Status of codecs support


If you have sample files for untested codecs, or want a new codec to be added, read this!

Video codecs

Built-in native codecs
Codec nameFourccCodecfileYUV outputPostprocessing
MPEG 1/2 no fourcc libmpeg2 O O
OpenDivX DIV1
DIVX
decore O O
Fully functional Win32 VfW/DShow codecs
Codec nameFourccCodecfileYUV outputPostprocessing
M$ MPEG4 v1, v2 MPG4
MP42
mpg4c32.dll O -
M$ MPEG4 v3
DivX ;-)
AngelPotion
MP43
DIV3
DIV4
DIV5
DIV6
AP41
divxc32.dll
divx_c32.ax
O O
Indeo Video 5.0 IV50 ir50_32.dll (VfW)
ir50_32.dll (DShow)
O -
Cinepak Video CVID iccvid.dll O -
Microsoft Video v1.0 CRAM msvidc32.dll - -
ATI VCR-2 VCR2 ativcr2.dll O -
Motion JPEG MJPG mcmjpg32.dll
m3jpegdec.ax
O -
Windows Media Video 7 WMV1 wmvds32.ax O -
I263 I263 i263_32.drv O -
Sony DV dvsd qdv.dll O -
ASUS ASV2 ASV2 asusasv2.dll - -
Codecs with problems
Codec nameFourccCodecfileProblem
Motion JPEG MJPG m3jpeg32.dll segfault
Indeo Video 4.1 IV41 ir41_32.dll no YUV
image upside-down
Indeo Video 3.2 IV32 ir32_32.dll no YUV
image upside-down
ATI VCR1 VCR1 ativcr1.dll 16-bit DLL
TrueMotion 2.0 TM20 tm20dec.ax segfault
AVIzlib ZLIB avizlib.dll unk_
AVImszh MSZH avimszh.dll unk_
Not tested codecs
Codec nameFourccCodecfile
ASUS ASV1 ASV1 asusasvd.dll
Motion Wavelets MWV1 icmw_32.dll
Indeo Video 3.1 IV31 ir32_32.dll
Windows Media Video 8 WMV2 wmv8ds32.ax
I420 I420 i263_32.drv

Audio codecs

Built-in native codecs
Codec nameIDCodecfileWorks
Uncompressed PCM 0x1 - O
Uncompressed DVD PCM 0x10001 - O
MPEG layer 2 and 3 0x50
0x55
mp3lib O
AC3 0x2000 libac3 O
aLaw 6 aLaw from xanim O
MS-GSM 0x31
0x32
xa_gsm from avifile O
Fully functional Win32 ACM/DShow codecs
Codec nameIDCodecfileWorks
Windows Media Audio
DivX audio
0x160
0x161
divxa32.acm O
MS ADPCM 0x2 msadp32.acm O
MPEG layer 3 0x55 l3codeca.acm O
MS-GSM 0x31
0x32
msgsm32.acm O
VoxWare Metasound 0x75 voxmsdec.ax O
IMA ADPCM 0x11 imaadp32.acm O
Codecs with problems
Codec nameIDCodecfileProblem
ACELP.net 0x130 acelpdec.ax unk_
uLaw 0x7 native(?) messy
Not tested codecs
Codec nameIDCodecfile
IMC 0x401 imc32.acm