DXT5=DirectX Compressed Texture (3bit alpha channel with interpolation)
DXTC=DirectX Texture Compression
EKQ0=Elsa graphics card quick codec
ELK0=Elsa graphics card codec
EM2V=Etymonix MPEG-2 I-frame
ESCP=Eidos Technologies Escape codec
ETV1=eTreppid Video Codec
ETV2=eTreppid Video Codec
ETVC=eTreppid Video Codec
FLIC=Autodesk FLI/FLC Animation
FLJP=Field Encoded Motion JPEG (Targa emulation)
FRWA=Darim Vision Forward Motion JPEG with Alpha-channel
FRWD=Darim Vision Forward Motion JPEG
FRWT=Darim Vision Forward Motion JPEG
FRWU=Darim Vision Forward Uncompressed
FVF1=Iterated Systems Fractal Video Frame
FVFW=ff MPEG-4 based on XviD codec
GEPJ=White Pine (ex Paradigm Matrix) Motion JPEG Codec
GLZW=Motion LZW by gabest@freemail.hu
GPEG=Motion JPEG by gabest@freemail.hu (with floating point)
GPJM=Pinnacle ReelTime MJPEG Codec
GREY=Apparently a duplicate of Y800
GWLT=Microsoft Greyscale WLT DIB
H260=Intel ITU H.260
H261=Intel ITU H.261
H262=Intel ITU H.262
H263=Intel ITU H.263
H264=Intel ITU H.264
H265=Intel ITU H.265
H266=Intel ITU H.266
H267=Intel ITU H.267
H268=Intel ITU H.268
H269=Intel ITU H.263 for POTS-based videoconferencing
HFYU=Huffman Lossless Codec YUV and RGB formats (with Alpha-channel)
HMCR=Rendition Motion Compensation Format
HMRR=Rendition Motion Compensation Format
I263=Intel ITU H.263
I420=Intel Indeo 4 H.263
IAN=Indeo 4 (RDX) Codec
IAVS=Interleaved Audio and Video data (DV)
ICLB=InSoft CellB Videoconferencing Codec
IF09=Microsoft H.261
IGOR=Power DVD
IJPG=Intergraph JPEG
ILVC=Intel Layered Video
ILVR=ITU H.263+ Codec
IMC1=As YV12, except the U and V planes each have the same stride as the Y plane
IMC2=Similar to IMC1, except that the U and V lines are interleaved at half stride boundaries
IMC3=As IMC1, except that U and V are swapped
IMC4=As IMC2, except that U and V are swapped
IPDV=Giga AVI DV Codec
IR21=Intel Indeo 2.1
IRAW=Intel YUV Uncompressed
IUYV=Interlaced version of UYVY (line order 0,2,4 then 1,3,5 etc)
IV30=Intel Indeo Video 3
IV31=Intel Indeo Video 3.1
IV32=Intel Indeo Video 3.2
IV33=Intel Indeo Video 3.3
IV34=Intel Indeo Video 3.4
IV35=Intel Indeo Video 3.5
IV36=Intel Indeo Video 3.6
IV37=Intel Indeo Video 3.7
IV38=Intel Indeo Video 3.8
IV39=Intel Indeo Video 3.9
IV40=Intel Indeo Video 4.0
IV41=Intel Indeo Video 4.1
IV42=Intel Indeo Video 4.2
IV43=Intel Indeo Video 4.3
IV44=Intel Indeo Video 4.4
IV45=Intel Indeo Video 4.5
IV46=Intel Indeo Video 4.6
IV47=Intel Indeo Video 4.7
IV48=Intel Indeo Video 4.8
IV49=Intel Indeo Video 4.9
IV50=Intel Indeo Video 5.0 Wavelet
IY41=Interlaced version of Y41P (line order 0,2,4,...,1,3,5...)
