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List of codecs

The following is a list of compression formats and related codecs.

Audio compression formats

Main article: Audio coding format

Non-compression

Lossless compression

Main article: Lossless data compression
  • Actively used
    • Most popular
    • Other
      • DTS-HD Master Audio, also known as DTS++ and DCA XLL
        • libdca (decoder only)
        • FFmpeg (decoder only)
      • Dolby TrueHD – Standard for DVD-Audio in Blu-ray (mathematically based on MLP)
        • FFmpeg
      • Meridian Lossless Packing (MLP), also known as Packed PCM (PPCM) – Standard for DVD-Audio in DVD
        • FFmpeg
      • MPEG-4 Audio Lossless Coding (MPEG-4 ALS)
        • SSC, DST, ALS and SLS reference software (ISO/IEC 14496-5:2001/Amd.10:2007)
        • FFmpeg (decoding only)
      • MPEG-4 Scalable Lossless Coding (MPEG-4 SLS) – Parts of it are used in HD-AAC.
        • SSC, DST, ALS and SLS reference software (ISO/IEC 14496-5:2001/Amd.10:2007)
      • RealAudio Lossless
        • RealPlayer
        • FFmpeg (decoding only)
      • BFDLAC (BFD Lossless Audio Compression).[2] Ongoing development.
    • Oddball
      • ATRAC Advanced Lossless (AAL) – Extremely unpopular
        • FFmpeg (lossy decoder only)
      • Direct Stream Transfer (DST) - Only used for Direct Stream Digital
        • SSC, DST, ALS and SLS reference software (ISO/IEC 14496-5:2001/Amd.10:2007)
        • FFmpeg (decoder only)
      • Original Sound Quality (OSQ) - Only used in WaveLab
  • Discontinued

Lossy compression

Main article: Lossy data compression § Audio

General/Speech hybrid

  • Unified Speech and Audio Coding (USAC, MPEG-D Part 3, ISO/IEC 23003-3)
  • IETF standards:
    • Opus (RFC 6716) – based on SILK vocoder and CELT codec
      • libopus
      • FFmpeg (decoding and experimental encoding)
  • IETF Internet Draft
    • IPMR Speech Codec (used by SPIRIT DSP and many others)[6]

