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@settitle General Documentation
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@center @titlefont{General Documentation}
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@contents
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@chapter External libraries
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FFmpeg can be hooked up with a number of external libraries to add support
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for more formats. None of them are used by default, their use has to be
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explicitly requested by passing the appropriate flags to
@command{./configure}.
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@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}.


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@section OpenCORE, VisualOn, and Fraunhofer libraries
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Spun off Google Android sources, OpenCore, VisualOn and Fraunhofer
libraries provide encoders for a number of audio codecs.
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@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
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incompatible to the LGPL version 2.1 and GPL version 2. You have to
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upgrade FFmpeg's license to LGPL version 3 (or if you have enabled
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GPL components, GPL version 3) by passing @code{--enable-version3} to configure in
order to use it.

The Fraunhofer AAC library is licensed under a license incompatible to the GPL
and is not known to be compatible to the LGPL. Therefore, you have to pass
@code{--enable-nonfree} to configure to use it.
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@end float

@subsection OpenCORE AMR

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FFmpeg can make use of the OpenCORE libraries for AMR-NB
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decoding/encoding and AMR-WB decoding.

Go to @url{http://sourceforge.net/projects/opencore-amr/} and follow the
instructions for installing the libraries.
Then pass @code{--enable-libopencore-amrnb} and/or
@code{--enable-libopencore-amrwb} to configure to enable them.

@subsection VisualOn AAC encoder library

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FFmpeg can make use of the VisualOn AACenc library for AAC encoding.
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Go to @url{http://sourceforge.net/projects/opencore-amr/} and follow the
instructions for installing the library.
Then pass @code{--enable-libvo-aacenc} to configure to enable it.

@subsection VisualOn AMR-WB encoder library

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FFmpeg can make use of the VisualOn AMR-WBenc library for AMR-WB encoding.
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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.

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@subsection Fraunhofer AAC library

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FFmpeg can make use of the Fraunhofer AAC library for AAC encoding.
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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.

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@section LAME

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FFmpeg can make use of the LAME library for MP3 encoding.
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Go to @url{http://lame.sourceforge.net/} and follow the
instructions for installing the library.
Then pass @code{--enable-libmp3lame} to configure to enable it.

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@section TwoLAME

FFmpeg can make use of the TwoLAME library for MP2 encoding.

Go to @url{http://www.twolame.org/} and follow the
instructions for installing the library.
Then pass @code{--enable-libtwolame} to configure to enable it.

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@section libvpx

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FFmpeg can make use of the libvpx library for VP8/VP9 encoding.
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Go to @url{http://www.webmproject.org/} and follow the instructions for
installing the library. Then pass @code{--enable-libvpx} to configure to
enable it.

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@section libwavpack

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FFmpeg can make use of the libwavpack library for WavPack encoding.
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Go to @url{http://www.wavpack.com/} and follow the instructions for
installing the library. Then pass @code{--enable-libwavpack} to configure to
enable it.

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@section OpenH264

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FFmpeg can make use of the OpenH264 library for H.264 encoding.
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Go to @url{http://www.openh264.org/} and follow the instructions for
installing the library. Then pass @code{--enable-libopenh264} to configure to
enable it.

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@section x264

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FFmpeg can make use of the x264 library for H.264 encoding.
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Go to @url{http://www.videolan.org/developers/x264.html} and follow the
instructions for installing the library. Then pass @code{--enable-libx264} to
configure to enable it.

@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
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details), you must upgrade FFmpeg's license to GPL in order to use it.
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@end float

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@section x265

FFmpeg can make use of the x265 library for HEVC encoding.

Go to @url{http://x265.org/developers.html} and follow the instructions
for installing the library. Then pass @code{--enable-libx265} to configure
to enable it.

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@float NOTE
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x265 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 FFmpeg's license to GPL in order to use it.
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@section kvazaar

FFmpeg can make use of the kvazaar library for HEVC encoding.

Go to @url{https://github.com/ultravideo/kvazaar} and follow the
instructions for installing the library. Then pass
@code{--enable-libkvazaar} to configure to enable it.

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@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
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copy of the iLBC codec. FFmpeg can make use of the libilbc library for
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iLBC encoding and decoding.

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Go to @url{https://github.com/TimothyGu/libilbc} and follow the instructions for
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installing the library. Then pass @code{--enable-libilbc} to configure to
enable it.

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@section libzvbi

libzvbi is a VBI decoding library which can be used by FFmpeg to decode DVB
teletext pages and DVB teletext subtitles.

Go to @url{http://sourceforge.net/projects/zapping/} and follow the instructions for
installing the library. Then pass @code{--enable-libzvbi} to configure to
enable it.