IYU1=12 bit format used in mode 2 of the IEEE 1394 Digital Camera 1.04 spec
IYU2=24 bit format used in mode 2 of the IEEE 1394 Digital Camera 1.04 spec
IYUV=Intel Indeo iYUV 4:2:0
JBYR=Kensington Video Codec
JFIF=Motion JPEG (FFmpeg)
JPEG=Still Image JPEG DIB
JPGL=DIVIO JPEG Light for WebCams (Pegasus Lossless JPEG)
KMVC=Karl Morton Video Codec
L261=Lead Technologies H.261
L263=Lead Technologies H.263
LCMW=Lead Technologies Motion CMW Codec
LEAD=LEAD Video Codec
LGRY=Lead Technologies Grayscale Image
LJPG=LEAD Motion JPEG Codec
LSVM=Vianet Lighting Strike Vmail (Streaming)
LZO1=LZO compressed (lossless codec)
M261=Microsoft H.261
M263=Microsoft H.263
M4S2=Microsoft MPEG-4 (hacked MS MPEG-4)
MC12=ATI Motion Compensation Format
MC24=MainConcept Motion JPEG Codec
MCAM=ATI Motion Compensation Format
MDVD=Alex MicroDVD Video (hacked MS MPEG-4)
MJ2C=Morgan Multimedia JPEG2000 Compression
MJPA=Pinnacle Motion JPEG with Alpha-channel
MJPB=Motion JPEG codec
MJPG=IBM Motion JPEG including Huffman Tables
MMES=Matrox MPEG-2 I-frame
MP2A=Media Excel MPEG-2 Audio
MP2T=Media Excel MPEG-2 Transport Stream
MP2V=Media Excel MPEG-2 Video
MP41=Microsoft MPEG-4 V1 (enhanced H263)
MP42=Microsoft MPEG-4 V2
MP43=Microsoft MPEG-4 V3
MP4A=Media Excel MPEG-4 Audio
MP4S=Microsoft MPEG-4 (Windows Media 7.0)
MP4T=Media Excel MPEG-4 Transport Stream
MP4V=Microsoft MPEG-4 (hacked MS MPEG-4)
MP4V=Media Excel MPEG-4 Video
MPEG=Chromatic MPEG 1 Video I Frame
MPG1=FFmpeg-1
MPG2=FFmpeg-1
MPG3=Same as Low motion DivX MPEG-4
MPG4=Microsoft MPEG-4 V1 High Speed Compressor
MPGI=Sigma Design MPEG-1 I-frame
MPNG=Motion PNG codec
MRCA=FAST Multimedia MR Codec
MRLE=Microsoft Run Length Encoding
MSS1=Windows Screen Video
MSS2=Windows Media 9
MSVC=Microsoft Video 1
MSZH=Lossless codec (ZIP compression)
MTGA=Motion TGA images (24, 32 bpp)
MTX1=Matrox Motion-JPEG codec
MTX2=Matrox Motion-JPEG codec
MTX3=Matrox Motion-JPEG codec
MTX4=Matrox Motion-JPEG codec
MTX5=Matrox Motion-JPEG codec
MTX6=Matrox Motion-JPEG codec
MTX7=Matrox Motion-JPEG codec
MTX8=Matrox Motion-JPEG codec
MTX9=Matrox Motion-JPEG codec
MWV1=Aware Motion Wavelets
NAVI=nAVI video codec (hacked MS MPEG-4)
NHVU=NVidia Texture Format (GEForce 3)
NT00=NewTek LigtWave HDTV YUV with Alpha-channel
NTN1=Nogatech Video Compression 1
NUV1=NuppelVideo
NV12=8-bit Y plane followed by an interleaved U/V plane with 2x2 subsampling
NV21=As NV12 with U and V reversed in the interleaved plane
NVDS=nVidia Texture Format
NVHS=NVidia Texture Format (GEForce 3)
NVS0=nVidia Texture Compression Format
NVS1=nVidia Texture Compression Format
NVS2=nVidia Texture Compression Format
NVS3=nVidia Texture Compression Format
NVS4=nVidia Texture Compression Format
NVS5=nVidia Texture Compression Format
NVT0=nVidia Texture Compression Format
NVT1=nVidia Texture Compression Format
NVT2=nVidia Texture Compression Format
NVT3=nVidia Texture Compression Format
NVT4=nVidia Texture Compression Format
NVT5=nVidia Texture Compression Format
PDVC=Panasonic DV codec
PGVV=Radius Video Vision Telecast (adaptive JPEG)
PHMO=IBM Photomotion
PIM1=Pegasus Imaging MPEG-1 codec (Pinnale Systems ?)
