FFMPEG An Intermediate Guide/File Formats
3g2 edit
FFMPEG: Encoding
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Description: 3GP2 format
3gp edit
FFMPEG: Encoding
Full Name: 3GP format
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4xm edit
FFMPEG: Decoding
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Description: 4X Technologies format
IFF edit
FFMPEG: Encoding
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Description: IFF format
ISS edit
FFMPEG: Decoding
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Description: Funcom ISS format
MTV edit
FFMPEG: Decoding
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Description: MTV format
RoQ edit
FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding
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Description: raw id RoQ format
aac edit
FFMPEG: Decoding
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Description: raw ADTS AAC
ac3 edit
FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding
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Description: raw AC-3
adts edit
FFMPEG: Encoding
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Description: ADTS AAC
aea edit
FFMPEG: Decoding
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Description: MD STUDIO audio
aiff edit
FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding
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Description: Audio IFF
alaw edit
FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding
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Description: PCM A-law format
alsa edit
FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding
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Description: ALSA audio output
amr edit
FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding
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Description: 3GPP AMR file format
apc edit
FFMPEG: Decoding
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Description: CRYO APC format
ape edit
FFMPEG: Decoding
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Description: Monkey's Audio
asf edit
FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding
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Description: ASF format
asf_stream edit
FFMPEG: Encoding
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Description: ASF format
ass edit
FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding
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Description: SSA/ASS format
au edit
FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding
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Description: SUN AU format
avi edit
FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding
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Description: AVI format
avm2 edit
FFMPEG: Encoding
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Description: Flash 9 (AVM2) format
avs edit
FFMPEG: Decoding
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Description: AVS format
bethsoftvid edit
FFMPEG: Decoding
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Description: Bethesda Softworks VID format
bfi edit
FFMPEG: Decoding
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Description: Brute Force & Ignorance
c93 edit
FFMPEG: Decoding
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Description: Interplay C93
caf edit
FFMPEG: Decoding
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Description: Apple Core Audio Format
cavsvideo edit
FFMPEG: Decoding
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Description: raw Chinese AVS video
crc edit
FFMPEG: Encoding
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Description: CRC testing format
daud edit
FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding
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Description: D-Cinema audio format
dirac edit
FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding
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Description: raw Dirac
dnxhd edit
FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding
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Description: raw DNxHD (SMPTE VC-3)
dsicin edit
FFMPEG: Decoding
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Description: Delphine Software International CIN format
dts edit
FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding
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Description: raw DTS
dv edit
FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding
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Description: DV video format
dv1394 edit
FFMPEG: Decoding
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Description: DV1394 A/V grab
dvd edit
FFMPEG: Encoding
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Description: MPEG-2 PS format (DVD VOB)
For more information see the MPEG page.
dxa edit
FFMPEG: Decoding
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Description: DXA
ea edit
FFMPEG: Decoding
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Description: Electronic Arts Multimedia Format
ea_cdata edit
FFMPEG: Decoding
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Description: Electronic Arts cdata
eac3 edit
FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding
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Description: raw E-AC-3
f32be edit
FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding
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Description: PCM 32 bit floating-point big-endian format
f32le edit
FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding
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Description: PCM 32 bit floating-point little-endian format
f64be edit
FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding
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Description: PCM 64 bit floating-point big-endian format
f64le edit
FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding
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Description: PCM 64 bit floating-point little-endian format
ffm edit
FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding
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Description: FFM (FFserver live feed) format
film_cpk edit
FFMPEG: Decoding
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Description: Sega FILM/CPK format
flac edit
FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding
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Description: raw FLAC
flic edit
FFMPEG: Decoding
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Description: FLI/FLC/FLX animation format
flv edit
FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding
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Description: FLV format
framecrc edit
FFMPEG: Encoding
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Description: framecrc testing format
gif edit
FFMPEG: Encoding
Full Name: Graphic Interchange Format
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Description: GIF Animation
gsm edit
FFMPEG: Decoding
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Description: raw GSM
gxf edit
FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding
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Description: GXF format
h261 edit
FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding
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Description: raw H.261
h263 edit
FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding
Full Name: Sorencer Video
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Description: raw H.263
h264 edit
FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding
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Description: raw H.264 video format
idcin edit
FFMPEG: Decoding
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Description: id Cinematic format
image2 edit
FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding
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Description: image2 sequence
image2pipe edit
FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding
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Description: piped image2 sequence
edit
FFMPEG: Decoding
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Description: raw Ingenient MJPEG
ipmovie edit
FFMPEG: Decoding
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Description: Interplay MVE format
ipod edit
FFMPEG: Encoding
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Description: iPod H.264 MP4 format
lmlm4 edit
FFMPEG: Decoding
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Description: lmlm4 raw format
m4v edit
FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding
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Description: raw MPEG-4 video format
For more information see the MPEG page.
