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**** libFLAC **** libFLAC
**** FFmpeg **** FFmpeg
*** ] (ALAC) *** ] (ALAC)
**** Apple QuickTime **** Apple QuickTime
**** libalac **** libalac
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**** libwavpack **** libwavpack
**** FFmpeg **** FFmpeg
*** ] (TTA) *** True Audio (TTA)
**** libtta **** libtta
**** FFmpeg **** FFmpeg
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*** BFDLAC (BFD Lossless Audio Compression).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://acmc2015.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/McDonald-2015-BFDLAC-A-FAST-LOSSLESS-AUDIO-COMPRESSION-ALGORITHM-FOR-DRUM-SOUNDS-OR-SIZE-ISN%E2%80%99T-EVERYTHING.pdf |title=BFDLAC: A Fast lossless Audio Compression Algorithm For Drum Sounds}}</ref> Ongoing development. *** BFDLAC (BFD Lossless Audio Compression).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://acmc2015.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/McDonald-2015-BFDLAC-A-FAST-LOSSLESS-AUDIO-COMPRESSION-ALGORITHM-FOR-DRUM-SOUNDS-OR-SIZE-ISN%E2%80%99T-EVERYTHING.pdf |title=BFDLAC: A Fast lossless Audio Compression Algorithm For Drum Sounds}}</ref> Ongoing development.
**** ]'s BFD3 drum software. (2013-2017) **** ]'s BFD3 drum software. (2013-2017)
***L2HC - ]
**** Huawei Music
**** ]
**** ]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Matsui |first=Emiko |date=2023-09-19 |title=Huawei L2HC 3.0 delivers 1.5Mbps lossless sound quality, 4X faster than Apple's AAC |url=https://www.huaweicentral.com/huawei-l2hc-3-0-delivers-1-5mbps-lossless-sound-quality-4x-faster-than-apples-aac/ |access-date=2024-04-29 |website=Huawei Central |language=en-US}}</ref>
** <small>'''Oddball'''</small> ** <small>'''Oddball'''</small>
*** ] (AAL){{snd}} <small>Extremely unpopular</small> *** ] (AAL){{snd}} <small>Extremely unpopular</small>
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* ] (USAC, ] Part 3, ISO/IEC 23003-3) * ] (USAC, ] Part 3, ISO/IEC 23003-3)
** exhale (encoder only; open source) ** exhale (encoder only; open source)
** FFmpeg (decoder only; open source)<ref>. Phoronix. 30 September 2024.</ref>
* IETF standards: * IETF standards:
** ] (RFC 6716){{snd}} based on SILK vocoder and CELT codec ** ] (RFC 6716){{snd}} based on SILK vocoder and CELT codec
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*** ]'s bluetooth stack<ref>. Collabora. April 29, 2022</ref> (encoder only) *** ]'s bluetooth stack<ref>. Collabora. April 29, 2022</ref> (encoder only)
** ] (Low Complexity Communication Codec) ** ] (Low Complexity Communication Codec)
*** Google's liblc3 (open source) - used in ] and later
* ] * ]
** LC3plus (ETSI TS 103 634) ** LC3plus (ETSI TS 103 634)
*** Google's liblc3 (open source)
* Qualcomm Technologies International (formerly ]) * Qualcomm Technologies International (formerly ])
** ] (a.k.a. apt-X) ** ] (a.k.a. apt-X)
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** FFmpeg (decoder only) ** FFmpeg (decoder only)
* ] standards: * ] standards:
** ] (] and ] ]; 64kbit/s), also known as PCM of voice frequencies ** ] (] and ] ]; 64&nbsp;kbit/s), also known as PCM of voice frequencies
*** ]'s ] implementation<ref name="linuxcom-2005"/> *** ]'s ] implementation<ref name="linuxcom-2005"/>
*** FFmpeg (libavcodec) *** FFmpeg (libavcodec)
** ] (G.711 LLC) ** ] (G.711 LLC)
** ] (Wideband extension for G.711; 64/80/96kbit/s) ** ] (Wideband extension for G.711; 64/80/96&nbsp;kbit/s)
** G.711.1D (Super-wideband extension for G.711.1; 96/112/128kbit/s) ** G.711.1D (Super-wideband extension for G.711.1; 96/112/128&nbsp;kbit/s)
** ] (8/12/16/24/32kbit/s) ** ] (8/12/16/24/32&nbsp;kbit/s)
** G.718B (Super-wideband extension for G.718; 28–48kbit/s) ** G.718B (Super-wideband extension for G.718; 28–48&nbsp;kbit/s)
** ] ** ]
** ] (superseded by G.726; 32kbit/s) ** ] (superseded by G.726; 32&nbsp;kbit/s)
*** ]'s public domain implementation<ref name="linuxcom-2005"/> *** ]'s public domain implementation<ref name="linuxcom-2005"/>
** ] (SB-ADPCM; 48/56/64kbit/s) ** ] (SB-ADPCM; 48/56/64&nbsp;kbit/s)
*** FFmpeg *** FFmpeg
** G.722B (Super-wideband extension for G.722; 64/80/96kbit/s) ** G.722B (Super-wideband extension for G.722; 64/80/96&nbsp;kbit/s)
** G.722.2 (]) ** G.722.2 (])
*** 3GPP TS 26.173{{snd}} AMR-WB speech Codec (C-source code){{snd}} reference implementation<ref name="3gpp-amr-wb"/> *** 3GPP TS 26.173{{snd}} AMR-WB speech Codec (C-source code){{snd}} reference implementation<ref name="3gpp-amr-wb"/>
*** opencore-amr (decoder) *** opencore-amr (decoder)
*** FFmpeg (decoder only) *** FFmpeg (decoder only)
** ] (24 and 40 kbit/s DPCM, extension to G.721, superseded by G.726) ** ] (24 and 40&nbsp;kbit/s DPCM, extension to G.721, superseded by G.726)
*** ]'s public domain implementation<ref name="linuxcom-2005"/> *** ]'s public domain implementation<ref name="linuxcom-2005"/>
** ] (MPC-MLQ or ACELP; 5.3/6.3kbit/s) ** ] (MPC-MLQ or ACELP; 5.3/6.3&nbsp;kbit/s)
*** FFmpeg *** FFmpeg
** ] (ADPCM; 16/24/32/40kbit/s) ** ] (ADPCM; 16/24/32/40&nbsp;kbit/s)
*** ]'s public domain implementation<ref name="linuxcom-2005"/> *** ]'s public domain implementation<ref name="linuxcom-2005"/>
*** FFmpeg (libavcodec) *** FFmpeg (libavcodec)
** ] ** ]
*** ]'s public domain implementation<ref name="linuxcom-2005">. Linux.com. October 14, 2005</ref> *** ]'s public domain implementation<ref name="linuxcom-2005">. Linux.com. October 14, 2005</ref>
** ] (LD-CELP; 16kbit/s) ** ] (LD-CELP; 16&nbsp;kbit/s)
** ] (CS-ACELP; 8kbit/s) ** ] (CS-ACELP; 8&nbsp;kbit/s)
*** FFmpeg (decoder only) *** FFmpeg (decoder only)
** ] ** ]
** ] ** ]
** ] ** ]
** G.729d (6.4kbit/s) ** G.729d (6.4&nbsp;kbit/s)
*** FFmpeg (decoder only) *** FFmpeg (decoder only)
** G.729e (11.8kbit/s) ** G.729e (11.8&nbsp;kbit/s)
** ] (G.729 Annex J; Wideband extension for G.711; 8–32kbit/s) ** ] (G.729 Annex J; Wideband extension for G.711; 8–32&nbsp;kbit/s)
** ] (Super-wideband extension for G.729.1) ** ] (Super-wideband extension for G.729.1)
* ] * ]
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** Digital Speech Standard / Quality Play (DSS-QP) ** Digital Speech Standard / Quality Play (DSS-QP)
* Sony ] * Sony ]
* Truespeech Triple Rate CODER (TRC)<ref> PRNewswire</ref>{{snd}} used in some pocket recorders * Truespeech Triple Rate CODER (TRC)<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/dsp-group-unveils-total-telephony-solutionstm-for-digital-cordless-telephony-applications-73552597.html | access-date=June 24, 2015 | title=DSP Group Unveils Total Telephony Solutions(TM) For Digital Cordless Telephony Applications | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160823021751/https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/dsp-group-unveils-total-telephony-solutionstm-for-digital-cordless-telephony-applications-73552597.html | archive-date=August 23, 2016 | url-status=dead}}</ref>{{snd}} used in some pocket recorders
* {{illm|TDK-Micronas|de|TDK-Micronas|lt=Micronas}} Intermetall MI-SC4 - used by voice recorders such as ] Digital Recorder<ref>. RadioShack. 2002.</ref> and {{illm|I-O DATA|ja|アイ・オー・データ機器}} HyperHyde<ref>. p.40. I-O DATA. 2000.</ref> * {{interlanguage link|TDK-Micronas|de|TDK-Micronas|lt=Micronas}} Intermetall MI-SC4 - used by voice recorders such as ] Digital Recorder<ref>RadioShack Digital Recorder OWNER'S MANUAL p.38. RadioShack. 2002.</ref> and {{interlanguage link|I-O DATA|ja|アイ・オー・データ機器}} HyperHyde<ref>. p.40. I-O DATA. 2000.</ref>
** FFmpeg (decoder only) ** FFmpeg (decoder only)


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*** libgsm *** libgsm
*** FFmpeg (decoder only) *** FFmpeg (decoder only)
** ] (GSM 06.20, VSELP 5.6kbit/s) ** ] (GSM 06.20, VSELP 5.6&nbsp;kbit/s)
** ] (GSM 06.60, ACELP 12.20kbit/s, compatible with AMR mode AMR_12.20) ** ] (GSM 06.60, ACELP 12.20&nbsp;kbit/s, compatible with AMR mode AMR_12.20)
* ] (TIA) IS-95 (a.k.a. cdmaOne) * ] (TIA) IS-95 (a.k.a. cdmaOne)
** IS-96A (QCELP 8kbit/s) ** IS-96A (QCELP 8&nbsp;kbit/s)
** IS-127 (EVRC 8kbit/s) ** IS-127 (EVRC 8&nbsp;kbit/s)
** IS-733 (QCELP 13kbit/s) ** IS-733 (QCELP 13&nbsp;kbit/s)
* ] (TIA) IS-54/IS-136 (a.k.a. ]) * ] (TIA) IS-54/IS-136 (a.k.a. ])
** IS-85 (] 8kbit/s) ** IS-85 (] 8kbit/s)
*** ITU-T G.191's IS-54 implementation *** ITU-T G.191's IS-54 implementation
** IS-641 (ACELP 7.4kbit/s, compatible with AMR mode AMR_7.40) ** IS-641 (ACELP 7.4&nbsp;kbit/s, compatible with AMR mode AMR_7.40)
* ] (ARIB) RCR STD-27 (]) * ] (ARIB) RCR STD-27 (])
** ] (PSI-CELP 3.45kbit/s) ** ] (PSI-CELP 3.45&nbsp;kbit/s)
** ] (VSELP 11.2kbit/s) ** ] (VSELP 11.2&nbsp;kbit/s)
** ] CS-ACELP 8kbit/s (a.k.a. G.729) ** ] CS-ACELP 8&nbsp;kbit/s (a.k.a. G.729)
** ] ACELP 6.7kbit/s (compatible with AMR mode AMR_6.70) ** ] ACELP 6.7&nbsp;kbit/s (compatible with AMR mode AMR_6.70)