@float NOTE
libzvbi is licensed under the GNU General Public License Version 2 or later
(see @url{http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html} for details),
you must upgrade FFmpeg's license to GPL in order to use it.
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@section AviSynth

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FFmpeg can read AviSynth scripts as input. To enable support, pass
@code{--enable-avisynth} to configure.  The correct headers are
included in compat/avisynth/, which allows the user to enable support
without needing to search for these headers themselves.
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For Windows, supported AviSynth variants are
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@url{http://avisynth.nl, AviSynth 2.6 RC1 or higher} for 32-bit builds and
@url{http://avs-plus.net, AviSynth+ r1718 or higher} for 32-bit and 64-bit builds.
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For Linux and OS X, the supported AviSynth variant is
@url{https://github.com/avxsynth/avxsynth, AvxSynth}.
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AviSynth and AvxSynth are loaded dynamically.  Distributors can build FFmpeg
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with @code{--enable-avisynth}, and the binaries will work regardless of the
end user having AviSynth or AvxSynth installed - they'll only need to be
installed to use AviSynth scripts (obviously).
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@section Intel QuickSync Video

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FFmpeg can use Intel QuickSync Video (QSV) for accelerated encoding and decoding
of multiple codecs. To use QSV, FFmpeg must be linked against the @code{libmfx}
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dispatcher, which loads the actual decoding libraries.

The dispatcher is open source and can be downloaded from
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@url{https://github.com/lu-zero/mfx_dispatch.git}. FFmpeg needs to be configured
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with the @code{--enable-libmfx} option and @code{pkg-config} needs to be able to
locate the dispatcher's @code{.pc} files.

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@chapter Supported File Formats, Codecs or Features
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You can use the @code{-formats} and @code{-codecs} options to have an exhaustive list.
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@section File Formats

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FFmpeg supports the following file formats through the @code{libavformat}
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library:

