These are the FOURCCs I know about that refer to compressed formats (the ones that you see displayed when you don’t have the right codec installed to play a given AVI file). If you know of any more, please drop me a line.
0-9
- 1978: A.M.Paredes predictor
- 2VUY: 2VUY / BlackMagic
- 3IV0: 3ivx
- 3IV1: 3ivx
- 3IV2: 3ivx
- 3IVD: FFmpeg DivX (MS MPEG-4 v3)
- 3IVX: 3ivx
- 8BPS: Planar RGB Codec
A
- AAS4: Autodesk Animator codec (RLE)
- AASC: Autodesk Animator codec (RLE)
- ABYR: Kensington codec
- ACTL: Streambox ACT-L2
- ADV1: WaveCodec
- ADVJ
- AEIK: Intel Indeo Video 3.2
- AEMI: Array VideoONE MPEG1-I Capture
- AFLC: Autodesk Animator FLC (256 color)
- AFLI: AFLI – Autodesk Animator FLI (256 color)
- AHDV: CineForm 10-bit Visually Perfect HD (Wavelet)
- AJPG
- AMPG
- ANIM
- AP41: AngelPotion Definitive
- AP42: AngelPotion Definitive
- ASLC: Alparysoft Lossless Codec
- ASV1: Asus Video
- ASV2: Asus Video (2)
- ASVX: Asus Video 2.0
- ATM4
- AUR2: Aura 2 Codec – YUV 422
- AURA: Aura 1 Codec – YUV 411
- AVC1
- AVRN
B
C
- CC12
- CDVC
- CFCC
- CGDI
- CHAM
- CJPG: WebCam JPEG
- CMYK
- CPLA
- CRAM
- CSCD: CamStudio Codec
- CTRX
- CVID: Cinepak
- CWLT
- CXY1: Conexant YUV 4:1:1
- CXY2: Conexant YUV 4:2:2
- CYUV: Creative YUV
- CYUY
D
- D261
- D263
- DAVC
- DCL1
- DCL2
- DCL3
- DCL4
- DCL5
- DIV3: DivX MPEG-4
- DIV4: DivX MPEG-4
- DIV5
- DIVX: DivX
- DM4V
- DMB1: Rainbow Runner hardware compression
- DMB2
- DMK2
- DSVD
- DUCK: TrueMotion S
- DV25: DVCPRO
- DV50: DVCPRO50
- DVAN
- DVCS
- DVE2
- DVH1: SMPTE 370M
- DVHD: 50Mbps Consumer DV
- DVSD: 25Mbps Consumer DV
- DVSL: 12.5Mbps Consumer DV
- DVX1
- DVX2
- DVX3
- DX50: DivX MPEG-4
- DXGM
- DXTC
- DXTN
E
- EKQ0: Elsa Quick Codec
- ELK0
- EM2V: Etymonix MPEG-2 Video
- ES07: Eyestream 7 Codec
- ESCP
- ETV1: eTreppid Video Codec
- ETV2: eTreppid Video Codec
- ETVC
F
- FFV1: FFMPEG Codec
- FLJP
- FMP4: FFMpeg
- FMVC: FM Screen Capture Codec
- FPS1: Fraps Codec
- FRWA: Forward Motion JPEG with alpha channel
- FRWD: Forward Motion JPEG
- FVF1
G
H
I
- I263: ITU H.263
- ICLB
- IGOR
- IJLV: Intel JPEG Library Video Codec
- IJPG
- ILVC
- ILVR
- IPDV: Giga AVI DV Codec
- IPMA: IPMA Video Codec
- IR21: Indeo 2.1
- IRAW
- ISME
- IV30 THROUGH IV39: Indeo 3
- IV32: Indeo 3.2
- IV40 THROUGH IV49: Indeo Interactive
- IV50: Indeo Interactive
J
K
L
- L261
- L263: LEAD H.263
- LBYR
- LCMW: LEAD MCMW Video Codec