======Generation 3/4====== ======Generation 3/4======
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<!--*** Osmocom TETRA--> <!--*** Osmocom TETRA-->
* ] * ]
** RPCELP 6kbit/s ** RPCELP 6&nbsp;kbit/s
* ] Digital Voice (AMBE 2400bit/s with 1200bit/s FEC) * ] Digital Voice (AMBE 2400bit/s with 1200bit/s FEC)
** mbelib (decoder only) ** mbelib (decoder only)
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** ] (] 12kbit/s) ** ] (] 12kbit/s)
* ] (MIL-STD) * ] (MIL-STD)
** ] 113 (CVSD 16kbit/s and 32kbit/s) ** ] 113 (CVSD 16&nbsp;kbit/s and 32&nbsp;kbit/s)
*** ] (libsox) *** ] (libsox)
** ] (a.k.a. ]) ** ] (a.k.a. ])
*** ]' 2.4 kbit/s MELP Proposed Federal Standard speech coder *** ]' 2.4&nbsp;kbit/s MELP Proposed Federal Standard speech coder
* NATO * NATO
** STANAG 4198 (a.k.a. LPC-10e) ** STANAG 4198 (a.k.a. LPC-10e)
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* Xbox ADPCM * Xbox ADPCM
** vgmstream (decoder only) ** vgmstream (decoder only)
** FFmpeg (decoder only)
* ] ] * ] ]
** vgmstream (decoder only) ** vgmstream (decoder only)
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* 10-bit uncompressed video * 10-bit uncompressed video
* Composite digital signal - used by SMPTE ] and ] broadcast digital videocassettes * Composite digital signal - used by SMPTE ] and ] broadcast digital videocassettes
* Avid DNxUncompressed * Avid DNxUncompressed (SMPTE RDD 50)
* V210 - defined by Apple and used by ] ] video cards<ref>. Open Broadcast Systems</ref>
* V210


=== Analog signals === === Analog signals ===
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* MagicYUV<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.magicyuv.com/|title=MagicYUV – Lossless video codec}}</ref> * MagicYUV<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.magicyuv.com/|title=MagicYUV – Lossless video codec}}</ref>
** MagicYUV SDK ** MagicYUV SDK
** FFmpeg (decoder only) ** FFmpeg
* Microsoft ] (MSRLE) * Microsoft ] (MSRLE)
** FFmpeg ** FFmpeg
* ] * ]
* ] Screen Capture Lossless * ] Screen Capture Lossless
* {{illm|CorePNG|de|CorePNG}} - based on ] * {{interlanguage link|CorePNG|de|CorePNG}} - based on ]
** FFmpeg ** FFmpeg
* ScreenPresso (SPV1) * ScreenPresso (SPV1)
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*** Fraunhofer Versatile Video Decoder (open source; decoder only) *** Fraunhofer Versatile Video Decoder (open source; decoder only)
*** Fraunhofer Versatile Video Encoder (open source; encoder only) *** Fraunhofer Versatile Video Encoder (open source; encoder only)
*** FFmpeg (decoder only)
** ]/] (MPEG-4 Part 31, ISO/IEC 14496-31, RFC 6386) ** ]/] (MPEG-4 Part 31, ISO/IEC 14496-31, RFC 6386)
*** ] *** ]
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*** eXtra-fast Essential Video Encoder (open source; encoder only) *** eXtra-fast Essential Video Encoder (open source; encoder only)
*** eXtra-fast Essential Video Decoder (open source; decoder only) *** eXtra-fast Essential Video Decoder (open source; decoder only)
** LCEVC, MPEG-5 Part 2 (])
* IETF Internet Draft (]) * IETF Internet Draft (])
** xvc<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-samuelsson-netvc-xvc-01|title=The xvc video codec|first=J. and P. Hermansson|last=Samuelsson|date=July 2, 2018|website=datatracker.ietf.org}}</ref> ** xvc<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-samuelsson-netvc-xvc-01|title=The xvc video codec|first=J. and P. Hermansson|last=Samuelsson|date=July 2, 2018|website=datatracker.ietf.org}}</ref>
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* RealVideo Fractal Codec (a.k.a. Iterated Systems ClearVideo) * RealVideo Fractal Codec (a.k.a. Iterated Systems ClearVideo)
** FFmpeg (decoder only) ** FFmpeg (decoder only)
* ] (a.k.a. RealVideo 11) * ] (a.k.a. RealVideo 11 or RV60)
** RealMedia HD SDK ** RealMedia HD SDK
** FFmpeg (decoder only)
* ] Wavelet Codec * ] Wavelet Codec
* ],<ref> ]</ref> ] * ],<ref> ]</ref> ]
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**** uavs3d (decoder only) **** uavs3d (decoder only)


==== AI-based / AI-enhanced video codecs ====
⚫ ====Scalable====
* AIVC<ref name="masv-aivc">. MASV. January 5, 2023</ref>
* Deep Render codec<ref>. ]. 25 June 2024</ref><ref>. Intel</ref>
* MPAI
** AI-Enhanced Video Coding (]; under development)
** AI-based End-to-End Video Coding (MPAI-EEV; under development)

⚫ ====Scalable / Layered====
VP8,<ref name="webrtc-svc">, ], September 26, 2020</ref> VP9,<ref name="webrtc-svc"/> AV1,<ref name="webrtc-svc"/> and ] support scalable modes by default. VP8,<ref name="webrtc-svc">, ], September 26, 2020</ref> VP9,<ref name="webrtc-svc"/> AV1,<ref name="webrtc-svc"/> and ] support scalable modes by default.


* ITU-T/ISO/IEC standards:
⚫ * ] (H.264/SVC; an extension of ])
* Scalable High Efficiency Video Coding (SHVC; an extension of ]) ** Scalable Video Coding (H.264/SVC; H.264/MPEG-4 AVC Annex G; an extension of ])
⚫ ** Scalable High Efficiency Video Coding (SHVC; an extension of ])
** Low Complexity Enhancement Video Coding (]; MPEG-5 Part 2)
*** LCEVC Decoder SDK (open source; decoder only)
*** V-Nova LCEVC SDK
* SMPTE standards
** VC-4 Layered Video Extension (SMPTE ST 2058-1:2011)


====Intra-frame-only==== ====Intra-frame-only====
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*** ] *** ]
** ] SMPTE standard (SMPTE ST 2073; a superset of CineForm HD) ** ] SMPTE standard (SMPTE ST 2073; a superset of CineForm HD)
** ] SMPTE standard (SMPTE ST 2117-1)
*** V-Nova VC-6 SDK
* ] HQ/HQA/HQX * ] HQ/HQA/HQX
** Grass Valley Codec Option ** Grass Valley Codec Option
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** FFmpeg ** FFmpeg


====Stereoscopic 3D==== ====Stereoscopic 3D / Multiview====
* ] * ]
* Multiview High Efficiency Video Coding (MV-HEVC; an extension of H.265/HEVC)
** FFmpeg (decoder only)


==== Security and surveillance cameras ==== ==== Security and surveillance cameras ====
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* DXV Codec * DXV Codec
** Resolume DXV Codec ** Resolume DXV Codec
** FFmpeg (decoder only) ** FFmpeg
* NotchLC * NotchLC
** FFmpeg (decoder only) ** FFmpeg (decoder only)
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==References== ==References==
{{Reflist|2}} {{Reflist|2}}




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The following is a list of compression formats and related codecs.

Audio compression formats

Main article: Audio coding format

Non-compression

Lossless compression

Main article: Lossless data compression

Lossy compression

Main article: Lossy data compression § Audio

General/Speech hybrid

  • Unified Speech and Audio Coding (USAC, MPEG-D Part 3, ISO/IEC 23003-3)
    • exhale (encoder only; open source)
    • FFmpeg (decoder only; open source)
  • IETF standards:
    • Opus (RFC 6716) – based on SILK vocoder and CELT codec
      • libopus
      • FFmpeg (decoding and experimental encoding)
  • IETF Internet Draft
    • IPMR Speech Codec - used in Spirit DSP's TeamSpirit Voice&Video Engine

Neural audio codecs

General

AES3
  • SMPTE 302M
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • Dolby E
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
Bluetooth
Digital radio

Voice

Main article: Speech coding

(low bit rate, optimized for speech)

Microsoft DirectPlay

Those codecs are used by many PC games which use voice chats via Microsoft DirectPlay API.

  • Voxware MetaVoice
    • Windows Media Player (voxmvdec.ax)
  • Truespeech
    • Windows Media Player (tssoft32.acm)
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • MS GSM
    • Windows Media Player (msgsm32.acm)
    • libgsm
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • MS-ADPCM
    • Windows Media Player (msadp32.acm)
    • FFmpeg
Digital Voice Recorder
  • International Voice Association (IVA) standards:
    • Digital Speech Standard / Standard Play (DSS-SP)
      • FFmpeg (decoding only)
    • Digital Speech Standard / Quality Play (DSS-QP)
  • Sony LPEC
  • Truespeech Triple Rate CODER (TRC) – used in some pocket recorders
  • Micronas [de] Intermetall MI-SC4 - used by voice recorders such as RadioShack Digital Recorder and I-O DATA [ja] HyperHyde
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
Mobile phone
Generation 2
Generation 3/4
  • 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP)
    • Adaptive Multi-Rate (AMR)
      • AMR-NB
        • 3GPP TS 26.073 – AMR speech Codec (C-source code) – reference implementation
        • opencore-amr (one may compile ffmpeg with—enable-libopencore-amrnb to incorporate the OpenCORE lib)
        • FFmpeg (by default decoder only, but see above the compiling options to incorporate the OpenCORE lib)
      • AMR-WB
        • 3GPP TS 26.173 – AMR-WB speech Codec (C-source code) – reference implementation
        • opencore-amr (decoder), from OpenCORE (one may compile ffmpeg with—enable-libopencore-amrwb to incorporate the OpenCORE lib)
        • vo-amrwbenc (encoder), from VisualOn, included in Android (one may compile ffmpeg with—enable-libvo-amrwbenc to incorporate the VisualOn lib)
        • FFmpeg (by default decoder only, but see above the compiling options).
      • AMR-WB+
        • 3GPP TS 26.273 – AMR-WB+ speech Codec (C-source code) – reference implementation
      • Enhanced Voice Services (EVS)
        • 3GPP TS.26.443 – Codec for Enhanced Voice Services (EVS) – ANSI C code (floating-point)
  • 3rd Generation Partnership Project 2 (3GPP2)
Professional mobile radio
  • APCO
    • Project 25 Phase 2 Enhanced Full-Rate (AMBE+2 4400bit/s with 2800bit/s FEC)
    • Project 25 Phase 2 Half-Rate (AMBE+2 2450bit/s with 1150bit/s FEC) – also used in NXDN and DMR
      • mbelib (decoder only)
    • Project 25 Phase 1 Full Rate (IMBE 7200bit/s)
      • mbelib (decoder only)
  • European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI)
    • ETS 300 395-2 (TETRA ACELP 4.6kbit/s)
  • TETRAPOL
    • RPCELP 6 kbit/s
  • D-STAR Digital Voice (AMBE 2400bit/s with 1200bit/s FEC)
    • mbelib (decoder only)
  • Professional Digital Trunking System Industry Association (PDT Alliance) standards:
    • NVOC – used in China
  • Spirit DSP RALCWI
  • DSPINI
    • SPR Robust
    • TWELP Robust
  • Codec2
    • libcodec2
  • RL-CELP (used in Japanese railways)
Military

Video games

  • Bink Audio, Smacker Audio
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • Actimagine (Nintendo European Research & Development) FastAudio
    • MobiclipDecoder (decoder only)
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • Nintendo GCADPCM (a.k.a. DSP ADPCM or THP ADPCM) - used in GameCube, Wii and Nintendo 3DS.
    • vgmstream (decoder only)
    • VGAudio
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • Sony VAG (a.k.a. Sony PSX ADPCM)
    • vgmstream (decoder only)
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • Sony HEVAG - used in PS Vita.
    • vgmstream (decoder only)
  • Sony ATRAC9 - used in PS4 and PS Vita.
    • VGAudio (decoder only)
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • Microsoft XMA - WMA variants for Xbox 360 hardware decoding.
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • Xbox ADPCM
    • vgmstream (decoder only)
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • CRI ADX ADPCM
    • vgmstream (decoder only)
    • VGAudio
    • FFmpeg
  • CRI HCA/HCA-MX - used in CRI ADX2 middleware.
    • vgmstream (decoder only)
    • VGAudio
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
    • libcgss
    • HCADecoder (decoder only)
  • FMOD FADPCM
    • vgmstream (decoder only)

Text compression formats

Video compression formats

Main article: Video coding format Further information: Video codec and Comparison of video codecs

Non-compression

  • RGB 4:4:4 (only linear, transfer-converted and bit-reduced also sort of compression up to about 3:1 for HDR)
  • YUV 4:4:4/4:2:2/4:1:1/4:2:0 (all lower 4:4:4 is spatially compressed up to 2:1 for 4:2:0 with specific colour distortions).
    • Intel IYUV
  • 10-bit uncompressed video
  • Composite digital signal - used by SMPTE D-2 and D-3 broadcast digital videocassettes
  • Avid DNxUncompressed (SMPTE RDD 50)
  • V210 - defined by Apple and used by Serial digital interface Input/output video cards