General

  • Adaptive differential pulse-code modulation (ADPCM, also called adaptive delta pulse-code modulation)
  • Adaptive Transform Acoustic Coding (ATRAC, used in MiniDisc devices)
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • ATSC/ETSI standards:
    • Dolby Digital (AC3, ATSC A/52, ETSI TS 102 366)
      • FFmpeg
      • liba52 (decoder only)
    • Dolby Digital Plus (E-AC-3, ATSC A/52:2012 Annex E, ETSI TS 102 366 Annex E)
      • FFmpeg
    • DTS Coherent Acoustics (DTS, Digital Theatre System Coherent Acoustics, ETSI TS 102 114)
      • FFmpeg
      • libdca (decoder only)
    • Dolby AC-4 (ETSI TS 103 190)
  • Impala Blackbird audio codec
  • ITU standards:
    • G.719
    • G.722
      • FFmpeg
    • G.722.1 (subset of Siren7) and G.722.1 Annex C (subset of Siren14)
      • libg722_1
      • libsiren (part of libmsn and msn-pecan)
    • G.722.2
      • 3GPP TS 26.173 – AMR-WB speech Codec (C-source code) – reference implementation[7]
      • opencore-amr (decoder)
      • VisualOn AMR-WB encoder
      • FFmpeg (decoding only)
    • EVS
  • MPEG-1 Audio and MPEG-2 Audio
    • layer I (MP1) (MPEG-1, MPEG-2 and non-ISO MPEG-2.5)
      • FFmpeg (decoder only)
    • layer II (MP2) (MPEG-1, MPEG-2 and non-ISO MPEG-2.5)
      • FFmpeg
      • tooLame (encoding only)
      • twoLame (encoding only)
    • layer III (MP3) (MPEG-1, MPEG-2 and non-ISO MPEG-2.5)
      • FFmpeg (decoding only)
      • LAME (encoding only)
    • Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) (MPEG-2 Part 7)
      • FAAC (encoder) and FAAD (decoder)
      • FFmpeg
      • iTunes
      • Nero AAC Codec
      • VisualOn AAC Encoder (a.k.a. libvo_aacenc)
      • Fraunhofer FDK AAC
      • libaacplus
  • MPEG-4 Audio
  • MPEG-H
    • MPEG-H 3D Audio
  • Musepack (a.k.a. MPEGplus)
    • Musepack SV8 Tools
    • FFmpeg (decoding only)
  • AT&T Perceptual audio coder
  • Precision Adaptive Subband Coding (PASC; a variant of MP1; used in Digital Compact Cassette)
  • QDesign (purchased by DTS)
    • QDesign Music Codec – used in Apple QuickTime
      • FFmpeg (decoding only)
  • PictureTel (purchased by Polycom)
    • Siren 7
      • libg722_1
      • libsiren (part of libmsn and msn-pecan)
      • FFmpeg (decoder only)
    • Siren 14
      • libg722_1
      • vgmstream (decoder only)
    • Siren 22
  • NTT TwinVQ
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
    • NTT TwinVQ Encoder, NTT TwinVQ Player
  • Voxware MetaSound (a variant of NTT TwinVQ)
    • Windows Media Player (voxmsdec.ax)
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • Vorbis
  • Windows Media Audio (WMA)
AES3
  • SMPTE 302M
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • Dolby E
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
Bluetooth
  • Bluetooth Special Interest Group
    • Low Complexity Subband Coding (SBC)
      • BlueZ's SBC library (libsbc)
      • Fluoride Bluetooth stack (successor of BlueDroid)
      • FFmpeg
    • CVSD 8 kHz - used in Hands-Free Profile (HFP)
    • modified SBC (mSBC) - used in Hands-Free Profile (HFP)
      • BlueZ's SBC library (libsbc)[8]
      • Fluoride Bluetooth stack
      • FFmpeg
    • LC3 (Low Complexity Communication Codec)
  • ETSI
    • LC3plus (ETSI TS 103 634)
  • Qualcomm Technologies International (formerly CSR)
    • aptX (a.k.a. apt-X)
      • Qualcomm libaptX[9]
      • FFmpeg
    • aptX HD
      • Qualcomm libaptXHD[9]
      • FFmpeg
    • aptX Low Latency
    • aptX Adaptive
    • FastStream
  • Sony
    • LDAC
      • libldac (encoder only)[10] - used in Android Oreo
  • HWA Alliance/Savitech
    • LHDC[11]
      • HWA encoder/decoder
    • LLAC[12]
      • HWA encoder/decoder
  • HiBy
    • Ultra Audio Transmission (UAT)
  • Samsung
    • Samsung HD/UHQ-BT codec
    • Samsung Scalable codec
Digital radio

Voice

Main article: Speech coding

(low bit rate, optimized for speech)

  • Linear predictive coding (LPC, used in most of the speech codecs listed below)
    • Code-excited linear prediction (CELP)
      • Algebraic code-excited linear prediction (ACELP)
  • Xiph.Org Foundation
  • Dialogic ADPCM (VOX)
  • ITU standards:
    • G.711 (a-law and μ-law companding), also known as PCM of voice frequencies
      • FFmpeg (libavcodec)
    • G.711.0 (G.711 LLC)
    • G.711.1 (Wideband extension for G.711)
    • G.711.1D (Super-wideband extension for G.711.1)
    • G.718
    • G.718B (Super-wideband extension for G.718)
    • G.719
    • G.721 (superseded by G.726)
    • G.722 (SB-ADPCM)
      • FFmpeg
    • G.722B (Super-wideband extension for G.722)
    • G.722.2 (AMR-WB)
      • 3GPP TS 26.173 – AMR-WB speech Codec (C-source code) – reference implementation[7]
      • opencore-amr (decoder)
      • FFmpeg (decoder only)
    • G.723 (24 and 40 kbit/s DPCM, extension to G.721, superseded by G.726)
    • G.723.1 (MPC-MLQ or ACELP)
      • FFmpeg
    • G.726 (ADPCM)
      • FFmpeg (libavcodec)
    • G.728 (LD-CELP)
    • G.729 (CS-ACELP)
      • FFmpeg (decoder only)
    • G.729a
    • G.729d
      • FFmpeg (decoder only)
    • G.729.1 (Wideband extension for G.711)
    • G.729.1E (Super-wideband extension for G.729.1)
  • Google
  • Nellymoser Asao Codec
    • FFmpeg (libavcodec)
  • PictureTel PT716, PT716plus
  • PictureTel PT724
  • RTAudio – used by Microsoft Live Communication Server
  • SVOPC – used by Skype
  • OpenLPC – created by Future Dynamics[14]
    • HawkVoice (libHVDI)
  • ANSI/SCTE
    • ANSI/SCTE 24-21 2006 (BroadVoice16)
      • BroadVoice Speech Codec Open Source C Code
    • ANSI/SCTE 24-22 2013 (iLBCv2.0)
    • ANSI/SCTE 24-23 2007 (BroadVoice32)
      • BroadVoice Speech Codec Open Source C Code
  • IETF RFCs:
  • IETF Internet Draft
  • MPEG-4 Audio
  • Skyphone MPLP
  • Inmarsat
    • INMARSAT-M IMBE
    • Inmarsat Mini-M AMBE
  • Satin (used by Microsoft Teams)
Microsoft DirectPlay