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@item 4xm                       @tab   @tab X
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    @tab 4X Technologies format, used in some games.
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@item 8088flex TMV              @tab   @tab X
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@item ACT Voice                 @tab   @tab X
    @tab contains G.729 audio
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@item Adobe Filmstrip           @tab X @tab X
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@item Audio IFF (AIFF)          @tab X @tab X
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@item American Laser Games MM   @tab   @tab X
    @tab Multimedia format used in games like Mad Dog McCree.
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@item 3GPP AMR                  @tab X @tab X
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@item Amazing Studio Packed Animation File  @tab   @tab X
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    @tab Multimedia format used in game Heart Of Darkness.
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@item Apple HTTP Live Streaming @tab   @tab X
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@item Artworx Data Format       @tab   @tab X
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@item ADP                       @tab   @tab X
    @tab Audio format used on the Nintendo Gamecube.
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@item AFC                       @tab   @tab X
    @tab Audio format used on the Nintendo Gamecube.
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@item APNG                      @tab X @tab X
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@item ASF                       @tab X @tab X
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@item AST                       @tab X @tab X
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    @tab Audio format used on the Nintendo Wii.
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@item AVI                       @tab X @tab X
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@item AviSynth                  @tab   @tab X
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@item AVR                       @tab   @tab X
    @tab Audio format used on Mac.
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@item AVS                       @tab   @tab X
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    @tab Multimedia format used by the Creature Shock game.
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@item Beam Software SIFF        @tab   @tab X
    @tab Audio and video format used in some games by Beam Software.
@item Bethesda Softworks VID    @tab   @tab X
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    @tab Used in some games from Bethesda Softworks.
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@item Binary text               @tab   @tab X
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@item Bink                      @tab   @tab X
    @tab Multimedia format used by many games.
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@item Bitmap Brothers JV        @tab   @tab X
    @tab Used in Z and Z95 games.
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@item Brute Force & Ignorance   @tab   @tab X
    @tab Used in the game Flash Traffic: City of Angels.
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@item BFSTM                     @tab   @tab X
    @tab Audio format used on the Nintendo WiiU (based on BRSTM).
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@item BRSTM                     @tab   @tab X
    @tab Audio format used on the Nintendo Wii.
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@item BWF                       @tab X @tab X
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@item CRI ADX                   @tab X @tab X
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    @tab Audio-only format used in console video games.
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@item Interplay C93             @tab   @tab X
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    @tab Used in the game Cyberia from Interplay.
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@item Delphine Software International CIN @tab   @tab X
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    @tab Multimedia format used by Delphine Software games.
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@item Digital Speech Standard (DSS) @tab   @tab X
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@item Canopus HQ                @tab   @tab X
@item Canopus HQA               @tab   @tab X
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@item Canopus HQX               @tab   @tab X
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@item CD+G                      @tab   @tab X
    @tab Video format used by CD+G karaoke disks
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@item Phantom Cine              @tab   @tab X
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@item Commodore CDXL            @tab   @tab X
    @tab Amiga CD video format
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@item Core Audio Format         @tab X @tab X
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    @tab Apple Core Audio Format
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@item CRC testing format        @tab X @tab
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@item Creative Voice            @tab X @tab X
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    @tab Created for the Sound Blaster Pro.
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@item CRYO APC                  @tab   @tab X
    @tab Audio format used in some games by CRYO Interactive Entertainment.
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@item D-Cinema audio            @tab X @tab X
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@item Deluxe Paint Animation    @tab   @tab X
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@item DFA                       @tab   @tab X
    @tab This format is used in Chronomaster game
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@item DirectDraw Surface        @tab   @tab X
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@item DSD Stream File (DSF)     @tab   @tab X
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@item DV video                  @tab X @tab X
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@item DXA                       @tab   @tab X
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    @tab This format is used in the non-Windows version of the Feeble Files
         game and different game cutscenes repacked for use with ScummVM.
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@item Electronic Arts cdata  @tab    @tab X
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@item Electronic Arts Multimedia  @tab    @tab X
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    @tab Used in various EA games; files have extensions like WVE and UV2.
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@item Ensoniq Paris Audio File  @tab   @tab X
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@item FFM (FFserver live feed)  @tab X @tab X
@item Flash (SWF)               @tab X @tab X
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@item Flash 9 (AVM2)            @tab X @tab X
    @tab Only embedded audio is decoded.
@item FLI/FLC/FLX animation     @tab   @tab X
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    @tab .fli/.flc files
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    @tab Macromedia Flash video files
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@item FunCom ISS                @tab   @tab X
    @tab Audio format used in various games from FunCom like The Longest Journey.
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@item G.729 BIT                 @tab X @tab X
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@item G.729 raw                 @tab   @tab X
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@item GIF Animation             @tab X @tab X
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@item GXF                       @tab X @tab X
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    @tab General eXchange Format SMPTE 360M, used by Thomson Grass Valley
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         playout servers.
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@item HNM @tab   @tab X
    @tab Only version 4 supported, used in some games from Cryo Interactive
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@item iCEDraw File              @tab   @tab X
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@item ICO                       @tab X @tab X
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    @tab Microsoft Windows ICO
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@item id Quake II CIN video     @tab   @tab X
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@item id RoQ                    @tab X @tab X
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    @tab Used in Quake III, Jedi Knight 2 and other computer games.
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@item IEC61937 encapsulation @tab X @tab X
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@item IFF                       @tab   @tab X
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    @tab Interchange File Format
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@item iLBC                      @tab X @tab X
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@item Interplay MVE             @tab   @tab X
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    @tab Format used in various Interplay computer games.
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@item IV8                       @tab   @tab X
    @tab A format generated by IndigoVision 8000 video server.
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@item IVF (On2)                 @tab X @tab X
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    @tab A format used by libvpx
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@item IRCAM                     @tab X @tab X
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@item LATM                      @tab X @tab X
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@item LMLM4                     @tab   @tab X
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    @tab Used by Linux Media Labs MPEG-4 PCI boards
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@item LOAS                      @tab   @tab X
    @tab contains LATM multiplexed AAC audio
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@item LRC                       @tab X @tab X
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@item LVF                       @tab   @tab X
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@item LXF                       @tab   @tab X
    @tab VR native stream format, used by Leitch/Harris' video servers.
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@item Magic Lantern Video (MLV) @tab   @tab X
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@item Matroska                  @tab X @tab X
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@item Matroska audio            @tab X @tab
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@item FFmpeg metadata           @tab X @tab X
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    @tab Metadata in text format.
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@item MAXIS XA                  @tab   @tab X
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    @tab Used in Sim City 3000; file extension .xa.
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@item MD Studio                 @tab   @tab X
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@item Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes @tab @tab X
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@item Megalux Frame             @tab   @tab X
    @tab Used by Megalux Ultimate Paint
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@item Mobotix .mxg              @tab   @tab X
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@item Monkey's Audio            @tab   @tab X
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@item Motion Pixels MVI         @tab   @tab X
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@item MOV/QuickTime/MP4         @tab X @tab X
    @tab 3GP, 3GP2, PSP, iPod variants supported
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@item MP2                       @tab X @tab X
@item MP3                       @tab X @tab X
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@item MPEG-1 System             @tab X @tab X
    @tab muxed audio and video, VCD format supported
@item MPEG-PS (program stream)  @tab X @tab X
    @tab also known as @code{VOB} file, SVCD and DVD format supported
@item MPEG-TS (transport stream) @tab X @tab X
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    @tab also known as DVB Transport Stream
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@item MPEG-4                    @tab X @tab X
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    @tab MPEG-4 is a variant of QuickTime.
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@item Mirillis FIC video        @tab   @tab X
    @tab No cursor rendering.
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@item MIME multipart JPEG       @tab X @tab
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@item MSN TCP webcam            @tab   @tab X
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    @tab Used by MSN Messenger webcam streams.
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@item MTV                       @tab   @tab X
@item Musepack                  @tab   @tab X
@item Musepack SV8              @tab   @tab X
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@item Material eXchange Format (MXF) @tab X @tab X
    @tab SMPTE 377M, used by D-Cinema, broadcast industry.
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@item Material eXchange Format (MXF), D-10 Mapping @tab X @tab X
    @tab SMPTE 386M, D-10/IMX Mapping.
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@item NC camera feed            @tab   @tab X
    @tab NC (AVIP NC4600) camera streams
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@item NIST SPeech HEader REsources @tab   @tab X
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@item NTT TwinVQ (VQF)          @tab   @tab X
    @tab Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation TwinVQ.
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@item Nullsoft Streaming Video  @tab   @tab X
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@item NuppelVideo               @tab   @tab X
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@item NUT                       @tab X @tab X
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    @tab NUT Open Container Format
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@item Ogg                       @tab X @tab X
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@item Playstation Portable PMP  @tab   @tab X
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@item Portable Voice Format     @tab   @tab X
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@item TechnoTrend PVA           @tab   @tab X
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    @tab Used by TechnoTrend DVB PCI boards.
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@item QCP                       @tab   @tab X
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@item raw ADTS (AAC)            @tab X @tab X
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@item raw AC-3                  @tab X @tab X
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@item raw Chinese AVS video     @tab X @tab X
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@item raw CRI ADX               @tab X @tab X
@item raw Dirac                 @tab X @tab X
@item raw DNxHD                 @tab X @tab X
@item raw DTS                   @tab X @tab X
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@item raw DTS-HD                @tab   @tab X
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@item raw E-AC-3                @tab X @tab X
@item raw FLAC                  @tab X @tab X
@item raw GSM                   @tab   @tab X
@item raw H.261                 @tab X @tab X
@item raw H.263                 @tab X @tab X
@item raw H.264                 @tab X @tab X
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@item raw HEVC                  @tab X @tab X
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@item raw Ingenient MJPEG       @tab   @tab X
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@item raw MJPEG                 @tab X @tab X
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@item raw MLP                   @tab   @tab X
@item raw MPEG                  @tab   @tab X
@item raw MPEG-1                @tab   @tab X
@item raw MPEG-2                @tab   @tab X
@item raw MPEG-4                @tab X @tab X
@item raw NULL                  @tab X @tab
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@item raw video                 @tab X @tab X
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@item raw id RoQ                @tab X @tab
@item raw Shorten               @tab   @tab X
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@item raw TAK                   @tab   @tab X
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@item raw TrueHD                @tab X @tab X
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@item raw VC-1                  @tab X @tab X
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@item raw PCM A-law             @tab X @tab X
@item raw PCM mu-law            @tab X @tab X
@item raw PCM signed 8 bit      @tab X @tab X
@item raw PCM signed 16 bit big-endian  @tab X @tab X
@item raw PCM signed 16 bit little-endian  @tab X @tab X
@item raw PCM signed 24 bit big-endian  @tab X @tab X
@item raw PCM signed 24 bit little-endian  @tab X @tab X
@item raw PCM signed 32 bit big-endian  @tab X @tab X
@item raw PCM signed 32 bit little-endian  @tab X @tab X
@item raw PCM unsigned 8 bit    @tab X @tab X
@item raw PCM unsigned 16 bit big-endian  @tab X @tab X
@item raw PCM unsigned 16 bit little-endian  @tab X @tab X
@item raw PCM unsigned 24 bit big-endian  @tab X @tab X
@item raw PCM unsigned 24 bit little-endian  @tab X @tab X
@item raw PCM unsigned 32 bit big-endian  @tab X @tab X
@item raw PCM unsigned 32 bit little-endian  @tab X @tab X
@item raw PCM floating-point 32 bit big-endian  @tab X @tab X
@item raw PCM floating-point 32 bit little-endian  @tab X @tab X
@item raw PCM floating-point 64 bit big-endian  @tab X @tab X
@item raw PCM floating-point 64 bit little-endian  @tab X @tab X
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@item RDT                       @tab   @tab X
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@item REDCODE R3D               @tab   @tab X
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    @tab File format used by RED Digital cameras, contains JPEG 2000 frames and PCM audio.
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@item RealMedia                 @tab X @tab X
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@item Redirector                @tab   @tab X
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@item RedSpark                  @tab   @tab X
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@item Renderware TeXture Dictionary @tab   @tab X
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@item RL2                       @tab   @tab X
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    @tab Audio and video format used in some games by Entertainment Software Partners.
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@item RPL/ARMovie               @tab   @tab X
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@item Lego Mindstorms RSO       @tab X @tab X
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@item RSD                       @tab   @tab X
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@item RTMP                      @tab X @tab X
    @tab Output is performed by publishing stream to RTMP server
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@item RTP                       @tab X @tab X
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@item RTSP                      @tab X @tab X
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@item SAP                       @tab X @tab X
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@item SBG                       @tab   @tab X
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@item SDP                       @tab   @tab X
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@item Sega FILM/CPK             @tab   @tab X
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    @tab Used in many Sega Saturn console games.
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@item Silicon Graphics Movie    @tab   @tab X
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@item Smacker                   @tab   @tab X
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@item SMJPEG                    @tab X @tab X
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@item Smush                     @tab   @tab X
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@item Sony OpenMG (OMA)         @tab X @tab X
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@item Sony PlayStation STR      @tab   @tab X
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@item Sony Wave64 (W64)         @tab X @tab X
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@item SoX native format         @tab X @tab X
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@item SUN AU format             @tab X @tab X
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@item SUP raw PGS subtitles     @tab   @tab X
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@item TDSC                      @tab   @tab X
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@item Text files                @tab   @tab X
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@item THP                       @tab   @tab X
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@item Tiertex Limited SEQ       @tab   @tab X
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@item True Audio                @tab   @tab X
@item VC-1 test bitstream       @tab X @tab X
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@item Vidvox Hap                @tab X @tab X
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@item Vivo                      @tab   @tab X
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@item WavPack                   @tab X @tab X
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@item WebM                      @tab X @tab X
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@item Westwood Studios audio    @tab   @tab X
    @tab Multimedia format used in Westwood Studios games.
@item Westwood Studios VQA      @tab   @tab X
    @tab Multimedia format used in Westwood Studios games.
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@item XMV                       @tab   @tab X
    @tab Microsoft video container used in Xbox games.
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@item xWMA                      @tab   @tab X
    @tab Microsoft audio container used by XAudio 2.
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@item eXtended BINary text (XBIN) @tab @tab X
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@code{X} means that encoding (resp. decoding) is supported.