PIMJ=Pegasus Imaging PICvideo Lossless JPEG
PIXL=MiroVideo XL (Motion JPEG)
PVEZ=Horizons Technology PowerEZ codec
PVMM=PacketVideo Corporation MPEG-4
PVW2=Pegasus Imaging Wavelet 2000
Q1.0=Q-Team QPEG 1.0
QPEG=Q-Team QPEG 1.1
QPEQ=Q-Team QPEG 1.1
RAW=Full Frames (Uncompressed)
RGB=Full Frames (Uncompressed)
RGB=Uncompressed RGB15 5:5:5
RGB=Uncompressed RGB16 5:6:5
RGB=Uncompressed RGB24 8:8:8
RGB1=Uncompressed RGB332 3:3:2
RGBA=Raw RGB with alpha
RGBO=Uncompressed RGB555 5:5:5
RGBP=Uncompressed RGB565 5:6:5
RGBQ=Uncompressed RGB555X 5:5:5 BE
RGBR=Uncompressed RGB565X 5:6:5 BE
RGBT=Uncompressed RGB with transparency
RLE=Raw RGB with arbitrary sample packing within a pixel
RLE4=Run length encoded 4bpp RGB image
RLE8=Run length encoded 8bpp RGB image
RMP4=REALmagic MPEG-4 Video Codec (Sigma Design, built on XviD)
ROQV=Id RoQ File Video Decoder
RPZA="Apple Video 16 bit ""road pizza"""
RT21=Intel Real Time Video 2.1
RTV0=NewTek VideoToaster (uncompressed)
RUD0=Rududu video codec
RV10=RealVideo codec
RV13=RealVideo codec
RV20=RealVideo G2
RV30=RealVideo 8
RV40=RealVideo 9
RVX=Intel RDX
S422=VideoCap C210 YUV Codec
SAN3=MPEG-4 codec (direct copy of DivX 3.11a)
SDCC=Sun Digital Camera Codec
SFMC=Crystal Net SFM (Surface Fitting Method) Codec
SMC=Apple Graphics (SMC) codec (256 color)
SMSC=Radius proprietary codec
SMSD=Radius proprietary codec
SMSV=WorldConnect Wavelet Streaming Video
SP44=SunPlus Aiptek MegaCam Codec
SP53=SunPlus Aiptek MegaCam Codec
SP54=SunPlus Aiptek MegaCam Codec
SP55=SunPlus Aiptek MegaCam Codec
SP56=SunPlus Aiptek MegaCam Codec
SP57=SunPlus Aiptek MegaCam Codec
SP58=SunPlus Aiptek MegaCam Codec
SPIG=Radius Spigot
SPLC=Splash Studios ACM Audio Codec
SQZ2=Microsoft VXTreme Video Codec V2
STVA=ST CMOS Imager Data (Bayer)
STVB=ST CMOS Imager Data (Nudged Bayer)
STVC=ST CMOS Imager Data (Bunched)
STVX=ST CMOS Imager Data (Extended)
STVY=ST CMOS Imager Data (Extended with Correction Data)
SV10=Sorenson Media Video R1
SVQ1=Sorenson Video (Apple Quicktime 3)
SVQ3=Sorenson Video 3 (Apple Quicktime 5)
SWC1=MainConcept Motion JPEG Codec
T420=Toshiba YUV 4:2:0
TIM2=Pinnacle RAL DVI
TLMS=TeraLogic Motion Infraframe Codec A
TLST=TeraLogic Motion Infraframe Codec B
TM20=Duck TrueMotion 2.0
TM2A=Duck TrueMotion Archiver 2.0
TM2X=Duck TrueMotion 2X
TMIC=TeraLogic Motion Intraframe Codec 2
TMOT=TrueMotion Video Compression
TR20=Duck TrueMotion RT 2.0
TSCC=TechSmith Screen Capture Codec
TV10=Tecomac Low-Bit Rate Codec
TVJP=TrueVision Field Encoded Motion JPEG (Targa emulation)
TVMJ=TrueVision Field Encoded Motion JPEG (Targa emulation)
TY0N=Trident Decompression Driver
TY2C=Trident Decompression Driver
TY2N=Trident Decompression Driver
U263=UB Video StreamForce H.263
UCOD=ClearVideo (fractal compression-based codec)
ULTI=IBM Corp. Ultimotion
UMP4=UB Video MPEG 4
UYNV=A direct copy of UYVY registered by nVidia to work around problems in some old codecs which did not like hardware that offered more than 2 UYVY surfaces
UYVP=YCbCr 4:2:2 extended precision 10-bits per component in U0Y0V0Y1 order
UYVY=YUV 4:2:2 (Y sample at every pixel, U and V sampled at every second pixel horizontally on each line)
V261=Lucent VX2000S
V422=Vitec Multimedia YUV 4:2:2 as for UYVY, but with different component ordering within the u_int32 macropixel
V655=Vitec Multimedia 16 bit YUV 4:2:2 (6:5:5) format
VCR1=ATI VCR 1.0
VCR2=ATI VCR 2.0 (MPEG YV12)
VCR3=ATI VCR 3.0
VCR4=ATI VCR 4.0
VCR5=ATI VCR 5.0
VCR6=ATI VCR 6.0
VCR7=ATI VCR 7.0
VCR8=ATI VCR 8.0
VCR9=ATI VCR 9.0
VDCT=Video Maker Pro DIB
VDOM=VDOnet VDOWave
VDOW=VDOLive (H.263)
VDST=VirtualDub remote frameclient ICM driver
VDTZ=Darim Vision VideoTizer YUV
VGPX=Alaris VideoGramPixel Codec
VIDS=Vitec Multimedia YUV 4:2:2 codec
VIFP=Virtual Frame API codec (VFAPI)
VIV1=Vivo H.263
VIV2=Vivo H.263
VIVO=Vivo H.263
VIXL=MiroVideo XL (Motion JPEG)
VLV1=VideoLogic codec
VP30=On2 (ex Duck TrueMotion) VP3
VP31=On2 (ex Duck TrueMotion) VP3
VSSV=Vanguard Software Solutions Video Codec
VTLP=Alaris VideoGramPixel Codec
VX1K=Lucent VX1000S Video Codec
VX2K=Lucent VX2000S Video Codec
VXSP=Lucent VX1000SP Video Codec
VYU9=ATI Technologies YUV
VYUY=ATI Packed YUV Data
WBVC=Winbond W9960 codec
WHAM=Microsoft Video 1
WINX=Winnov Software Compression
WJPG=Winbond JPEG (AverMedia USB devices)
WMV1=Windows Media Video V7
WMV2=Windows Media Video V8
WMV3=Windows Media Video V9
WNV1=WinNow Videum Hardware Compression
WNVA=Winnov hw compress
WRPR=VideoTools VideoServer Client Codec (wrapper for AviSynth)
X263=Xirlink H.263
XLV0=NetXL Inc. XL Video Decoder
XMPG=XING MPEG (I frame only)
XVID=XviD MPEG-4 codec
XVIX=Based on XviD MPEG-4 codec
XWV0=XiWave Video Codec
XWV1=XiWave Video Codec
XWV2=XiWave Video Codec
XWV3=XiWave Video Codec (Xi-3 Video)
XWV4=XiWave Video Codec
XWV5=XiWave Video Codec
XWV6=XiWave Video Codec
XWV7=XiWave Video Codec
XWV8=XiWave Video Codec
XWV9=XiWave Video Codec
XXAN=Origin Video Codec (used in Wing Commander 3 and 4)
Y211=Packed YUV format with Y sampled at every second pixel across each line and U and V sampled at every fourth pixel
Y411=YUV 4:1:1 Packed
Y41B=YUV 4:1:1 Planar
Y41P=Conexant (ex Brooktree) YUV 4:1:1 Raw
Y41T=Format as for Y41P, but the lsb of each Y component is used to signal pixel transparency
Y422=Direct copy of UYVY as used by ADS Technologies Pyro WebCam firewire camera
Y42B=YUV 4:2:2 Planar
Y42T=Format as for UYVY, but the lsb of each Y component is used to signal pixel transparency
Y8=Simple grayscale video
Y800=Simple grayscale video
YC12=Intel YUV12 Codec
YUNV=A direct copy of YUY2 registered by nVidia to work around problems in some old codecs which did not like hardware that offered more than 2 YUY2 surfaces
YUV8=Winnov Caviar YUV8
YUV9=Intel YUV9
YUVP=YCbCr 4:2:2 extended precision 10-bits per component in Y0U0Y1V0 order
YUY2=YUV 4:2:2 as for UYVY but with different component ordering within the u_int32 macropixel
YUYV=Canopus YUV format
YV12=ATI YVU12 4:2:0 Planar
YVU9=Brooktree YVU9 Raw (YVU9 Planar)
YVYU=YUV 4:2:2 as for UYVY but with different component ordering within the u_int32 macropixel
ZLIB=Lossless codec (ZIP compression)
ZPEG=Metheus Video Zipper
ZYGO=ZyGo Video Codec
[Audio]
0000=Microsoft Unknown Wave Format
0001=Microsoft PCM Format
0002=Microsoft ADPCM Format
0003=IEEE Float
0004=Compaq Computer VSELP (codec for Windows CE 2.0 devices)
0005=IBM CVSD
0006=Microsoft ALAW (CCITT A-Law)
0007=Microsoft MULAW (CCITT u-Law)
0008=Microsoft DTS
0009=DRM (Microsoft ?)
0010=OKI ADPCM
0011=Intel DVI ADPCM (IMA ADPCM)
0012=Videologic MediaSpace ADPCM
0013=Sierra Semiconductor ADPCM
0014=Antex Electronics G.723 ADPCM
0015=DSP Solutions DIGISTD
0016=DSP Solutions DIGIFIX
0017=Dialogic OKI ADPCM
0018=MediaVision ADPCM
0019=HP CU codec
0020=Yamaha ADPCM
0021=Speech Compression SONARC
0022=DSP Group True Speech
0023=Echo Speech EchoSC1
0024=Audiofile AF36
0025=APTX
0026=AudioFile AF10
0027=Prosody 1612 codec for CTI Speech Card
0028=Merging Technologies S.A. LRC
0030=Dolby Labs AC2
0031=Microsoft GSM 6.10
0032=MSNAudio
0033=Antex Electronics ADPCME
0034=Control Resources VQLPC
0035=DSP Solutions Digireal
0036=DSP Solutions DigiADPCM
0037=Control Resources Ltd CR10
0038=Natural MicroSystems VBXADPCM
0039=Roland RDAC (Crystal Semiconductor IMA ADPCM)
003A=Echo Speech EchoSC3
003B=Rockwell ADPCM
003C=Rockwell Digit LK
003D=Xebec Multimedia Solutions
0040=Antex Electronics G.721 ADPCM
0041=Antex Electronics G.728 CELP
0042=Microsoft MSG723
0043=IBM AVC ADPCM
0050=Microsoft MPEG-1 layer 1, 2
0052=InSoft RT24 (ACM codec is an alternative codec)