@tab Only embedded audio is decoded.
@item FLI/FLC/FLX animation @tab @tab X
@tab .fli/.flc files
-@item FLV @tab X @tab X
+@item Flash Video (FLV) @tab @tab X
@tab Macromedia Flash video files
@item framecrc testing format @tab X @tab
@item FunCom ISS @tab @tab X
@item GXF @tab X @tab X
@tab General eXchange Format SMPTE 360M, used by Thomson Grass Valley
playout servers.
-@item id Cinematic @tab @tab X
- @tab Used in Quake II.
+@item id Quake II CIN video @tab @tab X
@item id RoQ @tab X @tab X
@tab Used in Quake III, Jedi Knight 2, other computer games.
@item IFF @tab @tab X
@tab SMPTE 386M, D-10/IMX Mapping.
@item NC camera feed @tab @tab X
@tab NC (AVIP NC4600) camera streams
+@item NTT TwinVQ (VQF) @tab @tab X
+ @tab Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation TwinVQ.
@item Nullsoft Streaming Video @tab @tab X
@item NuppelVideo @tab @tab X
@item NUT @tab X @tab X
@item raw video @tab X @tab X
@item raw id RoQ @tab X @tab
@item raw Shorten @tab @tab X
+@item raw TrueHD @tab X @tab X
@item raw VC-1 @tab @tab X
@item raw PCM A-law @tab X @tab X
@item raw PCM mu-law @tab X @tab X
@tab PAM is a PNM extension with alpha support.
@item PBM @tab X @tab X
@tab Portable BitMap image
-@item PCX @tab @tab X
+@item PCX @tab X @tab X
@tab PC Paintbrush
@item PGM @tab X @tab X
@tab Portable GrayMap image
@tab Portable PixelMap image
@item PTX @tab @tab X
@tab V.Flash PTX format
-@item RAS @tab @tab X
- @tab Sun Rasterfile
@item SGI @tab X @tab X
@tab SGI RGB image format
-@item Targa @tab X @tab X
- @tab Targa (.TGA) image format
+@item Sun Rasterfile @tab @tab X
+ @tab Sun RAS image format
@item TIFF @tab X @tab X
@tab YUV, JPEG and some extension is not supported yet.
+@item Truevision Targa @tab X @tab X
+ @tab Targa (.TGA) image format
@end multitable
@code{X} means that encoding (resp. decoding) is supported.
@item 8SVX fibonacci @tab @tab X
@item American Laser Games MM @tab @tab X
@tab Used in games like Mad Dog McCree.
-@item AMV @tab @tab X
+@item AMV Video @tab @tab X
@tab Used in Chinese MP3 players.
-@item Apple Animation @tab X @tab X
- @tab fourcc: 'rle '
-@item Apple Graphics @tab @tab X
- @tab fourcc: 'smc '
@item Apple MJPEG-B @tab @tab X
@item Apple QuickDraw @tab @tab X
@tab fourcc: qdrw
-@item Apple Video @tab @tab X
- @tab fourcc: rpza
@item Asus v1 @tab X @tab X
@tab fourcc: ASV1
@item Asus v2 @tab X @tab X
@tab fourcc: VCR1
@item ATI VCR2 @tab @tab X
@tab fourcc: VCR2
+@item Autodesk Animator Flic video @tab @tab X
@item Autodesk RLE @tab @tab X
@tab fourcc: AASC
@item AVS (Audio Video Standard) video @tab @tab X
@tab Codec originally used in Feeble Files game.
@item Electronic Arts CMV video @tab @tab X
@tab Used in NHL 95 game.
