FFMPEG An Intermediate Guide/File Formats

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