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This is an new page that lists the audio/video codecs that VLC can or cannot read. 

It should be a bit more complete than the official features page on [http://www.videolan.org/vlc/features.html VideoLAN website].

'''''Don't use this page as a reference'''''

If you have any question about those codecs, just consult our [[Knowledge Base]] or our friends on the [http://wiki.multimedia.cx Multimedia Wiki].

== Video Codecs ==

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: small; text-align: center; width: 100%; margin: 1em auto 1em auto; border : 1px"
|+ '''Most used Video Codecs''' 
|-
! Name !! FOURCC !! Playable !! Encoder !! library !! Comment 
|-
! MPEG-1 Part 2
|| mpeg, mp1v, mpg1, PIM1 || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || libmpeg2 , ffmpeg || 
|-
! MPEG-2 Part 2
|| mp2v, mpg2, vcr2, hdv1, hdv2, hdv3, mx*n, mx*p|| {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || libmpeg2 , ffmpeg || 
|-
! Divx (1, 2, 3) 
|| DIV1, DIV2, DIV3, mp41, mp42, MPG4, MPG3 || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || ffmpeg ||
|-
! DivX 4, 5, 6 , 3ivx D4, MPEG-4 
|| DIV4, DIV5, DIV6, col1, col0, 3ivd || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || ffmpeg ||
|-
! MPEG-4 Part 2
||  DIVX, Xvid, mp4s, m4s2, xvid, mp4v, fmp4, 3iv2, smp4, ... || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || ffmpeg ||
|-
! H.264 / X.264 
|| h264, s264, AVC1, DAVC, H264, X264, VSSH ||{{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || ffmpeg (decode), x264 (encode) || 
|-
! Sorenson 1 (Quicktime) 
|| SVQ 1 || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || ffmpeg ||
|-
! Sorenson 3 (Quicktime) 
|| SVQ 3 || {{Yes}} || {{No}} || ffmpeg ||
|-
! DV 
|| ||{{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || ffmpeg ||
|- 
! Cinepak 
|| cvid ||{{Yes}} || {{No}} || internal, ffmpeg ||
|- 
! Theora 
|| thra || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} broken || libtheora ||
|-
! H.263 / H.263i 
|| h263 || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || ffmpeg ||
|-
! H.261 
|| h261 || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || ffmpeg ||
|-
! MJPEG (A/B) 
|| ||{{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || ffmpeg ??? ||
|-
! WMV 1/2 (7/8) 
|| wmv1, wmv2 || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || ffmepg ||
|- 
! WMV 3 / WMV-9 / VC-1 
|| wmv3, wvc1, wmva || {{Yes}} || {{No}} || ffmpeg ||
|-
! On2 VP6 (used by FLV) 
|| VP60, VP61, VP62, VP6F || {{Yes}} || {{No}} || ffmpeg ||
|-
! On2 VP3, VP5 
|| VP31, VP30, VP3, VP50, VP5, VP51 || {{Yes}} || {{No}} || ffmpeg ||
|-
! Flash Screen Video 
|| FSV1 ||  {{Yes}}  ||  {{Yes}}  || ffmpeg ||
|-
! Indeo Video v3  
|| IV31, IV32 || {{Yes}} || {{no}} || ?? ||
|-
! Indeo Video v4/5  
||IV41, IV51 || {{No}} || {{no}} || ?? ||
|-
!Real Video 1.0, 1.3, 2.0 
|| RV10, RV13, RV20 || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || ffmpeg ||
|-
!Real Video 3, 10 
|| RV30, RV40 || {{No}} || {{No}} || ||
|- 
! Dirac 
|| BBCD || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || dirac ||
|-
! Huffyuv / Lagarith 
|| || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || ffmpeg  ||
|-


|}



{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: small; text-align: center; width: 100%; margin: 1em auto 1em auto; border : 1px"
|+ '''Less Used Video Codecs''' 
|-
! Rare codecs !
|-
! Apple Animation, Graphics, Video, QuickDraw 
|| 'rle','smc ','rpza', 'qdrw' || {{Yes}} || {{No}} ||  ffmpeg || 
|-
! SheerVideo 
|| ||  {{No}} || {{No}} || || Professional use, no open source decoders
|-
! CorePNG 
|| || ?? || ?? || ||
|-
! MSU Lossless 
|| || ?? || ?? || ||
|-
! Snow 
|| || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || ||
|-
! VP 7 
|| || {{No}} || {{No}} || ||
|-
! Pixlet 
|| || ?? || ?? || ||
|-
! Rare codecs (Asus V1, Asus V2) 
|| ASV1, ASV2 || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || ffmpeg ||
|-
! Game Codecs (Some) 
|| || {{Yes}} || {{no}} || ffmpeg ||
|-
|}

== Audio Codecs ==

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: small; text-align: center; width: 100%; margin: 1em auto 1em auto; border : 1px"
|+ '''Audio Codecs Status''' 
|-
! Name !! FOURCC !! Decoder !! Encoder !! library !! Comment 
|-
| MPEG-Audio 1 Layer-2 || mpga || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || libmad (decoding), twolame (encoding) || ISO/IEC MPEG
|-
| MP3 || mp3, .mp3, LAME || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || libmad (decoding), ffmpeg-mp3lame  || ISO/IEC MPEG - '''(recompile needed)'''
|-
| AAC || mp4a||  {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || faad (decode), faac (encoding) || ISO/IEC MPEG
|-
| HE-AAC || ||  {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || faad (decode), faac (encoding) || ISO/IEC MPEG
|-
| AC-3 || a52, a52b || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || liba52 (decode), ffmpeg (encode) ||
|-
| ATRAC || atrc ||{{Yes}} || {{No}} || ||
|-
| iLBC || ||{{Untested}} || {{Untested}} || || 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.  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 [[User:Dionoea|Dionoea]])
|-
| Speex || spex || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || libspeex ||
|-
| Vorbis || vorb || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || libvorbis ||
|-
| DTS || dts || {{Yes}} || {{No}} || libdca || DTS-HD unsupported
|- 
| MPC || || {{Yes}} || {{No}} || libmpcdec ||
|-
| WMA 1/2 || wma1, wma2 || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || ffmpeg || WMA9 is not supported
|-
| Flac || flac || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || libflac || lossless
|-
| Apple Lossless Audio Codec || alac || {{Yes}} || {{No}} || ffmpeg || lossless 
|-
| Monkey's Audio ||  ||{{No}} || {{No}} || || lossless - NON FREE LICENSE
|-
| Musepack || || {{Yes}} || {{No}} || libmpcdec ||
|-
| ADMPCM (various) || || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || ffmpeg and internal ||
|-
| AMR || samr || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || ffmpeg + libamrnb + libamrwb || '''RECOMPILE VLC for this'''
|-
| Sonic  || SONC ||  {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || ffmpeg ||
|-
|}

== Subtitles Codecs ==

See [[SubtitlesCodec]] for the matter.


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