@chapter External libraries
-Libav can be hooked up with a number of external libraries to add support
+FFmpeg can be hooked up with a number of external libraries to add support
for more formats. None of them are used by default, their use has to be
explicitly requested by passing the appropriate flags to
@command{./configure}.
+@section OpenJPEG
+
+FFmpeg can use the OpenJPEG libraries for encoding/decoding J2K videos. Go to
+@url{http://www.openjpeg.org/} to get the libraries and follow the installation
+instructions. To enable using OpenJPEG in FFmpeg, pass @code{--enable-libopenjpeg} to
+@file{./configure}.
+
+
@section OpenCORE and VisualOn libraries
-Spun off Google Android sources, OpenCore and VisualOn libraries provide
-encoders for a number of audio codecs.
+Spun off Google Android sources, OpenCore, VisualOn and Fraunhofer
+libraries provide encoders for a number of audio codecs.
@float NOTE
OpenCORE and VisualOn libraries are under the Apache License 2.0
(see @url{http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0} for details), which is
incompatible with the LGPL version 2.1 and GPL version 2. You have to
-upgrade Libav's license to LGPL version 3 (or if you have enabled
+upgrade FFmpeg's license to LGPL version 3 (or if you have enabled
GPL components, GPL version 3) to use it.
@end float
@subsection OpenCORE AMR
-Libav can make use of the OpenCORE libraries for AMR-NB
+FFmpeg can make use of the OpenCORE libraries for AMR-NB
decoding/encoding and AMR-WB decoding.
Go to @url{http://sourceforge.net/projects/opencore-amr/} and follow the
@subsection VisualOn AAC encoder library
-Libav can make use of the VisualOn AACenc library for AAC encoding.
+FFmpeg can make use of the VisualOn AACenc library for AAC encoding.
Go to @url{http://sourceforge.net/projects/opencore-amr/} and follow the
instructions for installing the library.
@subsection VisualOn AMR-WB encoder library
-Libav can make use of the VisualOn AMR-WBenc library for AMR-WB encoding.
+FFmpeg can make use of the VisualOn AMR-WBenc library for AMR-WB encoding.
Go to @url{http://sourceforge.net/projects/opencore-amr/} and follow the
instructions for installing the library.
Then pass @code{--enable-libvo-amrwbenc} to configure to enable it.
+@subsection Fraunhofer AAC library
+
+FFmpeg can make use of the Fraunhofer AAC library for AAC encoding.
+
+Go to @url{http://sourceforge.net/projects/opencore-amr/} and follow the
+instructions for installing the library.
+Then pass @code{--enable-libfdk-aac} to configure to enable it.
+
@section LAME
-Libav can make use of the LAME library for MP3 encoding.
+FFmpeg can make use of the LAME library for MP3 encoding.
Go to @url{http://lame.sourceforge.net/} and follow the
instructions for installing the library.
@section libvpx
-Libav can make use of the libvpx library for VP8 encoding.
+FFmpeg can make use of the libvpx library for VP8 encoding.
Go to @url{http://www.webmproject.org/} and follow the instructions for
installing the library. Then pass @code{--enable-libvpx} to configure to
@section x264
-Libav can make use of the x264 library for H.264 encoding.
+FFmpeg can make use of the x264 library for H.264 encoding.
Go to @url{http://www.videolan.org/developers/x264.html} and follow the
instructions for installing the library. Then pass @code{--enable-libx264} to
@float NOTE
x264 is under the GNU Public License Version 2 or later
(see @url{http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html} for
-details), you must upgrade Libav's license to GPL in order to use it.
+details), you must upgrade FFmpeg's license to GPL in order to use it.
@end float
@section libilbc
iLBC is a narrowband speech codec that has been made freely available
by Google as part of the WebRTC project. libilbc is a packaging friendly
-copy of the iLBC codec. Libav can make use of the libilbc library for
+copy of the iLBC codec. FFmpeg can make use of the libilbc library for
iLBC encoding and decoding.
Go to @url{https://github.com/dekkers/libilbc} and follow the instructions for
-@chapter Supported File Formats and Codecs
+@chapter Supported File Formats, Codecs or Features
You can use the @code{-formats} and @code{-codecs} options to have an exhaustive list.
@section File Formats
-Libav supports the following file formats through the @code{libavformat}
+FFmpeg supports the following file formats through the @code{libavformat}
library:
@multitable @columnfractions .4 .1 .1 .4
@item 4xm @tab @tab X
@tab 4X Technologies format, used in some games.
