FourCC Codes

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FOURCC	Developer	Codec Required
3IV1	3IVX	3ivx
3IV2	3IVX	3ivx
AASC	Autodesk	Autodesk Animator codec
ABYR	Kensington
ADV1	Loronix	WaveCodec
ADVJ	Avid Technology	Avid M-JPEG
AEMI	Array Microsystems	Array VideoONE MPEG1-I Capture
AFLI	Autodesk	Autodesk Animator codec
AFLC	Autodesk	Autodesk Animator codec
AMPG	Array Microsystems	Array VideoONE MPEG
ANIM	Intel	RDX
AP41	AngelPotion	AngelPotion Definitive
ASV1	Asus	Asus Video
ASV2	Asus	Asus Video (2)
ASVX	Asus	Asus Video 2.0
AUR2	Auravision	Aura 2 Codec - YUV 422
AURA	Auravision	Aura 1 Codec - YUV 411
AVRn	Avid Technology	Avid M-JPEG
BINK	RAD Game Tools	Bink Video
BLZ0	Blizzard
BT20	Conexant	Prosumer Video
BTCV	Conexant	Composite Video Codec
BW10	Data Translation	Broadway MPEG Capture/Compression
CC12	Intel	YUV12 Codec
CDVC	Canopus	Canopus DV Codec
CFCC	DPS	DPS Perception
CGDI	Microsoft	Camcorder Video
CHAM	Winnov	Caviara Champagne
CMYK	Colorgraph	Uncompressed CMYK
CJPG	Creative Labs	WebCam JPEG
CPLA	Weitek	YUV 4:2:0
CRAM	Microsoft	Microsoft Video 1
FOURCC	Developer	Codec Required
CSCD	RenderSoft	CamStudio Codec
CVID	Providenza & Boekelheide	Cinepak
CWLT	Microsoft	Color WLT DIB
CYUV	Creative Labs	Creative YUV
CYUY	ATI Technologies
D261	DEC	H.261
D263	DEC	H.263
DCL1	Data Connection Ltd.	Data Connection Conferencing Codec
DIV3	DivX	DivX MPEG-4
DIV4	DivX	DivX MPEG-4
DIV5
DIVX	OpenDivX	DivX
divx		DivX
dmb1	Matrox	Rainbow Runner hardware compression
DMB2
DMK2
DSVD		DV Codec
DUCK	Duck Corporation	TrueMotion S
dv25	Matrox	DVCPRO
dv50	Matrox	DVCPRO50
DVAN
dvsd	Pinnacle Systems
DVSD
DVE2	InSoft	DVE-2 Videoconferencing Codec
DVX1	Lucent	DVX1000SP Video Decoder
DVX2	Lucent	DVX2000S Video Decoder
DVX3	Lucent	DVX3000S Video Decoder
DX50	DivX	DivX MPEG-4 version 5
DXGM	Electronic Arts
DXTn	Microsoft	DirectX Compressed Texture
DXTC	Microsoft	DirectX Texture Compression
ELK0	Elsa
EKQ0	Elsa	Elsa Quick Codec
EM2V	Etymonix	Etymonix MPEG-2 Video
ESCP	Eidos Technologies	Escape
ETV1	eTreppid Technologies	eTreppid Video Codec
ETV2	eTreppid Technologies	eTreppid Video Codec
ETVC	eTreppid Technologies	eTreppid Video Codec
FOURCC	Developer	Codec Required
FLJP	D-Vision	Field Encoded Motion JPEG
FRWA	SoftLab-Nsk	Forward Motion JPEG with alpha channel
FRWD	SoftLab-Nsk	Forward Motion JPEG
FVF1	Iterated Systems	Fractal Video Frame
GLZW	gabest@freemail.hu	Motion LZW
GPEG	gabest@freemail.hu	Motion JPEG
GWLT	Microsoft	Greyscale WLT DIB
H260 - H269	Intel	ITU H.26n
HFYU		Huffman Lossless Codec
HMCR	Rendition	Rendition Motion Compensation Format
HMRR	Rendition	Rendition Motion Compensation Format
i263	Intel	ITU H.263
IAN	Intel	Indeo 4 Codec
ICLB	InSoft	CellB Videoconferencing Codec
IGOR		Power DVD
IJPG	Intergraph	Intergraph JPEG