@section Image Formats

FFmpeg can read and write images for each frame of a video sequence. The
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@item .Y.U.V       @tab X @tab X
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@item Alias PIX    @tab X @tab X
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@item animated GIF @tab X @tab X
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@item BMP          @tab X @tab X
    @tab Microsoft BMP image
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@item BRender PIX  @tab   @tab X
    @tab Argonaut BRender 3D engine image format.
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@item DPX          @tab X @tab X
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@item EXR          @tab   @tab X
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@item JPEG-LS      @tab X @tab X
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@item PGM          @tab X @tab X
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@item PIC          @tab @tab X
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@item PTX          @tab   @tab X
    @tab V.Flash PTX format
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@item Truevision Targa  @tab X @tab X
    @tab Targa (.TGA) image format
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@item WebP         @tab E @tab X
    @tab WebP image format, encoding supported through external library libwebp
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@item XBM  @tab X @tab X
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@item XFace @tab X @tab X
    @tab X-Face image format
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@item 4X Movie               @tab     @tab  X
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@item 8088flex TMV           @tab     @tab  X
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@item A64 multicolor         @tab  X  @tab
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@item Amazing Studio PAF Video @tab     @tab  X
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@item AMV Video              @tab  X  @tab  X
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@item ANSI/ASCII art         @tab     @tab  X
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@item Apple Intermediate Codec @tab     @tab  X
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@item Apple MJPEG-B          @tab     @tab  X
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@item Apple ProRes           @tab  X  @tab  X
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@item Apple QuickDraw        @tab     @tab  X
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@item Asus v1                @tab  X  @tab  X
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@item ATI VCR1               @tab     @tab  X
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@item Auravision Aura        @tab     @tab  X
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@item Autodesk Animator Flic video  @tab     @tab  X
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@item Autodesk RLE           @tab     @tab  X
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@item Avid 1:1 10-bit RGB Packer  @tab  X  @tab  X
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@item AVS (Audio Video Standard) video  @tab     @tab  X
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@item AYUV                   @tab  X  @tab  X
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@item Beam Software VB       @tab     @tab  X
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@item Bethesda VID video     @tab     @tab  X
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@item Bink Video             @tab     @tab  X
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@item Bitmap Brothers JV video  @tab   @tab X
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@item y41p Brooktree uncompressed 4:1:1 12-bit     @tab  X  @tab  X
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@item Brute Force & Ignorance   @tab   @tab X
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@item C93 video              @tab     @tab  X
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@item CamStudio              @tab     @tab  X
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@item CD+G                   @tab     @tab  X
    @tab Video codec for CD+G karaoke disks
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@item CDXL                   @tab     @tab  X
    @tab Amiga CD video codec
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@item Chinese AVS video      @tab  E  @tab  X
    @tab AVS1-P2, JiZhun profile, encoding through external library libxavs
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@item Delphine Software International CIN video  @tab     @tab  X
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@item Discworld II BMV Video @tab     @tab  X
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@item Canopus Lossless Codec @tab     @tab  X
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@item Cinepak                @tab     @tab  X
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@item Cirrus Logic AccuPak   @tab  X  @tab  X
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@item CPiA Video Format      @tab     @tab  X
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@item Creative YUV (CYUV)    @tab     @tab  X
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@item DFA                    @tab     @tab  X
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@item Deluxe Paint Animation @tab     @tab  X
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@item DNxHD                  @tab   X @tab  X
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@item DV (Digital Video)     @tab  X  @tab  X
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@item Feeble Files/ScummVM DXA  @tab     @tab  X
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@item Electronic Arts CMV video  @tab     @tab  X
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@item Electronic Arts Madcow video  @tab     @tab  X
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@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
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@item Escape 130             @tab     @tab  X
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@item FFmpeg video codec #1  @tab  X  @tab  X
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@item Flash Screen Video v1  @tab  X  @tab  X
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@item Flash Screen Video v2  @tab  X  @tab  X
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@item Flash Video (FLV)      @tab  X  @tab  X
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@item Forward Uncompressed   @tab     @tab  X
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@item Fraps                  @tab     @tab  X
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@item Go2Meeting             @tab     @tab  X
    @tab fourcc: G2M2, G2M3
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@item Go2Webinar             @tab     @tab  X
    @tab fourcc: G2M4
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@item H.261                  @tab  X  @tab  X
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@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
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@item HEVC                   @tab  X  @tab  X
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@item HNM version 4          @tab     @tab  X
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@item HuffYUV                @tab  X  @tab  X
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@item HuffYUV FFmpeg variant @tab  X  @tab  X
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@item IBM Ultimotion         @tab     @tab  X
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@item id Cinematic video     @tab     @tab  X
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@item id RoQ video           @tab  X  @tab  X
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@item IFF ILBM               @tab     @tab  X