@item 8088flex TMV @tab @tab X
+@item ACT Voice @tab @tab X
+ @tab contains G.729 audio
@item Adobe Filmstrip @tab X @tab X
@item Audio IFF (AIFF) @tab X @tab X
@item American Laser Games MM @tab @tab X
@tab Multimedia format used in games like Mad Dog McCree.
@item 3GPP AMR @tab X @tab X
+@item Amazing Studio Packed Animation File @tab @tab X
+ @tab Multimedia format used in game Heart Of Darkness.
@item Apple HTTP Live Streaming @tab @tab X
+@item Artworx Data Format @tab @tab X
@item ASF @tab X @tab X
@item AVI @tab X @tab X
@item AVISynth @tab @tab X
@tab Audio and video format used in some games by Beam Software.
@item Bethesda Softworks VID @tab @tab X
@tab Used in some games from Bethesda Softworks.
+@item Binary text @tab @tab X
@item Bink @tab @tab X
@tab Multimedia format used by many games.
@item Bitmap Brothers JV @tab @tab X
@tab Video format used by CD+G karaoke disks
@item Commodore CDXL @tab @tab X
@tab Amiga CD video format
-@item Core Audio Format @tab @tab X
+@item Core Audio Format @tab X @tab X
@tab Apple Core Audio Format
@item CRC testing format @tab X @tab
@item Creative Voice @tab X @tab X
@item Electronic Arts cdata @tab @tab X
@item Electronic Arts Multimedia @tab @tab X
@tab Used in various EA games; files have extensions like WVE and UV2.
-@item FFM (AVserver live feed) @tab X @tab X
+@item FFM (FFserver live feed) @tab X @tab X
@item Flash (SWF) @tab X @tab X
@item Flash 9 (AVM2) @tab X @tab X
@tab Only embedded audio is decoded.
@item framecrc testing format @tab X @tab
@item FunCom ISS @tab @tab X
@tab Audio format used in various games from FunCom like The Longest Journey.
+@item G.723.1 @tab X @tab X
+@item G.729 BIT @tab X @tab X
+@item G.729 raw @tab @tab X
@item GIF Animation @tab X @tab
@item GXF @tab X @tab X
@tab General eXchange Format SMPTE 360M, used by Thomson Grass Valley
playout servers.
+@item iCEDraw File @tab @tab X
+@item ICO @tab @tab X
+ @tab Microsoft Windows ICO
@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.
+ @tab Used in Quake III, Jedi Knight 2 and other computer games.
@item IEC61937 encapsulation @tab X @tab X
@item IFF @tab @tab X
@tab Interchange File Format
+@item iLBC @tab X @tab X
@item Interplay MVE @tab @tab X
@tab Format used in various Interplay computer games.
@item IV8 @tab @tab X
@item LATM @tab X @tab X
@item LMLM4 @tab @tab X
@tab Used by Linux Media Labs MPEG-4 PCI boards
+@item LOAS @tab @tab X
+ @tab contains LATM multiplexed AAC audio
@item LXF @tab @tab X
@tab VR native stream format, used by Leitch/Harris' video servers.
@item Matroska @tab X @tab X
@item MAXIS XA @tab @tab X
@tab Used in Sim City 3000; file extension .xa.
@item MD Studio @tab @tab X
+@item Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes @tab @tab X
@item Mobotix .mxg @tab @tab X
@item Monkey's Audio @tab @tab X
@item Motion Pixels MVI @tab @tab X
@item RTP @tab X @tab X
@item RTSP @tab X @tab X
@item SAP @tab X @tab X
+@item SBG @tab @tab X
@item SDP @tab @tab X
@item Sega FILM/CPK @tab @tab X
@tab Used in many Sega Saturn console games.
@tab Multimedia format used by many games.
@item SMJPEG @tab X @tab X
@tab Used in certain Loki game ports.
+@item Smush @tab @tab X
+ @tab Multimedia format used in some LucasArts games.
@item Sony OpenMG (OMA) @tab X @tab X
@tab Audio format used in Sony Sonic Stage and Sony Vegas.
@item Sony PlayStation STR @tab @tab X
@item True Audio @tab @tab X
@item VC-1 test bitstream @tab X @tab X
@item WAV @tab X @tab X
-@item WavPack @tab @tab X
+@item WavPack @tab X @tab X
@item WebM @tab X @tab X
-@item Windows Televison (WTV) @tab @tab X
+@item Windows Televison (WTV) @tab X @tab X
@item Wing Commander III movie @tab @tab X
@tab Multimedia format used in Origin's Wing Commander III computer game.
