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