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This is an '''unofficial''' page that list the audio/video codecs that VLC can or cannot read. 
You can get the official features pages on [http://www.videolan.org/vlc/features.html VideoLAN website].


== Video Codecs ==

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|+ '''Contrib Status''' 
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! Name !! FOURCC !! Decoded !! Encoded !! library !! Comment 
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| 3ivx || || {{No}} ||  {{No}} || || 
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| MPEG-1 || || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || libmpeg || 
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| MPEG-2 || || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || libmpeg2 || 
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| Divx (1, 2, 3) || || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || ffmpeg ||
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| DivX 4, 5, Xvid, 3ivx D4, MPEG-4 || || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || ffmpeg ||
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| H.264 || ||{{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || ffmpeg (decode), x264 (encode) || 
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| Sorenson 1/3 (Quicktime) || ||{{Yes}} ||?? || ffmpeg ||
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|DV || ||{{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || ffmpeg ||
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|Cinepak ||  ||{{Yes}} || ?? || ffmpeg ||
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|Theora || || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} broken || libtheora ||
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|H.263 / H.263i || || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || ffmpeg ||
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|MJPEG (A/B) || ||{{Yes}} || ?? || ffmpeg ??? ||
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| WMV 1/2 || || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || ffmepg ||
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| WMV 3 / WMV-9 / VC-1 || || {{Yes}} || {{No}} || ffmpeg ||
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|Indeo Video v3  || IV32 || {{Yes}} || {{no}} || ?? ||
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|Indeo Video v4/5  ||IV41, IV51 || {{Yes}} || {{no}} || ?? ||
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||Real Video || || {{No}} || {{No}} || ||
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