byte identifier which specifies the format of a video stream.

Every codec has its own unique FourCC. Commonly, each byte corresponds to a printable character in the ASCII character set, making the sequence human-readable.

This is very useful for determining whether VLC media player can decode a video stream. For audio streams, a TwoCC is used.

Good lists of FourCC can be found here: