# FFMPEG An Intermediate Guide/File Formats
## 3g2

FFMPEG: Encoding Full Name: Web sites: Description: 3GP2 format

## 3gp

FFMPEG: Encoding Full Name: 3GP format Web sites: Description:

## 4xm

FFMPEG: Decoding Full Name:
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Description: 4X Technologies format

## IFF

FFMPEG: Encoding Full Name:
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Description: IFF format

## ISS

FFMPEG: Decoding Full Name:
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Description: Funcom ISS format

## MTV

FFMPEG: Decoding Full Name:
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Description: MTV format

## RoQ

FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding Full Name:
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Description: raw id RoQ format

## aac

FFMPEG: Decoding Full Name:
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Description: raw ADTS AAC

## ac3

FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding Full Name:
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Description: raw AC-3

## adts

FFMPEG: Encoding Full Name:
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Description: ADTS AAC

## aea

FFMPEG: Decoding Full Name:
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Description: MD STUDIO audio

## aiff

FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding Full Name:
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Description: Audio IFF

## alaw

FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding Full Name:
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Description: PCM A-law format

## alsa

FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding Full Name:
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Description: ALSA audio output

## amr

FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding Full Name:
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Description: 3GPP AMR file format

## apc

FFMPEG: Decoding Full Name:
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Description: CRYO APC format

## ape

FFMPEG: Decoding Full Name:
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Description: Monkey's Audio

## asf

FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding Full Name:
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Description: ASF format

## asf_stream

FFMPEG: Encoding Full Name:
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Description: ASF format

## ass

FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding Full Name:
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Description: SSA/ASS format

## au

FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding Full Name:
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Description: SUN AU format

## avi

FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding Full Name:
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Description: AVI format

## avm2

FFMPEG: Encoding Full Name:
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Description: Flash 9 (AVM2) format

## avs

FFMPEG: Decoding Full Name:
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Description: AVS format

## bethsoftvid

FFMPEG: Decoding Full Name:
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Description: Bethesda Softworks VID format

## bfi

FFMPEG: Decoding Full Name:
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Description: Brute Force & Ignorance

## c93

FFMPEG: Decoding Full Name:
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Description: Interplay C93

## caf

FFMPEG: Decoding Full Name:
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Description: Apple Core Audio Format

## cavsvideo

FFMPEG: Decoding Full Name:
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Description: raw Chinese AVS video

## crc

FFMPEG: Encoding Full Name:
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Description: CRC testing format

## daud

FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding Full Name:
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Description: D-Cinema audio format

## dirac

FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding Full Name:
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Description: raw Dirac

## dnxhd

FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding Full Name:
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Description: raw DNxHD (SMPTE VC-3)

## dsicin

FFMPEG: Decoding Full Name:
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Description: Delphine Software International CIN format

## dts

FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding Full Name:
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Description: raw DTS

## dv

FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding Full Name:
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Description: DV video format

## dv1394

FFMPEG: Decoding Full Name:
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Description: DV1394 A/V grab

## dvd

FFMPEG: Encoding Full Name:
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Description: MPEG-2 PS format (DVD VOB) For more information see the MPEG page.

## dxa

FFMPEG: Decoding Full Name:
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Description: DXA

## ea

FFMPEG: Decoding Full Name:
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Description: Electronic Arts Multimedia Format

## ea_cdata

FFMPEG: Decoding Full Name:
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Description: Electronic Arts cdata

## eac3

FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding Full Name:
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Description: raw E-AC-3

## f32be

FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding Full Name:
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Description: PCM 32 bit floating-point big-endian format

## f32le

FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding Full Name:
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Description: PCM 32 bit floating-point little-endian format

## f64be

FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding Full Name:
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Description: PCM 64 bit floating-point big-endian format

## f64le

FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding Full Name:
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Description: PCM 64 bit floating-point little-endian format

## ffm

FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding Full Name:
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Description: FFM (FFserver live feed) format

## film_cpk

FFMPEG: Decoding Full Name:
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Description: Sega FILM/CPK format

## flac

FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding Full Name:
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Description: raw FLAC

## flic

FFMPEG: Decoding Full Name:
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Description: FLI/FLC/FLX animation format

## flv

FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding Full Name:
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Description: FLV format

## framecrc

FFMPEG: Encoding Full Name:
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Description: framecrc testing format

## gif

FFMPEG: Encoding Full Name: Graphic Interchange Format Web sites:
Description: GIF Animation

## gsm

FFMPEG: Decoding Full Name:
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Description: raw GSM

## gxf

FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding Full Name:
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Description: GXF format

## h261

FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding Full Name:
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Description: raw H.261

## h263

FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding Full Name: Sorencer Video Web sites:
Description: raw H.263

## h264

FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding Full Name:
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Description: raw H.264 video format

## idcin

FFMPEG: Decoding Full Name:
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Description: id Cinematic format

## image2

FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding Full Name:
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Description: image2 sequence

## image2pipe

FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding Full Name:
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Description: piped image2 sequence
FFMPEG: Decoding Full Name: ingenient Web sites:
Description: raw Ingenient MJPEG

## ipmovie

FFMPEG: Decoding Full Name:
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Description: Interplay MVE format

## ipod

FFMPEG: Encoding Full Name:
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Description: iPod H.264 MP4 format

## lmlm4

FFMPEG: Decoding Full Name:
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Description: lmlm4 raw format

## m4v

FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding Full Name:
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Description: raw MPEG-4 video format For more information see the MPEG page.

## matroska

FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding Full Name:
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Description: Matroska file format

## mjpeg

FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding Full Name:
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Description: raw MJPEG video

## mlp

FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding Full Name:
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Description: raw MLP

## mm

FFMPEG: Decoding Full Name:
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Description: American Laser Games MM format

## mmf

FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding Full Name:
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Description: Yamaha SMAF

## mov

FFMPEG: Encoding, Decoding dependent on input Codec. Full Name:
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Description: MOV format Although not list as decodable in the official manual, a lot of the codecs are fully decodable. check whether the embedded codec is decodable by FFMPEG.

## mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2

FFMPEG: Decoding Full Name:
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Description: QuickTime/MPEG-4/Motion JPEG 2000 format

## mp2

FFMPEG: Encoding Full Name:
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Description: MPEG audio layer 2 For more information see the MPEG page.

## mp3

FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding Full Name:
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Description: MPEG audio layer 3 For more information see the MPEG page.

## mp4

FFMPEG: Encoding Full Name:
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Description: MP4 format For more information see the MPEG page.

## mpc

FFMPEG: Decoding Full Name:
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Description: Musepack

## mpc8

FFMPEG: Decoding Full Name:
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Description: Musepack SV8

## mpeg

FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding Full Name:
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Description: MPEG-1 System format For more information see the MPEG page.

## mpeg1video

FFMPEG: Encoding Full Name:
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Description: raw MPEG-1 video For more information see the MPEG page.

## mpeg2video

FFMPEG: Encoding Full Name:
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Description: raw MPEG-2 video For more information see the MPEG page.

## mpegts

FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding Full Name:
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Description: MPEG-2 transport stream format For more information see the MPEG page.

## mpegtsraw

FFMPEG: Decoding Full Name:
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Description: MPEG-2 raw transport stream format For more information see the MPEG page.

## mpegvideo

FFMPEG: Decoding Full Name:
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Description: raw MPEG video For more information see the MPEG page.

## mpjpeg

FFMPEG: Encoding Full Name:
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Description: MIME multipart JPEG format

## msnwctcp

FFMPEG: Decoding Full Name:
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Description: MSN TCP Webcam stream

## mulaw

FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding Full Name:
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Description: PCM mu-law format

## mvi

FFMPEG: Decoding Full Name:
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Description: Motion Pixels MVI format

## mxf

FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding Full Name: Material eXchange Format Web sites:
Description: Avid exchange format, used by Avid video editor for storing all videos for the Avid system.

## mxf_d10

FFMPEG: Encoding Full Name:
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Description: Material eXchange Format, D-10 Mapping

## nc

FFMPEG: Decoding Full Name:
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Description: NC camera feed format

## nsv

FFMPEG: Decoding Full Name:
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Description: Nullsoft Streaming Video

## null

FFMPEG: Encoding Full Name:
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Description: raw null video format

## nut

FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding Full Name:
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Description: NUT format

## nuv

FFMPEG: Decoding Full Name:
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Description: NuppelVideo format

## ogg

FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding Full Name:
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Description: Ogg

## oma

FFMPEG: Decoding Full Name:
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Description: Sony OpenMG audio

## oss

FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding Full Name:
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Description: Open Sound System playback

## psp

FFMPEG: Encoding Full Name:
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Description: PSP MP4 format For more information see the MPEG page.