Those codecs are used by many PC games which use voice chats via Microsoft DirectPlay API.

  • Voxware MetaVoice
    • Windows Media Player (voxmvdec.ax)
  • Truespeech
    • Windows Media Player (tssoft32.acm)
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • MS GSM
    • Windows Media Player (msgsm32.acm)
    • libgsm
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • MS-ADPCM
    • Windows Media Player (msadp32.acm)
    • FFmpeg
Digital Voice Recorder
  • International Voice Association (IVA) standards:
    • Digital Speech Standard / Standard Play (DSS-SP)
      • FFmpeg (decoding only)
    • Digital Speech Standard / Quality Play (DSS-QP)
  • Micronas Intermetall SC4 (MI-SC4)
  • Sony LPEC
  • Truespeech Triple Rate CODER (TRC)[17] – used in some pocket recorders
Mobile phone
Generation 2
Generation 3/4
  • 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP)
    • Adaptive Multi-Rate (AMR)
      • AMR-NB
        • 3GPP TS 26.073 – AMR speech Codec (C-source code) – reference implementation[18]
        • opencore-amr (one may compile ffmpeg with—enable-libopencore-amrnb to incorporate the OpenCORE lib)
        • FFmpeg (by default decoder only, but see above the compiling options to incorporate the OpenCORE lib)
      • AMR-WB
        • 3GPP TS 26.173 – AMR-WB speech Codec (C-source code) – reference implementation[7]
        • opencore-amr (decoder), from OpenCORE (one may compile ffmpeg with—enable-libopencore-amrwb to incorporate the OpenCORE lib)
        • vo-amrwbenc (encoder), from VisualOn, included in Android (one may compile ffmpeg with—enable-libvo-amrwbenc to incorporate the VisualOn lib)
        • FFmpeg (by default decoder only, but see above the compiling options).
      • AMR-WB+
        • 3GPP TS 26.273 – AMR-WB+ speech Codec (C-source code) – reference implementation[19]
      • Enhanced Voice Services (EVS)
        • 3GPP TS.26.443 – Codec for Enhanced Voice Services (EVS) – ANSI C code (floating-point)[20]
  • 3rd Generation Partnership Project 2 (3GPP2)
Professional mobile radio
  • APCO
    • Project 25 Phase 2 Enhanced Full-Rate (AMBE+2 4400bit/s with 2800bit/s FEC)
    • Project 25 Phase 2 Half-Rate (AMBE+2 2450bit/s with 1150bit/s FEC) – also used in NXDN and DMR
      • mbelib (decoder only)
    • Project 25 Phase 1 Full Rate (IMBE 7200bit/s)
      • mbelib (decoder only)
  • European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI)
    • ETS 300 395-2 (TETRA ACELP 4.6kbit/s)
  • TETRAPOL
    • RPCELP 6kbit/s
  • D-STAR Digital Voice (AMBE 2400bit/s with 1200bit/s FEC)
    • mbelib (decoder only)
  • Professional Digital Trunking System Industry Association (PDT Alliance) standards:
    • NVOC – used in China
  • Spirit DSP RALCWI
  • DSPINI
    • SPR Robust
    • TWELP Robust
  • Codec2
    • libcodec2
  • RL-CELP (used in Japanese railways[21][22])
Military