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    @tab IFF interleaved bitmap
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@item IFF ByteRun1           @tab     @tab  X
    @tab IFF run length encoded bitmap
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@item Intel H.263            @tab     @tab  X
@item Intel Indeo 2          @tab     @tab  X
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@item Intel Indeo 3          @tab     @tab  X
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@item Intel Indeo 4          @tab     @tab  X
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@item Intel Indeo 5          @tab     @tab  X
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@item Interplay C93          @tab     @tab  X
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@item Interplay MVE video    @tab     @tab  X
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@item J2K @tab  X  @tab  X
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@item Kega Game Video (KGV1) @tab      @tab  X
    @tab Kega emulator screen capture codec.
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@item Lagarith               @tab     @tab  X
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@item LCL (LossLess Codec Library) MSZH  @tab     @tab  X
@item LCL (LossLess Codec Library) ZLIB  @tab  E  @tab  E
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@item LOCO                   @tab     @tab  X
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@item LucasArts SANM/Smush   @tab     @tab  X
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@item lossless MJPEG         @tab  X  @tab  X
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@item Microsoft ATC Screen   @tab     @tab  X
    @tab Also known as Microsoft Screen 3.
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@item Microsoft Expression Encoder Screen  @tab     @tab  X
    @tab Also known as Microsoft Titanium Screen 2.
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@item Microsoft RLE          @tab     @tab  X
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@item Microsoft Screen 1     @tab     @tab  X
    @tab Also known as Windows Media Video V7 Screen.
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@item Microsoft Screen 2     @tab     @tab  X
    @tab Also known as Windows Media Video V9 Screen.
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@item Microsoft Video 1      @tab     @tab  X
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@item Miro VideoXL           @tab     @tab  X
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@item MJPEG (Motion JPEG)    @tab  X  @tab  X
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@item Mobotix MxPEG video    @tab     @tab  X
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@item Motion Pixels video    @tab     @tab  X
@item MPEG-1 video           @tab  X  @tab  X
@item MPEG-2 video           @tab  X  @tab  X
@item MPEG-4 part 2          @tab  X  @tab  X
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@item MPEG-4 part 2 Microsoft variant version 1  @tab     @tab  X
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@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
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@item Nintendo Gamecube THP video  @tab     @tab  X
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@item NuppelVideo/RTjpeg     @tab     @tab  X
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@item On2 VP3                @tab     @tab  X
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@item On2 VP5                @tab     @tab  X
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@item On2 VP6                @tab     @tab  X
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@item On2 VP7                @tab     @tab  X
    @tab fourcc: VP70,VP71
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@item VP8                    @tab  E  @tab  X
    @tab fourcc: VP80, encoding supported through external library libvpx
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@item VP9                    @tab  E  @tab  X
    @tab encoding supported through external library libvpx
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@item Pinnacle TARGA CineWave YUV16 @tab     @tab  X
    @tab fourcc: Y216
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@item Prores                 @tab     @tab  X
    @tab fourcc: apch,apcn,apcs,apco
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@item Q-team QPEG            @tab     @tab  X
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@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
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@item R10K AJA Kona 10-bit RGB Codec     @tab  X  @tab  X
@item R210 Quicktime Uncompressed RGB 10-bit     @tab  X  @tab  X
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@item RealVideo 1.0          @tab  X  @tab  X
@item RealVideo 2.0          @tab  X  @tab  X
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@item RealVideo 3.0          @tab     @tab  X
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@item RealVideo 4.0          @tab     @tab  X
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@item Renderware TXD (TeXture Dictionary)  @tab     @tab  X
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@item RL2 video              @tab     @tab  X
    @tab used in some games by Entertainment Software Partners
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@item Sierra VMD video       @tab     @tab  X
    @tab Used in Sierra VMD files.
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@item Silicon Graphics Motion Video Compressor 1 (MVC1)  @tab     @tab  X
@item Silicon Graphics Motion Video Compressor 2 (MVC2)  @tab     @tab  X
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@item v410 QuickTime uncompressed 4:4:4 10-bit     @tab  X  @tab  X
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@item VBLE Lossless Codec    @tab     @tab  X
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@item Windows Media Video 9  @tab     @tab  X
    @tab not completely working
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@item Wing Commander III / Xan  @tab     @tab  X
    @tab Used in Wing Commander III .MVE files.
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@item Wing Commander IV / Xan  @tab     @tab  X
    @tab Used in Wing Commander IV.
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@item Winnov WNV1            @tab     @tab  X
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@item ADPCM 4X Movie         @tab     @tab  X
@item ADPCM CDROM XA         @tab     @tab  X
@item ADPCM Creative Technology @tab     @tab  X
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    @tab Used in various EA titles.
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    @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
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@item ADPCM IMA AMV          @tab     @tab  X
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@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.
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@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.
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@item ADPCM IMA Radical      @tab     @tab  X
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@item ADPCM Microsoft        @tab  X  @tab  X
@item ADPCM MS IMA           @tab  X  @tab  X
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@item ADPCM Nintendo Gamecube AFC  @tab     @tab  X
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@item ADPCM Nintendo Gamecube DTK  @tab     @tab  X
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@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 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
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@item ADPCM VIMA
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@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
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@item AMR-WB                 @tab  E  @tab  X
    @tab encoding supported through external library libvo-amrwbenc