matroska edit
FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding
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Description: Matroska file format
mjpeg edit
FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding
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Description: raw MJPEG video
mlp edit
FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding
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Description: raw MLP
mm edit
FFMPEG: Decoding
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Description: American Laser Games MM format
mmf edit
FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding
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Description: Yamaha SMAF
mov edit
FFMPEG: Encoding, Decoding dependent on input Codec.
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Description: MOV format
Although not list as decodable in the official manual, a lot of the codecs are fully decodable. check whether the embedded codec is decodable by FFMPEG.
mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 edit
FFMPEG: Decoding
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Description: QuickTime/MPEG-4/Motion JPEG 2000 format
mp2 edit
FFMPEG: Encoding
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Description: MPEG audio layer 2
For more information see the MPEG page.
mp3 edit
FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding
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Description: MPEG audio layer 3
For more information see the MPEG page.
mp4 edit
FFMPEG: Encoding
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Description: MP4 format
For more information see the MPEG page.
mpc edit
FFMPEG: Decoding
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Description: Musepack
mpc8 edit
FFMPEG: Decoding
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Description: Musepack SV8
mpeg edit
FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding
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Description: MPEG-1 System format
For more information see the MPEG page.
mpeg1video edit
FFMPEG: Encoding
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Description: raw MPEG-1 video
For more information see the MPEG page.
mpeg2video edit
FFMPEG: Encoding
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Description: raw MPEG-2 video
For more information see the MPEG page.
mpegts edit
FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding
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Description: MPEG-2 transport stream format
For more information see the MPEG page.
mpegtsraw edit
FFMPEG: Decoding
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Description: MPEG-2 raw transport stream format
For more information see the MPEG page.
mpegvideo edit
FFMPEG: Decoding
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Description: raw MPEG video
For more information see the MPEG page.
mpjpeg edit
FFMPEG: Encoding
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Description: MIME multipart JPEG format
msnwctcp edit
FFMPEG: Decoding
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Description: MSN TCP Webcam stream
mulaw edit
FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding
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Description: PCM mu-law format
mvi edit
FFMPEG: Decoding
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Description: Motion Pixels MVI format
mxf edit
FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding
Full Name: Material eXchange Format
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Description: Avid exchange format, used by Avid video editor for storing all videos for the Avid system.
mxf_d10 edit
FFMPEG: Encoding
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Description: Material eXchange Format, D-10 Mapping
nc edit
FFMPEG: Decoding
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Description: NC camera feed format
nsv edit
FFMPEG: Decoding
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Description: Nullsoft Streaming Video
null edit
FFMPEG: Encoding
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Description: raw null video format
nut edit
FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding
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Description: NUT format
nuv edit
FFMPEG: Decoding
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Description: NuppelVideo format
ogg edit
FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding
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Description: Ogg
oma edit
FFMPEG: Decoding
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Description: Sony OpenMG audio
oss edit
FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding
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Description: Open Sound System playback
psp edit
FFMPEG: Encoding
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Description: PSP MP4 format
For more information see the MPEG page.