- LCW2: LEAD MJPEG2000
- LEAD: LEAD Video Codec
- LGRY
- LJ11: LEAD JPEG 4:1:1
- LJ22: LEAD JPEG 4:2:2
- LJ2K: LEAD MJPEG 2000
- LJ44: LEAD JPEG 4:4:4
- LJPG: LEAD MJPEG Codec
- LMP2: LEAD MPEG-2 Video Codec
- LMP4: LEAD MPEG-4 Video Codec
- LSVC
- LSVM
- LSVX: Lightning Strike Video Codec
- LZO1: Lempel-Ziv-Oberhumer Codec
M
- M261
- M263
- M4CC M4CC
- M4S2
- MC12
- MCAM
- MJ2C: Motion JPEG 2000
- MJPG: Motion JPEG
- MMES
- MP2A: Eval download
- MP2T: Eval download
- MP2V: Eval download
- MP42: MPEG-4
- MP43
- MP4A: Eval download
- MP4S
- MP4T: Eval download
- MP4V: Eval download
- MPEG
- MPG4
- MPGI
- MR16
- MRCA
- MRLE
- MSVC
- MSZH: AVImszh
- MTX1 THROUGH MTX9
- MVI1: Motion Pixels MVI1 Codec
- MVI2: Motion Pixels MVI2 Codec
- MWV1: Aware Motion Wavelets
N
P
- PDVC: DVC codec
- PGVV
- PHMO
- PIM1
- PIM2
- PIMJ: Pegasus Lossless JPEG
- PIXL: Video XL
- PJPG
- PVEZ
- PVMM
- PVW2: Pegasus Wavelet 2000 Compression
Q
R
S
- S422: VideoCap C210
- SAN3
- SDCC
- SEDG
- SFMC: Surface Fitting Method
- SMK2 / SMK4: Smacker video codec
- SMKA: Smacker audio codec
- SMP4
- SMSC
- SMSD
- SMSV
- SP40
- SP44
- SP54
- SPIG
- SQZ2
- STVA
- STVB
- STVC
- STVX
- STVY
- SV10: Video R1
- SVQ1: Sorenson Video 1
- SVQ3
T
- TLMS
- TLST
- TM20
- TM2X
- TMIC
- TMOT
- TR20: TrueMotion RT 2.0
- TSCC: TechSmith Screen Capture Codec
- TV10
- TVJP
- TVMJ
- TY0N
- TY2C
- TY2N
U
V
- V210
- V261
- V655
- VCR1
- VCR2
- VCR3-9
- VDCT
- VDOM
- VDOW
- VDTZ: VideoTizer YUV Codec
- VGPX: VideoGramPix
- VIDS
- VIFP: VFAPI Codec
- VIVO
- VIXL
- VLV1
- VP30
- VP31
- VP40
- VP50
- VP60
- VP61
- VP62
- VP70
- VP80
- VQC1
- VQC2
- VQJC
- VSSV: VSS Video
- VUUU
- VX1K
- VX2K
- VXSP
- VYU9: ATI YUV
- VYUY: ATI YUV
W
- WBVC
- WHAM
- WINX: Winnov Software Compression
- WJPG: Winbond JPEG
- WMV1
- WMV2
- WMV3: Windows Media Video 9
- WMVA
- WNV1: Winnov Hardware Compression
- WVC1
X
Y
- Y16: 16bpp Grayscale Video
- Y411
- Y41P: Brooktree YUV 4:1:1
- Y444
- Y8
- YC12
- YUV8
- YUV9: YUV9 Raw Format
- YUVP
- YUY2
- YUYV
- YV12: YUV 4:2:0 Planar
- YV16
- YV92
Z
If you can’t find the codec you are looking for here you may want to look at my help page where this is a list of the codecs I have heard of but have absolutely no information on.
If you are confused by any terms, you may find help on the video-related acronyms page.
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