-@item Electronic Arts TGV @tab @tab X
-@item Electronic Arts TGQ @tab @tab X
-@item Electronic Arts TQI @tab @tab X
-@item FFmpeg Video 1 @tab X @tab X
+@item Electronic Arts TGV video @tab @tab X
+@item Electronic Arts TGQ video @tab @tab X
+@item Electronic Arts TQI video @tab @tab X
+@item Escape 124 @tab @tab X
+@item FFmpeg codec #1 @tab X @tab X
@tab experimental lossless codec (fourcc: FFV1)
-@item Flash Screen Video @tab X @tab X
+@item Flash Screen Video v1 @tab X @tab X
@tab fourcc: FSV1
-@item FLIC video @tab @tab X
-@item FLV @tab X @tab X
+@item Flash Video (FLV) @tab X @tab X
@tab Sorenson H.263 used in Flash
-@item Fraps FPS1 @tab @tab X
+@item Fraps @tab @tab X
@item H.261 @tab X @tab X
-@item H.263(+) @tab X @tab X
- @tab also known as RealVideo 1.0
-@item H.264 @tab E @tab X
+@item H.263 / H.263-1996 @tab X @tab X
+@item H.263+ / H.263-1998 / H.263 version 2 @tab X @tab X
+@item H.264 / AVC / MPEG-4 AVC / MPEG-4 part 10 @tab E @tab X
@tab encoding supported through external library libx264
+@item H.264 / AVC / MPEG-4 AVC / MPEG-4 part 10 (VDPAU acceleration) @tab E @tab X
@item HuffYUV @tab X @tab X
+@item HuffYUV FFmpeg variant @tab X @tab X
@item IBM Ultimotion @tab @tab X
@tab fourcc: ULTI
@item id Cinematic video @tab @tab X
@tab Used in Quake II.
-@item id RoQ @tab X @tab X
+@item id RoQ video @tab X @tab X
@tab Used in Quake III, Jedi Knight 2, other computer games.
+@item Intel H.263 @tab @tab X
+@item Intel Indeo 2 @tab @tab X
@item Intel Indeo 3 @tab @tab X
-@item Interplay C93 @tab @tab X
+@item Interplay C93 @tab @tab X
@tab Used in the game Cyberia from Interplay.
-@item Interplay Video @tab @tab X
+@item Interplay MVE video @tab @tab X
@tab Used in Interplay .MVE files.
-@item JPEG-LS @tab X @tab X
- @tab fourcc: MJLS, lossless and near-lossless is supported.
-@item KMVC @tab @tab X
+@item Karl Morton's video codec @tab @tab X
@tab Codec used in Worms games.
+@item LCL (LossLess Codec Library) MSZH @tab @tab X
+@item LCL (LossLess Codec Library) ZLIB @tab E @tab E
@item LOCO @tab @tab X
@item lossless MJPEG @tab X @tab X
@item Microsoft RLE @tab @tab X
-@item Microsoft Video-1 @tab @tab X
+@item Microsoft Video 1 @tab @tab X
@item Mimic @tab @tab X
@tab Used in MSN Messenger Webcam streams.
@item Miro VideoXL @tab @tab X
@tab fourcc: VIXL
@item MJPEG (Motion JPEG) @tab X @tab X
-@item Motion Pixels Video @tab @tab X
-@item MPEG-1 @tab X @tab X
-@item MPEG-2 @tab X @tab X
-@item MPEG-4 @tab X @tab X
-@item MSMPEG4 V1 @tab X @tab X
-@item MSMPEG4 V2 @tab X @tab X
-@item MSMPEG4 V3 @tab X @tab X
-@item MSZH @tab @tab X
- @tab Part of LCL
+@item Motion Pixels video @tab @tab X
+@item MPEG-1 video @tab X @tab X
+@item MPEG-1/2 video XvMC (X-Video Motion Compensation) @tab @tab X
+@item MPEG-1/2 video (VDPAU acceleration) @tab @tab X
+@item MPEG-2 video @tab X @tab X
+@item MPEG-4 part 2 @tab X @tab X
+ @ libxvidcore can be used alternatively for encoding.
+@item MPEG-4 part 2 Microsoft variant version 1 @tab X @tab X
+@item MPEG-4 part 2 Microsoft variant version 2 @tab X @tab X
+@item MPEG-4 part 2 Microsoft variant version 3 @tab X @tab X
@item Nintendo Gamecube THP video @tab @tab X
+@item NuppelVideo/RTjpeg @tab @tab X
+ @tab Video encoding used in NuppelVideo files.