Analog signals

Lossless video compression

  • ITU-T/ISO/IEC standards:
    • H.264 lossless
      • x264 (encoder only)
      • FFmpeg (decoder only, uses x264 for encoding)
    • H.265 lossless
      • x265 (encoder only)
      • UHDcode (decoder only, uses x265 to read HEVC encoded files)
      • FFmpeg (decoder only, uses x265 for encoding)
    • Motion JPEG 2000 lossless
      • libopenjpeg
    • JPEG XS lossless
      • FastTICO-XS
  • IETF standards:
    • FFV1 (RFC 9043)  – FFV1's compression factor is comparable to Motion JPEG 2000, but based on quicker algorithms (allows real-time capture). Written by Michael Niedermayer and published as part of FFmpeg under GNU LGPL.
      • FFmpeg
  • SMPTE standards:
    • VC-2 HQ lossless (a.k.a. Dirac Pro lossless)
      • libdirac
      • libschroedinger
  • Alparysoft Lossless Video Codec (Alpary)
  • Apple Animation (QuickTime RLE)
    • QuickTime
    • FFmpeg
  • ArithYuv
  • AV1
  • AVIzlib
    • LCL (VfW codec) MSZH and ZLIB
    • FFmpeg
  • Autodesk Animator Codec (AASC)
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • CAI Format
  • CamStudio GZIP/LZO
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • Chennai Codec (EVX-1)
    • Cairo Experimental Video Codec (open source)
  • Dxtory
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • FastCodec
  • Flash Screen Video v1/v2
    • FFmpeg
  • FM Screen Capture Codec
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • Fraps codec (FPS1)
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • Grass Valley Lossless
    • Grass Valley Codec Option
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • Huffyuv Huffyuv (or HuffYUV) was written by Ben Rudiak-Gould and published under the terms of the GNU GPL as free software, meant to replace uncompressed YCbCr as a video capture format. It uses very little CPU but takes a lot of disk space. See also ffvhuff which is an "FFmpeg only" version of it.
    • FFmpeg
  • IgCodec
  • Intel RLE
  • innoHeim/Rsupport Screen Capture Codec
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • Lagarith A more up-to-date fork of Huffyuv is available as Lagarith
    • Lagarith Codec (VfW codec)
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • LOCO - based on JPEG-LS
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • MagicYUV
    • MagicYUV SDK
    • FFmpeg
  • Microsoft RLE (MSRLE)
    • FFmpeg
  • MSU Lossless Video Codec
  • MSU Screen Capture Lossless
  • CorePNG [de] - based on PNG
    • FFmpeg
  • ScreenPresso (SPV1)
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • ScreenPressor - a successor of MSU Screen Capture Lossless
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • SheerVideo
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • Snow lossless
    • FFmpeg
  • TechSmith Screen Capture Codec (TSCC)
    • EnSharpen Video Codec for QuickTime
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • Toponoky
  • Ut Video Codec Suite
    • libutvideo
    • FFmpeg
  • VBLE
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • VMnc VMware screen codec - used by VMware Workstation
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • VP9 by Google
    • libvpx
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • YULS
  • ZeroCodec
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • ZMBV (Zip Motion Block Video) Codec - used by DOSBox
    • FFmpeg

Lossless game codecs

  • DXA
    • ScummVM Tools (encoder only)
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)

Lossy compression

General

AI-based / AI-enhanced video codecs

  • AIVC
  • Deep Render codec
  • MPAI
    • AI-Enhanced Video Coding (MPAI-EVC; under development)
    • AI-based End-to-End Video Coding (MPAI-EEV; under development)

Scalable / Layered

VP8, VP9, AV1, and H.266/VVC support scalable modes by default.

  • ITU-T/ISO/IEC standards:
    • Scalable Video Coding (H.264/SVC; H.264/MPEG-4 AVC Annex G; an extension of H.264/MPEG-4 AVC)
    • Scalable High Efficiency Video Coding (SHVC; an extension of H.265/HEVC)
    • Low Complexity Enhancement Video Coding (LCEVC; MPEG-5 Part 2)
      • LCEVC Decoder SDK (open source; decoder only)
      • V-Nova LCEVC SDK
  • SMPTE standards
    • VC-4 Layered Video Extension (SMPTE ST 2058-1:2011)