ILVC	Intel	Layered Video
ILVR		ITU H.263+ Codec
IPDV	I-O Data Device, Inc.	Giga AVI DV Codec
IR21	Intel	Indeo 2.1
IRAW	Intel	Intel Uncompressed UYUV
IV30 - IV39	Ligos	Indeo 3
IV32	Ligos	Indeo 3.2
IV40 - IV49	Ligos	Indeo Interactive
IV50	Ligos	Indeo Interactive
JBYR	Kensington
JPEG	Microsoft	JPEG Still Image
JPGL		JPEG Light
KMVC		Karl Morton's Video Codec (presumably)
L261	Lead Technologies	Lead H.26
L263	Lead Technologies	Lead H.263
LCMW	Lead Technologies	Motion CMW Codec
LEAD	Lead Technologies	LEAD Video Codec
LGRY	Lead Technologies	Grayscale Image
LJ2K	Lead Technologies	Lead JPEG 2000
Ljpg	Lead Technologies	LEAD MJPEG Codec
LZO1	Markus Oberhumer	Lempel-Ziv-Oberhumer Codec
M263	Microsoft	H.263
M261	Microsoft	H.261
FOURCC	Developer	Codec Required
M4CC	Divio	MPEG-4
M4S2	Microsoft	MPEG-4 (automatic WMP download)
MC12	ATI Technologies	Motion Compensation Format
MCAM	ATI Technologies	Motion Compensation Format
MJ2C	Morgan Multimedia	Motion JPEG 2000
mJPG	IBM	Motion JPEG including Huffman Tables
MJPG		Motion JPEG
MMES	Matrox	MPEG-2 ES
MP2A	Media Excel
MP2T	Media Excel
MP2V	Media Excel
MP42	Microsoft	MPEG-4 (automatic WMP download)
MP43	Microsoft	MPEG-4 (automatic WMP download)
MP4A	Media Excel
MP4S	Microsoft	MPEG-4 (automatic WMP download)
MP4T	Media Excel
MP4V	Media Excel
MPEG		MPEG
MPG4	Microsoft	MPEG-4 (automatic WMP download)
MPGI	Sigma Designs	MPEG
MR16
MRCA	FAST Multimedia	Mrcodec
MRLE	Microsoft	Microsoft RLE
MSVC	Microsoft	Microsoft Video 1
MSZH	Kenji Oshima	AVImszh
MTX1 - MTX9	Matrox
MVI1		Motion Pixels MVI1 Codec
MVI2		Motion Pixels MVI2 Codec
MWV1	Aware Inc.	Aware Motion Wavelets
nAVI
NTN1	Nogatech/Zoran	Video Compression 1
NTN2	Nogatech/Zoran	Video Compression 2
NVDS	NVidia	NVidia Texture Format
NVHS	NVidia	NVidia Texture Format
NHVU	NVidia	NVidia Texture Format
NVS0 - NVS5	NVidia
NVT0 - NVT5	NVidia
PDVC	I-O Data Device, Inc.	DVC codec
PGVV	Radius	Radius Video Vision
FOURCC	Developer	Codec Required
PHMO	IBM	Photomotion
PIM1	Pegasus Imaging
PIM2	Pegasus Imaging
PIMJ	Pegasus Imaging	Lossless JPEG
PIXL	Pinnacle Systems	Video XL
PVEZ	Horizons Technology	PowerEZ
PVMM	PacketVideo Corporation	PacketVideo Corporation MPEG-4
PVW2	Pegasus Imaging	Pegasus Wavelet Compression
qpeq	Q-Team	QPEG 1.1
QPEG	Q-Team	QPEG
raw		Raw RGB
RGBT	Computer Concepts	32 bit support
RLE	Microsoft	Run Length Encoder
RLE4	Microsoft	4bpp Run Length Encoder
RLE8	Microsoft	8bpp Run Length Encoder
RMP4	Sigma Designs	MPEG-4 AS Profile Codec
RT21	Intel	Real Time Video 2.1
rv20	Real	RealVideo G2
rv30	Real	RealVideo 8
RVX	Intel	RDX
s422	Tekram International	VideoCap C210 YUV Codec
SAN3		DivX 3
SDCC	Sun Communications	Digital Camera Codec
SEDG	Samsung	Samsung MPEG-4
SFMC	CrystalNet	Surface Fitting Method