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@item Amazing Studio PAF Audio @tab     @tab  X
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@item Apple lossless audio   @tab  X  @tab  X
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@item ATRAC1                 @tab     @tab  X
@item ATRAC3                 @tab     @tab  X
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@item ATRAC3+                @tab     @tab  X
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@item Bink Audio             @tab     @tab  X
    @tab Used in Bink and Smacker files in many games.
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@item CELT                   @tab     @tab  E
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@item Delphine Software International CIN audio  @tab     @tab  X
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    @tab Codec used in Delphine Software International games.
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@item Digital Speech Standard - Standard Play mode (DSS SP) @tab     @tab  X
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@item Discworld II BMV Audio @tab     @tab  X
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@item COOK                   @tab     @tab  X
    @tab All versions except 5.1 are supported.
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@item DCA (DTS Coherent Acoustics)  @tab  X  @tab  X
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@item DPCM id RoQ            @tab  X  @tab  X
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    @tab Used in Quake III, Jedi Knight 2 and other computer games.
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@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
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@item DSD (Direct Stream Digitial), least significant bit first  @tab  @tab  X
@item DSD (Direct Stream Digitial), most significant bit first   @tab  @tab  X
@item DSD (Direct Stream Digitial), least significant bit first, planar  @tab  @tab  X
@item DSD (Direct Stream Digitial), most significant bit first, planar   @tab  @tab  X
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@item DSP Group TrueSpeech   @tab     @tab  X
@item DV audio               @tab     @tab  X
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@item Enhanced AC-3          @tab  X  @tab  X
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@item EVRC (Enhanced Variable Rate Codec) @tab     @tab  X
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@item FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec)  @tab  X  @tab  IX
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@item G.723.1                @tab X @tab X
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@item G.729                  @tab     @tab  X
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@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
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@item IAC (Indeo Audio Coder)  @tab     @tab  X
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@item iLBC (Internet Low Bitrate Codec) @tab  E  @tab  E
    @tab encoding and decoding supported through external library libilbc
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@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
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@item MLP (Meridian Lossless Packing)  @tab     @tab  X
    @tab Used in DVD-Audio discs.
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@item Monkey's Audio         @tab     @tab  X
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@item MP1 (MPEG audio layer 1)  @tab     @tab IX
@item MP2 (MPEG audio layer 2)  @tab IX  @tab IX
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@item MP3 (MPEG audio layer 3)  @tab  E  @tab IX
    @tab encoding supported through external library LAME, ADU MP3 and MP3onMP4 also supported
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@item MPEG-4 Audio Lossless Coding (ALS)  @tab     @tab  X
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@item Musepack SV7           @tab     @tab  X
@item Musepack SV8           @tab     @tab  X
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@item Nellymoser Asao        @tab  X  @tab  X
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@item On2 AVC (Audio for Video Codec) @tab     @tab  X
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@item Opus                   @tab  E  @tab  E
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@item PCM A-law              @tab  X  @tab  X
@item PCM mu-law             @tab  X  @tab  X
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@item PCM signed 8-bit planar  @tab  X  @tab  X
@item PCM signed 16-bit big-endian planar  @tab  X  @tab  X
@item PCM signed 16-bit little-endian planar  @tab  X  @tab  X
@item PCM signed 24-bit little-endian planar  @tab  X  @tab  X
@item PCM signed 32-bit little-endian planar  @tab  X  @tab  X
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@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
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@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
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@item PCM Zork               @tab     @tab  X
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@item QCELP / PureVoice      @tab     @tab  X
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@item QDesign Music Codec 2  @tab     @tab  X
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@item RealAudio 1.0 (14.4K)  @tab  X  @tab  X
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@item RealAudio 2.0 (28.8K)  @tab     @tab  X
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@item RealAudio 3.0 (dnet)   @tab IX  @tab  X
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@item RealAudio Lossless     @tab     @tab  X
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@item RealAudio SIPR / ACELP.NET @tab     @tab  X
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@item Shorten                @tab     @tab  X
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@item Sierra VMD audio       @tab     @tab  X
    @tab Used in Sierra VMD files.
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@item Smacker audio          @tab     @tab  X
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@item SMPTE 302M AES3 audio  @tab  X  @tab  X
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@item Sonic                  @tab  X  @tab  X
    @tab experimental codec
@item Sonic lossless         @tab  X  @tab  X
    @tab experimental codec
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@item Speex                  @tab  E  @tab  E
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@item TAK (Tom's lossless Audio Kompressor)  @tab     @tab  X
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@item True Audio (TTA)       @tab  X  @tab  X
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@item TrueHD                 @tab     @tab  X
    @tab Used in HD-DVD and Blu-Ray discs.
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@item TwinVQ (VQF flavor)    @tab     @tab  X
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@item VIMA                   @tab     @tab  X
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@item Vorbis                 @tab  E  @tab  X
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    @tab A native but very primitive encoder exists.
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@item Voxware MetaSound      @tab     @tab  X
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@item WavPack                @tab  X  @tab  X
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@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
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@item Windows Media Audio Lossless @tab  @tab  X
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@item Windows Media Audio Pro @tab    @tab  X
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@item Windows Media Audio Voice @tab  @tab  X
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@end multitable