@item On2 VP3 @tab @tab X
@tab still experimental
@item On2 VP5 @tab @tab X
@tab fourcc: VP60,VP61,VP62
@item planar RGB @tab @tab X
@tab fourcc: 8BPS
-@item QPEG @tab @tab X
+@item Q-team QPEG @tab @tab X
@tab fourccs: QPEG, Q1.0, Q1.1
@item QuickTime 8BPS video @tab @tab X
+@item QuickTime Animation (RLE) video @tab X @tab X
+ @tab fourcc: 'rle '
+@item QuickTime Graphics (SMC) @tab @tab X
+ @tab fourcc: 'smc '
+@item QuickTime video (RPZA) @tab @tab X
+ @tab fourcc: rpza
+@item Raw Video @tab X @tab X
@item RealVideo 1.0 @tab X @tab X
@item RealVideo 2.0 @tab X @tab X
@item RealVideo 3.0 @tab @tab X
@item RealVideo 4.0 @tab @tab X
@item Renderware TXD (TeXture Dictionary) @tab @tab X
@tab Texture dictionaries used by the Renderware Engine.
-@item RTjpeg @tab @tab X
- @tab Video encoding used in NuppelVideo files.
+@item RL2 video @tab @tab X
+ @tab used in some games by Entertainment Software Partners
@item Sierra VMD video @tab @tab X
@tab Used in Sierra VMD files.
@item Smacker video @tab @tab X
@item Snow @tab X @tab X
@tab experimental wavelet codec (fourcc: SNOW)
@item Sony PlayStation MDEC (Motion DECoder) @tab @tab X
-@item Sorenson Video 1 @tab X @tab X
+@item Sorenson Vector Quantizer 1 @tab X @tab X
@tab fourcc: SVQ1
-@item Sorenson Video 3 @tab @tab X
+@item Sorenson Vector Quantizer 3 @tab @tab X
@tab fourcc: SVQ3
-@item Sunplus MJPEG @tab @tab X
+@item Sunplus JPEG (SP5X) @tab @tab X
@tab fourcc: SP5X
@item TechSmith Screen Capture Codec @tab @tab X
@tab fourcc: TSCC
@item Theora @tab E @tab X
@tab encoding supported through external library libtheora
-@item Tiertex Seq video @tab @tab X
+@item Tiertex Limited SEQ video @tab @tab X
@tab Codec used in DOS CD-ROM FlashBack game.
@item VMware Screen Codec / VMware Video @tab @tab X
@tab Codec used in videos captured by VMware.
@item Westwood Studios VQA (Vector Quantized Animation) video @tab @tab X
+@item Windows Media Video 7 @tab X @tab X
@item Windows Media Video 8 @tab X @tab X
@item Windows Media Video 9 @tab @tab X
@tab not completely working
@multitable @columnfractions .4 .1 .1 .4
@item Name @tab Encoding @tab Decoding @tab Comments
-@item 4X Movie ADPCM @tab @tab X
@item 8SVX audio @tab @tab X
@item AAC @tab E @tab X
@tab encoding supported through external library libfaac
-@item AC-3 @tab X @tab X
+@item AC-3 @tab IX @tab X
+@item ADPCM 4X Movie @tab @tab X
+@item ADPCM CDROM XA @tab @tab X
+@item ADPCM Creative Technology @tab @tab X
+ @tab 16 -> 4, 8 -> 4, 8 -> 3, 8 -> 2
+@item ADPCM Electronic Arts @tab @tab X
+ @tab Used in various EA titles.
+@item ADPCM Electronic Arts Maxis CDROM XS @tab @tab X
+ @tab Used in Sim City 3000.
+@item ADPCM Electronic Arts R1 @tab @tab X
+@item ADPCM Electronic Arts R2 @tab @tab X
+@item ADPCM Electronic Arts R3 @tab @tab X
+@item ADPCM Electronic Arts XAS @tab @tab X
+@item ADPCM G.726 @tab X @tab X
+@item ADPCM IMA AMV @tab @tab X
+ @tab Used in AMV files
+@item ADPCM IMA Electronic Arts EACS @tab @tab X
+@item ADPCM IMA Electronic Arts SEAD @tab @tab X
+@item ADPCM IMA Funcom @tab @tab X
+@item ADPCM IMA QuickTime @tab X @tab X
+@item ADPCM IMA Loki SDL MJPEG @tab @tab X
+@item ADPCM IMA WAV @tab X @tab X
+@item ADPCM IMA Westwood @tab @tab X
+@item ADPCM ISS IMA @tab @tab X
+ @tab Used in FunCom games.