Video games

  • Bink Audio, Smacker Audio
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • Actimagine (Nintendo European Research & Development) FastAudio[24]
    • MobiclipDecoder (decoder only)
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • Nintendo GCADPCM[25] (a.k.a. DSP ADPCM or THP ADPCM) - used in GameCube, Wii and Nintendo 3DS.
    • vgmstream (decoder only)
    • VGAudio
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • Sony VAG[25] (a.k.a. Sony PSX ADPCM)
    • vgmstream (decoder only)
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • Sony HEVAG[25] - used in PS Vita.[26]
    • vgmstream (decoder only)
  • Sony ATRAC9[25] - used in PS4 and PS Vita.
    • VGAudio (decoder only)
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • Microsoft XMA[25] - WMA variants for Xbox 360 hardware decoding.[27]
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • Xbox ADPCM
    • vgmstream (decoder only)
  • CRI ADX ADPCM
    • vgmstream (decoder only)
    • VGAudio
    • FFmpeg
  • CRI HCA/HCA-MX - used in CRI ADX2 middleware.[28]
    • vgmstream (decoder only)
    • VGAudio
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
    • libcgss
    • HCADecoder (decoder only)
  • FMOD FADPCM[29]
    • vgmstream (decoder only)

Text compression formats

Video compression formats

Main article: Video coding format

Non-compression

  • RGB 4:4:4
  • YUV 4:4:4/4:2:2/4:1:1/4:2:0
    • Intel IYUV
  • 10-bit uncompressed video
  • Composite digital signal - used by SMPTE D-2 and D-3 broadcast digital videocassettes
  • Avid DNxUncompressed
  • V210

Lossless video compression

  • ITU-T/ISO/IEC standards:
    • H.264 lossless
      • x264 (encoder only)
      • FFmpeg (decoder only, uses x264 for encoding)
    • H.265 lossless[30]
      • x265 (encoder only)
      • UHDcode (decoder only, uses x265 to read HEVC encoded files)[31]
      • FFmpeg (decoder only, uses x265 for encoding)[32][33]
    • Motion JPEG 2000 lossless
      • libopenjpeg
  • IETF Internet Draft
    • FFV1[34] FFV1's compression factor is comparable to Motion JPEG 2000, but based on quicker algorithms (allows real-time capture). Written by Michael Niedermayer and published as part of FFmpeg under to GNU LGPL.
      • FFmpeg
  • SMPTE standards:
    • VC-2 HQ lossless (a.k.a. Dirac Pro lossless)
      • libdirac
      • libschroedinger
  • Alparysoft Lossless Video Codec (Alpary)
  • Apple Animation (QuickTime RLE)
    • QuickTime
    • FFmpeg
  • ArithYuv
  • AV1
    • libaom
  • AVIzlib
    • LCL (VfW codec) MSZH and ZLIB[35]
    • FFmpeg
  • Autodesk Animator Codec (AASC)
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • CamStudio GZIP/LZO
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • Chennai Codec (EVX-2)
  • Dxtory
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • FastCodec
  • Flash Screen Video v1/v2[36]
    • FFmpeg
  • FM Screen Capture Codec
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • Fraps codec (FPS1)[37]
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • Grass Valley Lossless
    • Grass Valley Codec Option
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • Huffyuv Huffyuv (or HuffYUV) was written by Ben Rudiak-Gould and published under the terms of the GNU GPL as free software, meant to replace uncompressed YCbCr as a video capture format. It uses very little cpu but takes a lot of disk space. See also ffvhuff which is an "FFmpeg" only version of it.
    • FFmpeg
  • IgCodec
  • Intel RLE
  • innoHeim/Rsupport Screen Capture Codec
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • Lagarith A more up-to-date fork of Huffyuv is available as Lagarith[38]
    • Lagarith Codec (VfW codec)
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • LOCO[39] - based on JPEG-LS
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • MagicYUV[40]
    • MagicYUV SDK
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • Microsoft RLE
  • MSU Lossless Video Codec
  • MSU Screen Capture Lossless
  • CorePNG - based on PNG
    • FFmpeg
  • ScreenPresso (SPV1)
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • ScreenPressor[41] - a successor of MSU Screen Capture Lossless
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • SheerVideo
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • Snow lossless
    • FFmpeg
  • TechSmith Screen Capture Codec (TSCC)[42]
    • EnSharpen Video Codec for QuickTime
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • Toponoky
  • Ut Video Codec Suite[43][44]
    • libutvideo
    • FFmpeg
  • VBLE[45]
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • VMnc VMware screen codec[46] - used by VMware Workstation
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • VP9 by Google[47]
    • libvpx
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • YULS
  • ZeroCodec
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • ZMBV (Zip Motion Block Video) Codec - used by DOSBox
    • FFmpeg

Lossless game codecs

  • DXA
    • ScummVM Tools (encoder only)
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)

