Libav 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 @file{./configure}.
+explicitly requested by passing the appropriate flags to
+@command{./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
instructions for installing the library.
Then pass @code{--enable-libvo-amrwbenc} to configure to enable it.
+@subsection Fraunhofer AAC library
+
+Libav 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.
details), you must upgrade Libav'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
+iLBC encoding and decoding.
+
+Go to @url{https://github.com/dekkers/libilbc} and follow the instructions for
+installing the library. Then pass @code{--enable-libilbc} to configure to
+enable it.
+
@chapter Supported File Formats and Codecs
@item Brute Force & Ignorance @tab @tab X
@tab Used in the game Flash Traffic: City of Angels.
@item BWF @tab X @tab X
-@item CRI ADX @tab @tab X
+@item CRI ADX @tab X @tab X
@tab Audio-only format used in console video games.
@item Discworld II BMV @tab @tab X
@item Interplay C93 @tab @tab X
@tab Multimedia format used by Delphine Software games.
@item CD+G @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
@tab Apple Core Audio Format
@item CRC testing format @tab X @tab
@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 raw video @tab X @tab X
@item raw id RoQ @tab X @tab
@item raw Shorten @tab @tab X
+@item raw TAK @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
@tab Used in Sierra CD-ROM games.
@item Smacker @tab @tab X
@tab Multimedia format used by many games.
-@item Sony OpenMG (OMA) @tab @tab X
+@item SMJPEG @tab X @tab X
+ @tab Used in certain Loki game ports.
+@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 Sony Wave64 (W64) @tab @tab X
@tab Microsoft audio container used by XAudio 2.
@item YUV4MPEG pipe @tab X @tab X
@item Psygnosis YOP @tab @tab X
+@item ZeroCodec Lossless Video @tab @tab X
@end multitable
@code{X} means that encoding (resp. decoding) is supported.
@tab Digital Picture Exchange
@item JPEG @tab X @tab X
@tab Progressive JPEG is not supported.
-@item JPEG 2000 @tab @tab E
+@item JPEG 2000 @tab E @tab E
@tab decoding supported through external library libopenjpeg
@item JPEG-LS @tab X @tab X
@item LJPEG @tab X @tab
@tab V.Flash PTX format
@item SGI @tab X @tab X
@tab SGI RGB image format
-@item Sun Rasterfile @tab @tab X
+@item Sun Rasterfile @tab X @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
+@item XBM @tab X @tab
+ @tab X BitMap image format
+@item XWD @tab X @tab X
+ @tab X Window Dump image format
@end multitable
@code{X} means that encoding (resp. decoding) is supported.
@tab Used in Chinese MP3 players.
@item ANSI/ASCII art @tab @tab X
@item Apple MJPEG-B @tab @tab X
-@item Apple ProRes @tab @tab X
+@item Apple ProRes @tab X @tab X
@item Apple QuickDraw @tab @tab X
@tab fourcc: qdrw
@item Asus v1 @tab X @tab X
@tab fourcc: CSCD
@item CD+G @tab @tab X
@tab Video codec for CD+G karaoke disks
+@item CDXL @tab @tab X
+ @tab Amiga CD video codec
@item Chinese AVS video @tab E @tab X
@tab AVS1-P2, JiZhun profile, encoding through external library libxavs
@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 DFA @tab @tab X
@tab Codec used in Chronomaster game.
@item Dirac @tab E @tab E
- @tab supported through external libdirac/libschroedinger libraries
+ @tab supported through external library libschroedinger
@item Deluxe Paint Animation @tab @tab X
@item DNxHD @tab X @tab X
@tab aka SMPTE VC3
@item Flash Screen Video v2 @tab @tab X
@item Flash Video (FLV) @tab X @tab X
@tab Sorenson H.263 used in Flash
+@item Forward Uncompressed @tab @tab X
@item Fraps @tab @tab X
@item H.261 @tab X @tab X
@item H.263 / H.263-1996 @tab X @tab X
@item Intel H.263 @tab @tab X
@item Intel Indeo 2 @tab @tab X
@item Intel Indeo 3 @tab @tab X
+@item Intel Indeo 4 @tab @tab X
@item Intel Indeo 5 @tab @tab X
@item Interplay C93 @tab @tab X
@tab Used in the game Cyberia from Interplay.
@item LCL (LossLess Codec Library) ZLIB @tab E @tab E
@item LOCO @tab @tab X
@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 Screen 2 @tab @tab X
+ @tab Also known as Windows Media Video V9 Screen.
@item Microsoft Video 1 @tab @tab X
@item Mimic @tab @tab X
@tab Used in MSN Messenger Webcam streams.
@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.
+ @tab libxvidcore can be used alternatively for encoding.
@item MPEG-4 part 2 Microsoft variant version 1 @tab @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
@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 Ut Video @tab X @tab X
+@item v210 QuickTime uncompressed 4:2:2 10-bit @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
@tab Codec used in videos captured by VMware.
@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 @tab X
@item GSM @tab E @tab X
@tab encoding supported through external library libgsm
@item GSM Microsoft variant @tab E @tab X
@tab encoding supported through external library libgsm
+@item IAC (Indeo Audio Coder) @tab @tab X
+@item iLBC (Internet Low Bitrate Codec) @tab E @tab E
+ @tab encoding and decoding supported through external library libilbc
@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 Musepack SV7 @tab @tab X
@item Musepack SV8 @tab @tab X
@item Nellymoser Asao @tab X @tab X
+@item Opus @tab E @tab E
+ @tab supported through external library libopus
@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
@tab Real 28800 bit/s codec
@item RealAudio 3.0 (dnet) @tab IX @tab X
@tab Real low bitrate AC-3 codec
+@item RealAudio Lossless @tab @tab X
@item RealAudio SIPR / ACELP.NET @tab @tab X
@item Shorten @tab @tab X
@item Sierra VMD audio @tab @tab X
@item SMPTE 302M AES3 audio @tab @tab X
@item Speex @tab E @tab E
@tab supported through external library libspeex
+@item TAK (Tom's lossless Audio Kompressor) @tab @tab X
@item True Audio (TTA) @tab @tab X
@item TrueHD @tab @tab X
@tab Used in HD-DVD and Blu-Ray discs.
@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 Windows Media Audio Lossless @tab @tab X
@item Windows Media Audio Pro @tab @tab X
@item Windows Media Audio Voice @tab @tab X
@end multitable
@multitable @columnfractions .4 .1
@item Name @tab Support
-@item Apple HTTP Live Streaming @tab X
@item file @tab X
@item Gopher @tab X
+@item HLS @tab X
@item HTTP @tab X
-@item MMS @tab X
+@item HTTPS @tab X
+@item MMSH @tab X
+@item MMST @tab X
@item pipe @tab X
+@item RTMP @tab X
+@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 TLS @tab X
@item UDP @tab X
@end multitable
@code{X} means that the protocol is supported.
+@code{E} means that support is provided through an external library.
+
@section Input/Output Devices
@item ALSA @tab X @tab X
@item BKTR @tab X @tab
@item DV1394 @tab X @tab
+@item Linux framebuffer @tab X @tab
@item JACK @tab X @tab
+@item LIBCDIO @tab X
@item LIBDC1394 @tab X @tab
@item OSS @tab X @tab X
@item Pulseaudio @tab X @tab
-@item Video4Linux @tab X @tab
@item Video4Linux2 @tab X @tab
@item VfW capture @tab X @tab
@item X11 grabbing @tab X @tab
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