| 1978 | A.M.Paredes predictor (LossLess) | A.M.Paredes |
|---|---|---|
| _BIT | BI_BITFIELDS | Raw RGB |
| _JPG | BI_JPEG JPEG compressed | Joint Photo Experts Group |
| _PNG | BI_PNG PNG compressed | W3C/ISO/IEC (RFC-2083) |
| _RAW | Full Frames Uncompressed | |
| _RGB | BI_RGB | Raw Bitmap |
| _RL4 | BI_RLE4 | RLE 4bpp RGB |
| _RL8 | BI_RLE8 | RLE 8bpp RGB |
| 2VUY | Optibase VideoPump 8-bit 4:2:2 Component Y'CbCr | Optibase |
| 3IV0 | MPEG4-based codec 3ivx | 3ivx |
| 3IV1 | 3ivx | MPEG4-based codec |
| 3IV2 | 3ivx | MPEG4-based codec |
| 3IVD | 3ivx DivX Doctored | 31vx |
| 3IVX | MPEG4-based codec 3ivx | www.3ivx.com |
| 3VID | 3ivx (MPEG4-based) | 31vx |
| 8BPS | Planar RGB codec | Used in Quicktime. |
| AAS4 | Autodesk Animator codec (RLE) | Autodesk |
| AASC | Autodesk Animator codec | Autodesk Animator Studio. Discontinued |
| ABYR | Kensington ? | Kensington |
| ACTL | Streambox ACT-L2 | |
| ADV1 | Loronix | Apparently used in various CCTV products |
| ADVJ | Avid M-JPEG | Also known as AVRn |
| AEIK | Intel Indeo Video 3.2 (Vector Quantization) | Intel |
| AEMI | Array VideoONE MPEG1-I Capture | Array Microsystems |
| AFLC | Autodesk Animator codec | Autodesk Animator Studio. Discontinued |
| AFLI | Autodesk Animator codec | Autodesk Animator Studio. Discontinued |
| AHDV | CineForm 10-bit Visually Perfect HD (Wavelet) | CineForm |
| AJPG | 22fps JPEG-based codec for digital cameras | JPEG |
| ALAC | Apple lossless audio | Apple |
| ALPH | Ziracom Digital Communications Inc. | |
| AMPG | Array VideoONE MPEG | Array Microsystems. Array VideoONE hardware-based MPEG compression system |
| ANIM | RDX | Intel |
| AP41 | AngelPotion Definitive | AngelPotion. Microsoft's MP43 hacked version |
| AP42 | AngelPotion Definitive (hack MS MP43) | AngelPotion. Microsoft's MP43 hacked version |
| ASLC | Alparysoft lossless codec | |
| ASV1 | Asus Video | Codec supplied with the Asus TNT Video Capture adapter. Supposedly a very simple, DCT-based codec. |
| ASV2 | Asus Video | Update from the ASV2 codec |
| ASVX | Asus Video 2.0 | Unusual codec which stores audio in the .avi file but puts the video in a companion .asv file. |
| ATM4 | Ahead Nero Digital MPEG-4 Codec | Nero |
| AUR2 | AuraVision Aura 2 | AuraVision Corporation, YUV 422, 8bit |
| AURA | AuraVision Aura 1 | AuraVision Corporation, YUV 411, 6bit |
| AUVX | AUVX video codec | USH GmbH |
| AV1X | Avid 1:1x (Quick Time) | Avid Technology, Inc |
| AVC1 | H.264/MPEG-4 AVC | ITU-T/ISO/IEC |
| AVD1 | Avid DV (Quick Time) | Avid Technology, Inc |
| AVDJ | Independent JPEG Group's codec | |
| AVDN | Avid DNxHD (Quick Time) | Avid Technology, Inc |
| AVDV | Avid DV | Avid Technology, Inc |
| AVI1 | MainConcept Motion JPEG Codec | MainConcept |
| AVI2 | MainConcept Motion JPEG Codec | MainConcept |
| AVID | Avid Motion JPEG | Avid Technology, Inc |
| AVIS | Wrapper for AviSynth (Dummy codec) | Avid Technology, Inc |
| AVMP | Avid IMX (Quick Time) | Avid Technology, Inc |