Lossy compression

  • Discrete cosine transform (DCT, used in Digital Betacam[48] and most of the video codecs listed below)

General

  • ITU-T/ISO/IEC standards:
    • H.120
    • H.261 (a.k.a. Px64)
    • MPEG-1 Part 2 (MPEG-1 Video)
    • H.262/MPEG-2 Part 2 (MPEG-2 Video)
    • H.263
    • MPEG-4 Part 2 (MPEG-4 Advanced Simple Profile)
    • H.264/MPEG-4 AVC or MPEG-4 Part 10 (MPEG-4 Advanced Video Coding), approved for Blu-ray
      • CoreAVC (decoder only; limited to below Hi10P profile)
      • Elecard AVC Decoder/Encoder (baseline and main profile)
      • MainConcept
      • Nero Digital
      • QuickTime H.264
      • Sorenson AVC Pro codec, Sorenson's new implementation
      • OpenH264 (baseline profile only)
      • x264 (encoder only; supports some of Hi422P and Hi444PP features)
      • FFmpeg (decoder only)
    • MPEG-4 AVC variants:
      • MPEG-4 Web Video Coding or MPEG-4 Part 29 – a subset of MPEG-4 AVC baseline profile
      • XAVC
    • HEVC (High Efficiency Video Coding, H.265, MPEG-H part 2)
      • x265 (encoder only)
    • Versatile Video Coding (H.266, VVC)
      • VVC Test Model (VTM reference software for VVC; open source)
      • Fraunhofer Versatile Video Decoder (open source; decoder only)
      • Fraunhofer Versatile Video Encoder (open source; encoder only)
    • Video Coding for Browsers (VCB)/VP8 (MPEG-4 Part 31, ISO/IEC 14496-31, RFC 6386)
      • libvpx
      • FFmpeg
    • Internet Video Coding (ISO/IEC 14496-33, MPEG-4 IVC)
    • Essential Video Coding (EVC; MPEG-5 Part 1; under-development)
    • Low Complexity Enhancement Video Coding (LCEVC; MPEG-5 Part 2; under-development)
  • IETF Internet Draft (NETVC)
    • xvc[49]
    • Thor[50] (forms the basis of AV1)
  • SMPTE standards:
    • VC-1 (SMPTE 421M, subset of Windows Media Video)
      • FFmpeg (decoder only)
    • Dirac (SMPTE 2042-1)
      • Schrödinger
      • dirac-research
      • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • Alliance for Open Media
    • AV1 (AOMedia Video 1)
      • libaom
      • SVT-AV1
      • rav1e (encoder only)
      • dav1d (decoder only)
      • libgav1 (decoder only)
  • Xiph.Org Foundation
    • Daala (under development, basis (alongside other formats) of AV1)
    • Theora (based on VP3)
      • FFmpeg (decoding only)
      • libtheora
  • Apple Video (Apple RPZA)
  • Blackbird FORscene video codec
  • Firebird[51] Original FORscene video codec
  • Digital Video Interactive standards:
    • RTV 2.1 (a.k.a. Indeo 2)
      • FFmpeg (decoder only)
    • PLV (Production Level Video)
  • Indeo 3[52]/4/5[53]
  • Microsoft Video 1 (MSV1, MS-CRAM, based on MotiVE)
  • Open Media Commons standards:
    • OMS Video (based on H.261)
  • On2 Technologies TrueMotion VP3/VP4, VP5, VP6, VP7; under the name The Duck Corporation: TrueMotion S, TrueMotion 2, TrueMotion RT 2.0
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • RealVideo 1, G2, 8, 9 and 10
    • FFmpeg
    • RealMedia HD SDK
  • RealVideo Fractal Codec (a.k.a. Iterated Systems ClearVideo)
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • RealMedia HD (a.k.a. RealVideo 11)
    • RealMedia HD SDK
  • Snow Wavelet Codec
  • Sorenson Video,[54] Sorenson Spark
    • FFmpeg
  • VP9 by Google; VP10 was not released and instead was integrated into AV1
    • libvpx
    • FFmpeg
  • Windows Media Video (WMV)
    • WAX (Part of the Windows Media Series)
    • FFmpeg
  • Guobiao standards (GB/T)
    • Audio Video Standard (AVS)
      • AVS1-P2 (GB/T 20090.2-2006) - used in China Blue High-definition Disc.
        • FFmpeg (decoding only)
      • AVS1-P7 (AVS-M; under-development)
      • AVS2-P2 (GB/T 33475.2-2016, IEEE 1857.4 (draft))
        • uAVS2 Encoder
        • xavs2 (encoder only)
        • davs2 (libdavs2; decoder only)
      • AVS3-P2 (draft, IEEE1857.10)
        • uavs3e (encoder only)
        • uavs3d (decoder only)

Scalable

VP8,[55] VP9,[55] AV1,[55] and H.266/VVC support scalable modes by default.