## psxstr

FFMPEG: Decoding Full Name:
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Description: Sony PlayStation STR format

## pva

FFMPEG: Decoding Full Name:
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Description: TechnoTrend PVA file and stream format

## qcp

FFMPEG: Decoding Full Name:
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Description: QCP format

## r3d

FFMPEG: Decoding Full Name:
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Description: REDCODE R3D format

## rawvideo

FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding Full Name:
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Description: raw video format

## rcv

FFMPEG: Encoding Full Name:
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Description: VC-1 test bitstream

## redir

FFMPEG: Decoding Full Name:
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Description: Redirector format

## rl2

FFMPEG: Decoding Full Name:
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Description: RL2 format

## rm

FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding Full Name:
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Description: RealMedia format

## rpl

FFMPEG: Decoding Full Name:
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Description: RPL/ARMovie format

## rtp

FFMPEG: Encoding Full Name:
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Description: RTP output format

## rtsp

FFMPEG: Decoding Full Name:
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Description: RTSP input format

## s16be

FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding Full Name:
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Description: PCM signed 16 bit big-endian format

## s16le

FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding Full Name:
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Description: PCM signed 16 bit little-endian format

## s24be

FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding Full Name:
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Description: PCM signed 24 bit big-endian format

## s24le

FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding Full Name:
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Description: PCM signed 24 bit little-endian format

## s32be

FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding Full Name:
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Description: PCM signed 32 bit big-endian format

## s32le

FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding Full Name:
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Description: PCM signed 32 bit little-endian format

## s8

FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding Full Name:
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Description: PCM signed 8 bit format

## sdp

FFMPEG: Decoding Full Name:
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Description: SDP

## shn

FFMPEG: Decoding Full Name:
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Description: raw Shorten

## siff

FFMPEG: Decoding Full Name:
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Description: Beam Software SIFF

## smk

FFMPEG: Decoding Full Name:
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Description: Smacker video

## sol

FFMPEG: Decoding Full Name:
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Description: Sierra SOL format

## sox

FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding Full Name:
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Description: SoX native format

## spdif

FFMPEG: Encoding Full Name:
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Description: IEC958 - S/PDIF (IEC-61937)

## svcd

FFMPEG: Encoding Full Name:
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Description: MPEG-2 PS format (VOB) For more information see the MPEG page.

## swf

FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding Full Name:
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Description: Flash format

## thp

FFMPEG: Decoding Full Name:
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Description: THP

## tiertexseq

FFMPEG: Decoding Full Name:
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Description: Tiertex Limited SEQ format

## tmv

FFMPEG: Decoding Full Name:
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Description: 8088flex TMV

## truehd

FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding Full Name:
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Description: raw TrueHD

## tta

FFMPEG: Decoding Full Name:
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Description: True Audio

## txd

FFMPEG: Decoding Full Name:
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Description: Renderware TeXture Dictionary

## u16be

FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding Full Name:
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Description: PCM unsigned 16 bit big-endian format

## u16le

FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding Full Name:
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Description: PCM unsigned 16 bit little-endian format

## u24be

FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding Full Name:
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Description: PCM unsigned 24 bit big-endian format

## u24le

FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding Full Name:
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Description: PCM unsigned 24 bit little-endian format

## u32be

FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding Full Name:
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Description: PCM unsigned 32 bit big-endian format

## u32le

FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding Full Name:
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Description: PCM unsigned 32 bit little-endian format

## u8

FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding Full Name:
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Description: PCM unsigned 8 bit format

## vc1

FFMPEG: Decoding Full Name:
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Description: raw VC-1

## vc1test

FFMPEG: Decoding Full Name:
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Description: VC-1 test bitstream format

## vcd

FFMPEG: Encoding Full Name:
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Description: MPEG-1 System format (VCD) For more information see the MPEG page.

## video4linux

FFMPEG: Decoding Full Name:
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Description: Video4Linux device grab

## video4linux2

FFMPEG: Decoding Full Name:
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Description: Video4Linux2 device grab

## vmd

FFMPEG: Decoding Full Name:
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Description: Sierra VMD format

## vob

FFMPEG: Encoding Full Name:
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Description: MPEG-2 PS format (VOB)

## voc

FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding Full Name:
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Description: Creative Voice file format

## vqf

FFMPEG: Decoding Full Name:
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Description: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) TwinVQ

## w64

FFMPEG: Decoding Full Name:
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Description: Sony Wave64 format

## wav

FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding Full Name:
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Description: WAV format

## wc3movie

FFMPEG: Decoding Full Name:
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Description: Wing Commander III movie format

## webm

FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding Full Name:
Web site: http://www.webmproject.org/ Description:

## wsaud

FFMPEG: Decoding Full Name:
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Description: Westwood Studios audio format

## wsvqa

FFMPEG: Decoding Full Name:
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Description: Westwood Studios VQA format

## wv

FFMPEG: Decoding Full Name:
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Description: WavPack

## x11grab

FFMPEG: Decoding Full Name:
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Description: X11grab

## xa

FFMPEG: Decoding Full Name:
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Description: Maxis XA File Format

## yuv4mpegpipe

FFMPEG: Decoding, Encoding Full Name:
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Description: YUV4MPEG pipe format