+@item ADPCM IMA Duck DK3 @tab @tab X
+ @tab Used in some Sega Saturn console games.
+@item ADPCM IMA Duck DK4 @tab @tab X
+ @tab Used in some Sega Saturn console games.
+@item ADPCM Microsoft @tab X @tab X
+@item ADPCM MS IMA @tab X @tab X
+@item ADPCM Nintendo Gamecube THP @tab @tab X
+@item ADPCM QT IMA @tab X @tab X
+@item ADPCM SEGA CRI ADX @tab X @tab X
+ @tab Used in Sega Dreamcast games.
+@item ADPCM Shockwave Flash @tab X @tab X
+@item ADPCM SMJPEG IMA @tab @tab X
+ @tab Used in certain Loki game ports.
+@item ADPCM Sound Blaster Pro 2-bit @tab @tab X
+@item ADPCM Sound Blaster Pro 2.6-bit @tab @tab X
+@item ADPCM Sound Blaster Pro 4-bit @tab @tab X
+@item ADPCM Westwood Studios IMA @tab @tab X
+ @tab Used in Westwood Studios games like Command and Conquer.
+@item ADPCM Yamaha @tab X @tab X
@item AMR-NB @tab E @tab E
@tab supported through external library libamrnb
@item AMR-WB @tab E @tab E
@tab supported through external library libamrwb
@item Apple lossless audio @tab X @tab X
@tab QuickTime fourcc 'alac'
-@item Apple MACE 3 @tab @tab X
-@item Apple MACE 6 @tab @tab X
@item Atrac 3 @tab @tab X
-@item CDROM XA ADPCM @tab @tab X
@item Delphine Software International CIN audio @tab @tab X
@tab Codec used in Delphine Software International games.
@item COOK @tab @tab X
@tab All versions except 5.1 are supported.
-@item Creative Technology ADPCM @tab @tab X
- @tab 16 -> 4, 8 -> 4, 8 -> 3, 8 -> 2
@item DCA (DTS Coherent Acoustics) @tab @tab X
+@item DPCM id RoQ @tab X @tab X
+ @tab Used in Quake III, Jedi Knight 2, other computer games.
+@item DPCM Interplay @tab @tab X
+ @tab Used in various Interplay computer games.
+@item DPCM Sierra Online @tab @tab X
+ @tab Used in Sierra Online game audio files.
+@item DPCM Sol @tab @tab X
+@item DPCM Xan @tab @tab X
@item DSP Group TrueSpeech @tab @tab X
@item DV audio @tab @tab X
-@item Electronic Arts ADPCM @tab @tab X
- @tab Used in various EA titles.
-@item Electronic Arts Maxis CDROM XS ADPCM @tab @tab X
- @tab Used in Sim City 3000.
-@item Electronic Arts R1 ADPCM @tab @tab X
-@item Electronic Arts R2 ADPCM @tab @tab X
-@item Electronic Arts R3 ADPCM @tab @tab X
-@item Electronic Arts XAS ADPCM @tab @tab X
@item Enhanced AC-3 @tab @tab X
-@item FLAC lossless audio @tab IX @tab X
-@item G.726 ADPCM @tab X @tab X
+@item FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) @tab X @tab IX
+@item G.729 @tab @tab X
@item GSM @tab E @tab E
@tab supported through external library libgsm
-@item GSM_MS @tab E @tab E
+@item GSM Microsoft variant @tab E @tab E
@tab supported through external library libgsm
-@item id RoQ DPCM @tab X @tab X
- @tab Used in Quake III, Jedi Knight 2, other computer games.
-@item IMA AMV ADPCM @tab @tab X
- @tab Used in AMV files
-@item IMA Electronic Arts EACS ADPCM @tab @tab X
-@item IMA Electronic Arts SEAD ADPCM @tab @tab X
-@item IMA Funcom ADPCM @tab @tab X
-@item IMA QuickTime ADPCM @tab X @tab X
-@item IMA Loki SDL MJPEG ADPCM @tab @tab X
-@item IMA WAV ADPCM @tab X @tab X
-@item IMA Westwood ADPCM @tab @tab X
-@item Intel Music Coder @tab @tab X
-@item Interplay DPCM @tab @tab X
- @tab Used in various Interplay computer games.