  • Scalable Video Coding (H.264/SVC; an extension of H.264/MPEG-4 AVC)
  • Scalable High Efficiency Video Coding (SHVC; an extension of H.265/HEVC)

Intra-frame-only

  • Motion JPEG
    • FFmpeg
    • Morgan Multimedia M-JPEG[56]
    • Pegasus PICVideo M-JPEG
    • MainConcept M-JPEG
  • ISO/IEC standard
    • Motion JPEG 2000 (ISO/IEC 15444-3, ITU-T T.802)
      • libopenjpeg
      • FFmpeg
      • Morgan Multimedia M-JPEG2000[57]
      • Morgan Multimedia dcpPlayer (decoder only)[58]
    • DV (IEC 61834)
      • FFmpeg
    • MPEG-4 SStP (ISO/IEC 14496-2)
    • Motion JPEG XR (ISO/IEC 29199-3, ITU-T T.833)
  • Apple ProRes 422/4444
    • FFmpeg
  • Apple Intermediate Codec
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • Apple Pixlet
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • AVC-Intra
    • x264 (encoder only)
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • AVC-Ultra – a subset of MPEG-4 AVC Hi444PP profile
  • XAVC-I
  • CineForm HD
    • CineForm-SDK  – developed by GoPro (open source)
    • FFmpeg
  • SMPTE standard
    • VC-2 SMPTE standard (a.k.a. Dirac Pro. SMPTE ST 2042)
      • Schrödinger
      • dirac-research
      • VC-2 Reference Encoder and Decoder  – developed by BBC (open source)
      • FFmpeg (the encoder only supports VC-2 HQ profile)
    • VC-3 SMPTE standard (SMPTE ST 2019)
    • VC-5 SMPTE standard (SMPTE ST 2073; a superset of CineForm HD)
  • Grass Valley HQ/HQA/HQX
    • Grass Valley Codec Option
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • NewTek NT25
  • NewTek SpeedHQ
    • FFmpeg

Stereoscopic 3D

  • Multiview Video Coding

Security and surveillance cameras

  • Guobiao standards (GB/T)
    • AVS-S-P2 (suspended[60])
    • SVAC (GB/T 25724-2010)
  • Infinity CCTV Codec (IMM4/IMM5/IMM6)
    • FFmpeg[61][62] (IMM4 and IMM5 decoder only)

CD-ROM or CD-related video codecs

  • CDXL codec
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • Cinepak[63] (a.k.a. Apple Compact Video)
    • FFmpeg
  • Photo CD codec
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • MotionPixels - used in MovieCD
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • CD+G (CD+Graphics) codec
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
    • VLC (decoder only)
  • CD+EG (CD+Extended Graphics) codec

Network video codecs

Bayer video codecs

  • CinemaDNG (created by Adobe; used in Blackmagic cameras)
  • Redcode RAW (used in RED cameras) – a modified version of JPEG 2000[64]
    • libredcode
  • ArriRaw (used in Arri cameras)
  • Cineform RAW (used in Silicon Imaging cameras)
    • CineForm-SDK
  • Blackmagic RAW (used in Blackmagic cameras)
    • Blackmagic RAW SDK
  • Cintel RAW (used in Cintel Scanner[65])
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • Apple ProRes RAW

Video games

  • Bink Video, Smacker video
    • FFmpeg
    • libavcodec
  • Nintendo Mobiclip video codec
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • CRI Sofdec codec - a MPEG variant with 11-bit DC and color space correction;[66] used in Sofdec middleware
  • CRI P256 - used in Sofdec middleware for Nintendo DS[67]
  • Indeo Video Interactive (aka Indeo 4/5) - used in PC games for Microsoft Windows
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
    • Intel Indeo Video

Real-time

  • Hap/Hap Alpha/Hap Q
    • VIDVOX hap codec
    • FFmpeg
  • DXV Codec
    • Resolume DXV Codec
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • NotchLC
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • VESA Display Stream Compression (DSC)
  • VESA Display Compression-M (VDC-M)

See also

References

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  64. ^ libredcode
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