@item Westwood Studios audio @tab @tab X
@tab Microsoft video container used in Xbox games.
@item xWMA @tab @tab X
@tab Microsoft audio container used by XAudio 2.
+@item eXtended BINary text (XBIN) @tab @tab X
@item YUV4MPEG pipe @tab X @tab X
@item Psygnosis YOP @tab @tab X
@item ZeroCodec Lossless Video @tab @tab X
@section Image Formats
-Libav can read and write images for each frame of a video sequence. The
+FFmpeg can read and write images for each frame of a video sequence. The
following image formats are supported:
@multitable @columnfractions .4 .1 .1 .4
@tab Microsoft BMP image
@item DPX @tab X @tab X
@tab Digital Picture Exchange
+@item EXR @tab @tab X
+ @tab OpenEXR
@item JPEG @tab X @tab X
@tab Progressive JPEG is not supported.
-@item JPEG 2000 @tab @tab E
- @tab decoding supported through external library libopenjpeg
+@item JPEG 2000 @tab X @tab X
@item JPEG-LS @tab X @tab X
@item LJPEG @tab X @tab
@tab Lossless JPEG
@item PIC @tab @tab X
@tab Pictor/PC Paint
@item PNG @tab X @tab X
- @tab 2/4 bpp not supported yet
@item PPM @tab X @tab X
@tab Portable PixelMap image
@item PTX @tab @tab X
@tab YUV, JPEG and some extension is not supported yet.
@item Truevision Targa @tab X @tab X
@tab Targa (.TGA) image format
-@item XBM @tab X @tab
+@item XBM @tab X @tab X
@tab X BitMap image format
@item XWD @tab X @tab X
@tab X Window Dump image format
@item 8SVX fibonacci @tab @tab X
@item A64 multicolor @tab X @tab
@tab Creates video suitable to be played on a commodore 64 (multicolor mode).
+@item Amazing Studio PAF Video @tab @tab X
@item American Laser Games MM @tab @tab X
@tab Used in games like Mad Dog McCree.
-@item AMV Video @tab @tab X
+@item AMV Video @tab X @tab X
@tab Used in Chinese MP3 players.
@item ANSI/ASCII art @tab @tab X
@item Apple MJPEG-B @tab @tab X
@item Autodesk Animator Flic video @tab @tab X
@item Autodesk RLE @tab @tab X
@tab fourcc: AASC
+@item Avid 1:1 10-bit RGB Packer @tab X @tab X
+ @tab fourcc: AVrp
@item AVS (Audio Video Standard) video @tab @tab X
@tab Video encoding used by the Creature Shock game.
+@item AYUV @tab X @tab X
+ @tab Microsoft uncompressed packed 4:4:4:4
@item Beam Software VB @tab @tab X
@item Bethesda VID video @tab @tab X
@tab Used in some games from Bethesda Softworks.
@item Bink Video @tab @tab X
@item Bitmap Brothers JV video @tab @tab X
+@item y41p Brooktree uncompressed 4:1:1 12-bit @tab X @tab X
@item Brute Force & Ignorance @tab @tab X
@tab Used in the game Flash Traffic: City of Angels.
@item C93 video @tab @tab X
@item Delphine Software International CIN video @tab @tab X
@tab Codec used in Delphine Software International games.
@item Discworld II BMV Video @tab @tab X
+@item Canopus Lossless Codec @tab @tab X
@item Cinepak @tab @tab X
@item Cirrus Logic AccuPak @tab X @tab X
@tab fourcc: CLJR
@item Creative YUV (CYUV) @tab @tab X
@item DFA @tab @tab X
@tab Codec used in Chronomaster game.
-@item Dirac @tab E @tab E
+@item Dirac @tab E @tab X
@tab supported through external library libschroedinger
@item Deluxe Paint Animation @tab @tab X
@item DNxHD @tab X @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 Escape 130 @tab @tab X
@item FFmpeg video codec #1 @tab X @tab X
- @tab experimental lossless codec (fourcc: FFV1)
+ @tab lossless codec (fourcc: FFV1)
@item Flash Screen Video v1 @tab X @tab X
@tab fourcc: FSV1
-@item Flash Screen Video v2 @tab @tab X
+@item Flash Screen Video v2 @tab X @tab X
@item Flash Video (FLV) @tab X @tab X
@tab Sorenson H.263 used in Flash
@item Forward Uncompressed @tab @tab X
@tab Used in the game Cyberia from Interplay.