SMSC	Radius	Proprietary codec
SMSD	Radius	Proprietary codec
smsv	WorldConnect	Wavelet Video
SP44	SunPlus
SP54	SunPlus
SPIG	Radius	Spigot
SQZ2	Microsoft	VXTreme Video Codec V2
SV10	Sorenson Media	Video R1
STVA	ST Microelectronics	ST CMOS Imager Data (Bayer)
STVB	ST Microelectronics	ST CMOS Imager Data (Nudged Bayer)
STVC	ST Microelectronics	ST CMOS Imager Data (Bunched)
STVX	ST Microelectronics	ST CMOS Imager Data (Extended CODEC Data Format)
STVY	ST Microelectronics	ST CMOS Imager Data (Extended CODEC Data Format with Correction Data)
FOURCC	Developer	Codec Required
SVQ1	Sorenson Media	Sorenson Video
TLMS	TeraLogic	Motion Intraframe Codec
TLST	TeraLogic	Motion Intraframe Codec
TM20	Duck Corporation	TrueMotion 2.0
TM2X	Duck Corporation	TrueMotion 2X
TMIC	TeraLogic	Motion Intraframe Codec
TMOT	Horizons Technology	TrueMotion S
TR20	Duck Corporation	TrueMotion RT 2.0
TSCC	Techsmith Corp.	TechSmith Screen Capture Codec
TV10	Tecomac, Inc.	Tecomac Low-Bit Rate Codec
TVJP	Pinnacle/Truevision
TVMJ	Pinnacle/Truevision
TY2C	Trident Microsystems	Trident Decompression Driver
TY2N	Trident Microsystems
TY0N	Trident Microsystems
UCOD	eMajix.com	ClearVideo
ULTI	IBM Corp.	Ultimotion
V261	Lucent	Lucent VX2000S
V655	Vitec Multimedia	YUV 4:2:2
VCR1	ATI Technologies	ATI Video Codec 1
VCR2	ATI Technologies	ATI Video Codec 2
VCR3-9	ATI Technologies	ATI Video Codecs
VDCT	Vitec Multimedia	VideoMaker Pro DIB
VDOM	VDONet	VDOWave
VDOW	VDONet	VDOLive
VDTZ	Darim Vision Co.	VideoTizer YUV Codec
VGPX	Alaris	VideoGramPix
VIFP		VFAPI Codec
VIDS	Vitec Multimedia
VIVO	Vivo Software	Vivo H.263
VIXL	Miro	Video XL
VLV1	VideoLogic
VP30	On2	VP3
VP31	On2	VP3
VQC1	ViewQuest	VideoQuest Codec 1
VQC2	ViewQuest	VideoQuest Codec 2
vssv	Vanguard Software Solutions	VSS Video
VUUU
VX1K	Lucent	VX1000S Video Codec
VX2K	Lucent	VX2000S Video Codec
FOURCC	Developer	Codec Required
VXSP	Lucent	VX1000SP Video Codec
VYU9	ATI Technologies	ATI YUV
VYUY	ATI Technologies	ATI YUV
WBVC	Winbond Electronics	W9960
WHAM	Microsoft	Microsoft Video 1
WINX	Winnov	Winnov Software Compression
WJPG		Winbond JPEG
WMV1	Microsoft	Windows Media Video 7
WMV2	Microsoft	Windows Media Video 8
WMV3	Microsoft	Windows Media Video 9
WNV1	Winnov	Winnov Hardware Compression
x263	Xirlink
X264	XiWave	XiWave H.264
XVID	XVID	XVID MPEG-4
XLV0	NetXL Inc.	XL Video Decoder
XMPG	XING Corporation	XING MPEG
XWV0 - XWV9	XiWave	XiWave Video Codec
XXAN	Origin
Y411	Microsoft	YUV 4:1:1
Y41P	Conexant	Brooktree YUV 4:1:1
Y444
Y8		Grayscale video
YC12	Intel	YUV 12 codec
YUV8	Winnov	Caviar YUV8
YUY2	Microsoft (probably)	Raw, uncompressed YUV 4:2:2
YUYV	Canopus
YV16	Elecard	YUV 4:2:2 Planar
ZLIB
ZPEG	Metheus	Video Zipper
ZyGo	ZyGo Digital	ZyGoVideo
ZYYY

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