| AVR | Avid ABVB/NuVista MJPEG w/alpha | Avid Technology, Inc |
| AVRN | Independent JPEG Group's codec | |
| AVUI | Avid Meridien Uncompressed w/alpha | Avid Technology, Inc |
| AVUP | Avid 10bit Packed (Quick Time) | Avid Technology, Inc |
| AYUV | 4:4:4 YUV format | |
| AZPR | Quicktime Apple Video | |
| AZRP | Apple QuickTime | Apple |
| BGR | Raw RGB32 | |
| BHIV | BeHere iVideo | BeHere |
| BINK | Bink Video | RAD Game Tools |
| BIT | BI_BITFIELDS (Raw RGB) | * No codec needed |
| BITM | Microsoft H.261 | Microsoft |
| BLOX | Jan Jezabek BLOX MPEG Codec | Jan Jezabek |
| BLZ0 | FFmpeg MPEG-4 | Used in WarCraft3 movies |
| BMV1 | MicroFirst Bitmap Video | MicroFirst, Inc. |
| BT20 | Prosumer Video | Brooktree MediaStream. Conexant. Optimized for realtime compression of YUV space. |
| BTCV | Composite Video Codec | Brooktree Composite Video. Conexant. Supports a special data format used by the Brooktree Bt2115 chipset which could perform 'software encoded video output' - a kind of software TV-out capability. |
| BTVC | Conexant Composite Video | Conexant |
| BW00 | BergWave (Wavelet) | bergos.org |
| BW10 | Broadway MPEG Capture/Compression | Data Translation |
| BXBG | BOXX BGR | Boxx Technologies |
| BXRG | BOXX RGB | Boxx Technologies |
| BXY2 | BOXX 10-bit YUV | Boxx Technologies |
| BXYV | BOXX YUV | Boxx Technologies |
| CC12 | AuraVision Aura 2 | Intel, YUV12 codec |
| CDV5 | Canopus SD50/DVHD | Canopus |
| CDVC | Canopus DV Codec | Canopus |
| CDVH | Canopus SD50/DVHD | Canopus |
| CFCC | DPS Perception | Digital Processing Systems. For DPS Perception adapters. |
| CFHD | CineForm 10-bit Visually Perfect HD (Wavelet) | CineForm |
| CGDI | Camcorder Video | Microsoft Office 97 Camcorder |
| CHAM | Winnov Caviara Champagne | Winnov, Inc. |
| CJPG | WebCam JPEG | Creative Labs Video Blaster Webcam |
| CLJR | Cirrus Logic | YUV 4:1:1 |
| CLLC | Canopus LossLess | Canopus |
| CLPL | Format similar to YV12 but including a level of indirection. | ? |
| CM10 | MediaShow 1.0. | CyberLink Corporation |
| CMYK | Common Data Format in Printing | Colorgraph (UK). Uncompressed 32bpp CMYK as used in printing processes. 32bit |
| COL0 | FFmpeg DivX ;-) (MS MPEG-4 v3) | FFmpeg Project |
| COL1 | FFmpeg DivX ;-) (MS MPEG-4 v3) | FFmpeg Project |
| CPLA | YUV | Weitek, 4:2:0 YUV planar |
| CRAM | Microsoft Video 1 | Microsoft |
| CSCD | CamStudio Codec | Open source (GPL license) codec optimised for screen capture applications. |
| CT10 | TalkingShow 1.0. | CyberLink Corporation |
| CTRX | Citrix Scalable Video Codec | Citri |
| CUVC | Canopus HQ | Canopus |
| CVID | Cinepak by Supermac | Originally owned by Supermac then Radius, now P&B. |
| CWLT | Microsoft | Color WLT DIB, 24bit |
| CYUV | Creative Labs YUV | Creative Labs, Inc. |
| CYUY | ATI Proprietary YUV compression algorithm | ATI Technologies |
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'n' means any number