psxstr edit
FFMPEG: Decoding
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Description: Sony PlayStation STR format
pva edit
FFMPEG: Decoding
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Description: TechnoTrend PVA file and stream format
qcp edit
FFMPEG: Decoding
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Description: QCP format
r3d edit
FFMPEG: Decoding
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Description: REDCODE R3D format
rawvideo edit
FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding
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Description: raw video format
rcv edit
FFMPEG: Encoding
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Description: VC-1 test bitstream
redir edit
FFMPEG: Decoding
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Description: Redirector format
rl2 edit
FFMPEG: Decoding
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Description: RL2 format
rm edit
FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding
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Description: RealMedia format
rpl edit
FFMPEG: Decoding
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Description: RPL/ARMovie format
rtp edit
FFMPEG: Encoding
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Description: RTP output format
rtsp edit
FFMPEG: Decoding
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Description: RTSP input format
s16be edit
FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding
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Description: PCM signed 16 bit big-endian format
s16le edit
FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding
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Description: PCM signed 16 bit little-endian format
s24be edit
FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding
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Description: PCM signed 24 bit big-endian format
s24le edit
FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding
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Description: PCM signed 24 bit little-endian format
s32be edit
FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding
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Description: PCM signed 32 bit big-endian format
s32le edit
FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding
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Description: PCM signed 32 bit little-endian format
s8 edit
FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding
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Description: PCM signed 8 bit format
sdp edit
FFMPEG: Decoding
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Description: SDP
shn edit
FFMPEG: Decoding
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Description: raw Shorten
siff edit
FFMPEG: Decoding
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Description: Beam Software SIFF
smk edit
FFMPEG: Decoding
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Description: Smacker video
sol edit
FFMPEG: Decoding
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Description: Sierra SOL format
sox edit
FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding
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Description: SoX native format
spdif edit
FFMPEG: Encoding
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Description: IEC958 - S/PDIF (IEC-61937)
svcd edit
FFMPEG: Encoding
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Description: MPEG-2 PS format (VOB)
For more information see the MPEG page.
swf edit
FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding
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Description: Flash format
thp edit
FFMPEG: Decoding
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Description: THP
tiertexseq edit
FFMPEG: Decoding
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Description: Tiertex Limited SEQ format
tmv edit
FFMPEG: Decoding
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Description: 8088flex TMV
truehd edit
FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding
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Description: raw TrueHD
tta edit
FFMPEG: Decoding
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Description: True Audio
txd edit
FFMPEG: Decoding
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Description: Renderware TeXture Dictionary
u16be edit
FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding
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Description: PCM unsigned 16 bit big-endian format
u16le edit
FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding
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Description: PCM unsigned 16 bit little-endian format
u24be edit
FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding
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Description: PCM unsigned 24 bit big-endian format
u24le edit
FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding
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Description: PCM unsigned 24 bit little-endian format
u32be edit
FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding
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Description: PCM unsigned 32 bit big-endian format
u32le edit
FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding
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Description: PCM unsigned 32 bit little-endian format
u8 edit
FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding
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Description: PCM unsigned 8 bit format
vc1 edit
FFMPEG: Decoding
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Description: raw VC-1
vc1test edit
FFMPEG: Decoding
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Description: VC-1 test bitstream format
vcd edit
FFMPEG: Encoding
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Description: MPEG-1 System format (VCD)
For more information see the MPEG page.
video4linux edit
FFMPEG: Decoding
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Description: Video4Linux device grab
video4linux2 edit
FFMPEG: Decoding
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Description: Video4Linux2 device grab
vmd edit
FFMPEG: Decoding
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Description: Sierra VMD format
vob edit
FFMPEG: Encoding
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Description: MPEG-2 PS format (VOB)
voc edit
FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding
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Description: Creative Voice file format
vqf edit
FFMPEG: Decoding
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Description: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) TwinVQ
w64 edit
FFMPEG: Decoding
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Description: Sony Wave64 format
wav edit
FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding
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Description: WAV format
wc3movie edit
FFMPEG: Decoding
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Description: Wing Commander III movie format
webm edit
FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding
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wsaud edit
FFMPEG: Decoding
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Description: Westwood Studios audio format
wsvqa edit
FFMPEG: Decoding
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Description: Westwood Studios VQA format
wv edit
FFMPEG: Decoding
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Description: WavPack
x11grab edit
FFMPEG: Decoding
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Description: X11grab
xa edit
FFMPEG: Decoding
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Description: Maxis XA File Format
yuv4mpegpipe edit
FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding
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Description: YUV4MPEG pipe format