@item Interplay MVE video @tab @tab X
@tab Used in Interplay .MVE files.
+@item J2K @tab X @tab X
@item Karl Morton's video codec @tab @tab X
@tab Codec used in Worms games.
@item Kega Game Video (KGV1) @tab @tab X
@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 LucasArts Smush @tab @tab X
+ @tab Used in LucasArts games.
@item lossless MJPEG @tab X @tab X
+@item Microsoft ATC Screen @tab @tab X
+ @tab Also known as Microsoft Screen 3.
+@item Microsoft Expression Encoder Screen @tab @tab X
+ @tab Also known as Microsoft Titanium Screen 2.
@item Microsoft RLE @tab @tab X
+@item Microsoft Screen 1 @tab @tab X
+ @tab Also known as Windows Media Video V7 Screen.
@item Microsoft Video 1 @tab @tab X
@item Mimic @tab @tab X
@tab Used in MSN Messenger Webcam streams.
@tab fourcc: VP80, encoding supported through external library libvpx
@item planar RGB @tab @tab X
@tab fourcc: 8BPS
+@item Prores @tab @tab X
+ @tab fourcc: apch,apcn,apcs,apco
@item Q-team QPEG @tab @tab X
@tab fourccs: QPEG, Q1.0, Q1.1
@item QuickTime 8BPS video @tab @tab X
@tab fourcc: 'smc '
@item QuickTime video (RPZA) @tab @tab X
@tab fourcc: rpza
-@item R10K AJA Kona 10-bit RGB Codec @tab @tab X
-@item R210 Quicktime Uncompressed RGB 10-bit @tab @tab X
+@item R10K AJA Kona 10-bit RGB Codec @tab X @tab X
+@item R210 Quicktime Uncompressed RGB 10-bit @tab X @tab X
@item Raw Video @tab X @tab X
@item RealVideo 1.0 @tab X @tab X
@item RealVideo 2.0 @tab X @tab X
@tab fourcc: SP5X
@item TechSmith Screen Capture Codec @tab @tab X
@tab fourcc: TSCC
+@item TechSmith Screen Capture Codec 2 @tab @tab X
+ @tab fourcc: TSC2
@item Theora @tab E @tab X
@tab encoding supported through external library libtheora
@item Tiertex Limited SEQ video @tab @tab X
@tab Codec used in DOS CD-ROM FlashBack game.
@item Ut Video @tab @tab X
@item v210 QuickTime uncompressed 4:2:2 10-bit @tab X @tab X
+@item v308 QuickTime uncompressed 4:4:4 @tab X @tab X
+@item v408 QuickTime uncompressed 4:4:4:4 @tab X @tab X
@item v410 QuickTime uncompressed 4:4:4 10-bit @tab X @tab X
@item VBLE Lossless Codec @tab @tab X
@item VMware Screen Codec / VMware Video @tab @tab X
@item WMV7 @tab X @tab X
@item YAMAHA SMAF @tab X @tab X
@item Psygnosis YOP Video @tab @tab X
+@item yuv4 @tab X @tab X
+ @tab libquicktime uncompressed packed 4:2:0
@item ZLIB @tab X @tab X
@tab part of LCL, encoder experimental
@item Zip Motion Blocks Video @tab X @tab X
@multitable @columnfractions .4 .1 .1 .4
@item Name @tab Encoding @tab Decoding @tab Comments
@item 8SVX audio @tab @tab X
+@item AAC+ @tab E @tab X
+ @tab encoding supported through external library libaacplus
@item AAC @tab E @tab X
@tab encoding supported through external library libfaac and libvo-aacenc
@item AC-3 @tab IX @tab X
@tab encoding supported through external library libopencore-amrnb
@item AMR-WB @tab E @tab X
@tab encoding supported through external library libvo-amrwbenc
+@item Amazing Studio PAF Audio @tab @tab X
@item Apple lossless audio @tab X @tab X
@tab QuickTime fourcc 'alac'
@item Atrac 1 @tab @tab X
@item Atrac 3 @tab @tab X
@item Bink Audio @tab @tab X
@tab Used in Bink and Smacker files in many games.
+@item CELT @tab @tab E
+ @tab decoding supported through external library libcelt
@item Delphine Software International CIN audio @tab @tab X
@tab Codec used in Delphine Software International games.
@item Discworld II BMV Audio @tab @tab X
@item COOK @tab @tab X
@tab All versions except 5.1 are supported.