-@item ISS IMA ADPCM @tab @tab X
- @tab Used in FunCom games.
-@item IMA Duck DK3 ADPCM @tab @tab X
- @tab Used in some Sega Saturn console games.
-@item IMA Duck DK4 ADPCM @tab @tab X
- @tab Used in some Sega Saturn console games.
-@item Microsoft ADPCM @tab X @tab X
-@item MLP/TrueHD @tab @tab X
- @tab Used in DVD-Audio and Blu-Ray discs.
+@item IMC (Intel Music Coder) @tab @tab X
+@item MACE (Macintosh Audio Compression/Expansion) 3:1 @tab @tab X
+@item MACE (Macintosh Audio Compression/Expansion) 6:1 @tab @tab X
+@item MLP (Meridian Lossless Packing) @tab @tab X
+ @tab Used in DVD-Audio discs.
@item Monkey's Audio @tab @tab X
@tab Only versions 3.97-3.99 are supported.
-@item MPEG audio layer 3 @tab E @tab IX
- @tab encoding supported through external library LAME
-@item MPEG audio layer 2 @tab IX @tab IX
-@item MS IMA ADPCM @tab X @tab X
-@item Musepack @tab @tab X
- @tab SV7 and SV8 are supported.
-@item Nellymoser ASAO @tab X @tab X
-@item Nintendo Gamecube THP ADPCM @tab @tab X
+@item MP1 (MPEG audio layer 1) @tab @tab IX
+@item MP2 (MPEG audio layer 2) @tab IX @tab IX
+@item MP3 (MPEG audio layer 3) @tab E @tab IX
+ @tab encoding supported through external library LAME, ADU MP3 and MP3onMP4 also supported
+@item Musepack SV7 @tab @tab X
+@item Musepack SV8 @tab @tab X
+@item Nellymoser Asao @tab X @tab X
+@item PCM A-law @tab X @tab X
+@item PCM mu-law @tab X @tab X
+@item PCM 16-bit little-endian planar @tab @tab X
+@item PCM 32-bit floating point big-endian @tab X @tab X
+@item PCM 32-bit floating point little-endian @tab X @tab X
+@item PCM 64-bit floating point big-endian @tab X @tab X
+@item PCM 64-bit floating point little-endian @tab X @tab X
+@item PCM D-Cinema audio signed 24-bit @tab X @tab X
+@item PCM signed 8-bit @tab X @tab X
+@item PCM signed 16-bit big-endian @tab X @tab X
+@item PCM signed 16-bit little-endian @tab X @tab X
+@item PCM signed 24-bit big-endian @tab X @tab X
+@item PCM signed 24-bit little-endian @tab X @tab X
+@item PCM signed 32-bit big-endian @tab X @tab X
+@item PCM signed 32-bit little-endian @tab X @tab X
+@item PCM unsigned 8-bit @tab X @tab X
+@item PCM unsigned 16-bit big-endian @tab X @tab X
+@item PCM unsigned 16-bit little-endian @tab X @tab X
+@item PCM unsigned 24-bit big-endian @tab X @tab X
+@item PCM unsigned 24-bit little-endian @tab X @tab X
+@item PCM unsigned 32-bit big-endian @tab X @tab X
+@item PCM unsigned 32-bit little-endian @tab X @tab X
+@item PCM Zork @tab X @tab X
@item QCELP / PureVoice @tab @tab X
-@item Qdesign QDM2 @tab @tab X
+@item QDesign Music Codec 2 @tab @tab X
@tab There are still some distortions.
-@item QT IMA ADPCM @tab X @tab X
-@item RA144 @tab @tab X
+@item RealAudio 1.0 (14.4K) @tab @tab X
@tab Real 14400 bit/s codec
-@item RA288 @tab @tab X
+@item RealAudio 2.0 (28.8K) @tab @tab X
@tab Real 28800 bit/s codec
-@item RADnet @tab IX @tab IX
+@item RealAudio 3.0 (dnet) @tab IX @tab X
@tab Real low bitrate AC-3 codec
-@item SEGA CRI ADX ADPCM @tab X @tab X
- @tab Used in Sega Dreamcast games.