Intra-frame-only

  • Motion JPEG
    • FFmpeg
    • Morgan Multimedia M-JPEG
    • Pegasus PICVideo M-JPEG
    • MainConcept M-JPEG
  • ISO/IEC standard
    • Motion JPEG 2000 (ISO/IEC 15444-3, ITU-T T.802)
      • libopenjpeg
      • FFmpeg
      • Morgan Multimedia M-JPEG2000
      • Morgan Multimedia dcpPlayer (decoder only)
    • JPEG XS (ISO/IEC 21122) Lightweight Low latency video codec
      • intoPIX fastTICO-XS
    • DV (IEC 61834)
      • FFmpeg
    • MPEG-4 SStP (ISO/IEC 14496-2)
      • FFmpeg
    • Motion JPEG XR (ISO/IEC 29199-3, ITU-T T.833)
    • Animated JPEG XL (ISO/IEC 18181)
      • libjxl
  • Apple ProRes 422/4444
    • FFmpeg
  • Apple Intermediate Codec
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • Apple Pixlet
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • AVC-Intra
    • x264 (encoder only)
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • AVC-Ultra – a subset of MPEG-4 AVC Hi444PP profile
  • XAVC-I
  • CineForm HD
    • CineForm-SDK  – developed by GoPro (open source)
    • FFmpeg
  • SMPTE standard
    • VC-2 SMPTE standard (a.k.a. Dirac Pro. SMPTE ST 2042)
      • Schrödinger
      • dirac-research
      • VC-2 Reference Encoder and Decoder  – developed by BBC (open source)
      • FFmpeg (the encoder only supports VC-2 HQ profile)
    • VC-3 SMPTE standard (SMPTE ST 2019)
    • VC-5 SMPTE standard (SMPTE ST 2073; a superset of CineForm HD)
    • VC-6 SMPTE standard (SMPTE ST 2117-1)
      • V-Nova VC-6 SDK
  • Grass Valley HQ/HQA/HQX
    • Grass Valley Codec Option
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • NewTek NT25
  • NewTek SpeedHQ - used in Network Device Interface (NDI) protocol
    • NewTek Codec
    • FFmpeg

Stereoscopic 3D / Multiview

  • Multiview Video Coding
  • Multiview High Efficiency Video Coding (MV-HEVC; an extension of H.265/HEVC)
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)

Security and surveillance cameras

  • Guobiao standards (GB/T)
    • AVS-S-P2 (suspended)
    • SVAC (GB/T 25724-2010)
  • Infinity CCTV Codec (IMM4/IMM5/IMM6)
    • FFmpeg (IMM4 and IMM5 decoder only)

CD-ROM or CD-related video codecs

  • CDXL codec
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • Cinepak (a.k.a. Apple Compact Video)
    • FFmpeg
  • Photo CD codec
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • MotionPixels - used in MovieCD
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • CD+G (CD+Graphics) codec
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
    • VLC (decoder only)
  • CD+EG (CD+Extended Graphics) codec

Network video codecs

Bayer video codecs

  • CinemaDNG (created by Adobe; used in Blackmagic cameras)
  • Redcode RAW (used in RED cameras) – a modified version of JPEG 2000
    • libredcode
  • ArriRaw (used in Arri cameras)
  • Cineform RAW (used in Silicon Imaging cameras)
    • CineForm-SDK
  • Blackmagic RAW (used in Blackmagic cameras)
    • Blackmagic RAW SDK
  • Cintel RAW (used in Cintel Scanner)
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • Apple ProRes RAW
  • intoPIX TICO RAW
    • intoPIX fastTICO-RAW SDK & TICO-RAW FPGA/ASIC libraries
  • Canon CRX - used in Canon Cinema Raw Light movie
    • Canon RAW Plugin for Avid Media Access
    • LibRaw (decoder only; open source)

Video games

  • Bink Video, Smacker video
    • FFmpeg
    • libavcodec
  • Nintendo Mobiclip video codec
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • CRI Sofdec codec - a MPEG variant with 11-bit DC and color space correction; used in Sofdec middleware
  • CRI P256 - used in Sofdec middleware for Nintendo DS
  • Indeo Video Interactive (aka Indeo 4/5) - used in PC games for Microsoft Windows
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
    • Intel Indeo Video

Real-time

  • RivaTuner video codec (RTV1/RTV2)
    • FFmpeg (RTV1 decoder only)
  • Hap/Hap Alpha/Hap Q
    • VIDVOX hap codec
    • FFmpeg
  • DXV Codec
    • Resolume DXV Codec
    • FFmpeg
  • NotchLC
    • FFmpeg (decoder only)
  • VESA Display Stream Compression (DSC)
  • VESA Display Compression-M (VDC-M)

See also

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