@code{X} means that encoding (resp. decoding) is supported.

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@section Subtitle Formats

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@multitable @columnfractions .4 .1 .1 .1 .1
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@item AQTitle          @tab   @tab X @tab   @tab X
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@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
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@item MPL2             @tab   @tab X @tab   @tab X
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@item MPsub (MPlayer)  @tab   @tab X @tab   @tab X
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@item PGS              @tab   @tab   @tab   @tab X
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@item PJS (Phoenix)    @tab   @tab X @tab   @tab X
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@item RealText         @tab   @tab X @tab   @tab X
@item SAMI             @tab   @tab X @tab   @tab X
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@item SSA/ASS          @tab X @tab X @tab X @tab X
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@item SubViewer        @tab   @tab X @tab   @tab X
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@item TED Talks captions @tab @tab X @tab   @tab X
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@item VobSub (IDX+SUB) @tab   @tab X @tab   @tab X
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@item VPlayer          @tab   @tab X @tab   @tab X
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@item WebVTT           @tab X @tab X @tab X @tab X
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@section Network Protocols

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@item file         @tab X
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@item Gopher       @tab X
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@item HLS          @tab X
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@item Icecast      @tab X
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@item MMSH         @tab X
@item MMST         @tab X
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@item pipe         @tab X
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@item RTMP         @tab X
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@item RTMPE        @tab X
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@item RTMPTE       @tab X
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@item RTMPTS       @tab X
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@item UDP          @tab X
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@section Input/Output Devices

@multitable @columnfractions .4 .1 .1
@item Name              @tab Input  @tab Output
@item ALSA              @tab X      @tab X
@item BKTR              @tab X      @tab
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@item OSS               @tab X      @tab X
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@item PulseAudio        @tab X      @tab X
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@item SDL               @tab        @tab X
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@item Video4Linux2      @tab X      @tab X
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@item VfW capture       @tab X      @tab
@item X11 grabbing      @tab X      @tab
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@item Win32 grabbing    @tab X      @tab
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@section Timecode

@multitable @columnfractions .4 .1 .1
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@item DV                @tab X      @tab X
@item GXF               @tab X      @tab X
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@item MXF               @tab X      @tab X
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