-@item Shockwave Flash ADPCM @tab X @tab X
@item Shorten @tab @tab X
-@item Sierra Online DPCM @tab @tab X
- @tab Used in Sierra Online game audio files.
@item Sierra VMD audio @tab @tab X
@tab Used in Sierra VMD files.
@item Smacker audio @tab @tab X
-@item SMJPEG IMA ADPCM @tab @tab X
- @tab Used in certain Loki game ports.
-@item Sol DPCM @tab @tab X
@item Sonic @tab X @tab X
@tab experimental codec
@item Sonic lossless @tab X @tab X
@tab experimental codec
-@item Sound Blaster Pro 2-bit ADPCM @tab @tab X
-@item Sound Blaster Pro 2.6-bit ADPCM @tab @tab X
-@item Sound Blaster Pro 4-bit ADPCM @tab @tab X
@item Speex @tab @tab E
@tab supported through external library libspeex
@item True Audio (TTA) @tab @tab X
-@item Vorbis @tab X @tab X
+@item TrueHD @tab @tab X
+ @tab Used in HD-DVD and Blu-Ray discs.
+@item Vorbis @tab E @tab X
+ @ A native but very primitive encoder exists.
@item WavPack @tab @tab X
-@item Westwood Studios IMA ADPCM @tab @tab X
- @tab Used in Westwood Studios games like Command and Conquer.
@item Westwood Audio (SND1) @tab @tab X
@item Windows Media Audio 1 @tab X @tab X
@item Windows Media Audio 2 @tab X @tab X
-@item Xan DPCM @tab @tab X
@tab Used in Origin's Wing Commander IV AVI files.
-@item Yamaha ADPCM @tab X @tab X
@end multitable
@code{X} means that encoding (resp. decoding) is supported.
@section Subtitle Formats
-@multitable @columnfractions .4 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1
+@multitable @columnfractions .4 .1 .1 .1 .1
@item Name @tab Muxing @tab Demuxing @tab Encoding @tab Decoding
@item SSA/ASS @tab X @tab X
@item DVB @tab X @tab X @tab X @tab X
@section Network Protocols
-@multitable @columnfractions .4 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1
+@multitable @columnfractions .4 .1
@item Name @tab Support
@item file @tab X
@item Gopher @tab X
@code{X} means that the protocol is supported.
+@section Input/Output Devices
+
+@multitable @columnfractions .4 .1 .1
+@item Name @tab Input @tab Output
+@item ALSA @tab X @tab X
+@item BEOS audio @tab X @tab X
+@item BKTR @tab X @tab
+@item DV1394 @tab X @tab
+@item LIBDC1394 @tab X @tab
+@item OSS @tab X @tab X
+@item Video4Linux @tab X @tab
+@item Video4Linux2 @tab X @tab
+@item VfW capture @tab X @tab
+@item X11 grabbing @tab X @tab
+@end multitable
+
+@code{X} means that input/output is supported.
+
+
@chapter Platform Specific information
@section BSD
@itemize
-@item In order to compile vhooks, you must have a POSIX-compliant libdl in
-your MinGW system. Get dlfcn-win32 from
-@url{http://code.google.com/p/dlfcn-win32}.
-
@item In order to compile FFplay, you must have the MinGW development library
of SDL. Get it from @url{http://www.libsdl.org}.
Edit the @file{bin/sdl-config} script so that it points to the correct prefix
@item Write the source code for your application, or, for testing, just
copy the code from an existing sample application into the source file
that MSVC++ has already created for you. For example, you can copy
-@file{output_example.c} from the FFmpeg distribution.
+@file{libavformat/output-example.c} from the FFmpeg distribution.
@item Open the "Project / Properties" dialog box. In the "Configuration"
combo box, select "All Configurations" so that the changes you make will
@item libavformat is the library containing the file format handling (mux and
demux code for several formats). Look at @file{ffplay.c} to use it in a
-player. See @file{output_example.c} to use it to generate audio or video
-streams.
+player. See @file{libavformat/output-example.c} to use it to generate
+audio or video streams.
@end itemize