-@item DCA (DTS Coherent Acoustics) @tab @tab X
+@item DCA (DTS Coherent Acoustics) @tab X @tab X
@item DPCM id RoQ @tab X @tab X
- @tab Used in Quake III, Jedi Knight 2, other computer games.
+ @tab Used in Quake III, Jedi Knight 2 and other computer games.
@item DPCM Interplay @tab @tab X
@tab Used in various Interplay computer games.
@item DPCM Sierra Online @tab @tab X
@item DV audio @tab @tab X
@item Enhanced AC-3 @tab X @tab X
@item FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) @tab X @tab IX
+@item G.723.1 @tab X @tab X
+@item G.729 @tab @tab X
@item GSM @tab E @tab X
@tab encoding supported through external library libgsm
@item GSM Microsoft variant @tab E @tab X
@tab Used in Sierra VMD files.
@item Smacker audio @tab @tab X
@item SMPTE 302M AES3 audio @tab @tab X
+@item Sonic @tab X @tab X
+ @tab experimental codec
+@item Sonic lossless @tab X @tab X
+ @tab experimental codec
@item Speex @tab E @tab E
@tab supported through external library libspeex
@item True Audio (TTA) @tab @tab X
@item TrueHD @tab @tab X
@tab Used in HD-DVD and Blu-Ray discs.
@item TwinVQ (VQF flavor) @tab @tab X
+@item VIMA @tab @tab X
+ @tab Used in LucasArts SMUSH animations.
@item Vorbis @tab E @tab X
@tab A native but very primitive encoder exists.
@item WavPack @tab @tab X
@multitable @columnfractions .4 .1 .1 .1 .1
@item Name @tab Muxing @tab Demuxing @tab Encoding @tab Decoding
-@item SSA/ASS @tab X @tab X @tab X @tab X
-@item DVB @tab X @tab X @tab X @tab X
-@item DVD @tab X @tab X @tab X @tab X
-@item PGS @tab @tab @tab @tab X
-@item SubRip (SRT) @tab X @tab X @tab @tab X
-@item XSUB @tab @tab @tab X @tab X
+@item SSA/ASS @tab X @tab X @tab X @tab X
+@item DVB @tab X @tab X @tab X @tab X
+@item DVD @tab X @tab X @tab X @tab X
+@item JACOsub @tab X @tab X @tab @tab X
+@item MicroDVD @tab X @tab X @tab @tab X
+@item PGS @tab @tab @tab @tab X
+@item RealText @tab @tab X @tab @tab X
+@item SAMI @tab @tab X @tab @tab X
+@item SubRip (SRT) @tab X @tab X @tab X @tab X
+@item SubViewer @tab @tab X @tab @tab X
+@item 3GPP Timed Text @tab @tab @tab X @tab X
+@item XSUB @tab @tab @tab X @tab X
@end multitable
@code{X} means that the feature is supported.
@item MMST @tab X
@item pipe @tab X
@item RTMP @tab X
-@item RTMPE @tab E
-@item RTMPS @tab E
-@item RTMPT @tab E
-@item RTMPTE @tab E
+@item RTMPE @tab X
+@item RTMPS @tab X
+@item RTMPT @tab X
+@item RTMPTE @tab X
+@item RTMPTS @tab X
@item RTP @tab X
@item SCTP @tab X
@item TCP @tab X
@item Name @tab Input @tab Output
@item ALSA @tab X @tab X
@item BKTR @tab X @tab
+@item caca @tab @tab X
@item DV1394 @tab X @tab
+@item Lavfi virtual device @tab X @tab
@item Linux framebuffer @tab X @tab
@item JACK @tab X @tab
@item LIBCDIO @tab X
@item LIBDC1394 @tab X @tab
+@item OpenAL @tab X
@item OSS @tab X @tab X
@item Pulseaudio @tab X @tab
+@item SDL @tab @tab X
@item Video4Linux2 @tab X @tab
@item VfW capture @tab X @tab
@item X11 grabbing @tab X @tab
@code{X} means that input/output is supported.
+@section Timecode
+
+@multitable @columnfractions .4 .1 .1
+@item Codec/format @tab Read @tab Write
+@item AVI @tab X @tab X
+@item DV @tab X @tab X
+@item GXF @tab X @tab X
+@item MOV @tab X @tab X
+@item MPEG1/2 @tab X @tab X
+@item MXF @tab X @tab X
+@end multitable
+
@bye
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