Cfhd Codec Vlc
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This is a new page that lists the audio/video codecs that VLC can or cannot read. It is still under development, don't hesitate to add a some FourCC and infos.
- Today we primarily discuss VLC video transcoding feature and expound on how to let VLC convert AVI to MP4. As is well-known, VLC media player functions more than just media playback. It provides many additional features to help users achieve kinds of media processing purposes.
- However, it will not play video files converted in GoPro Studio, as the player doesn’t support the CFHD codec of the platform. Apart from VLC player, you can use 5KPlayer or PotPlayer for.
It should now be a bit more complete than the official features page on VideoLAN website.
. VLC Player 3.0.12 x86 x86 - Selectable by right clicking on any file. Media Player Classic Home Cinema 1.9.8 x86 - Selectable by right clicking on any file. Disc Handler - For double click playback on BluRay disc icons in Windows Explorer. If the codec allocates writable tables in its init, add an initthreadcopy which re-allocates them for other threads. Add AVCODECCAPFRAMETHREADS to the codec capabilities. There will be very little: speed gain at this point but it should work.
If you have any question about those codecs, just consult our Knowledge Base or our friends on the Multimedia Wiki. If you don't find information, search with Wikipedia or Google.
- 1Video Codecs
Video Codecs
Widely Used Video Codecs
| Name | FOURCC | Playable | Encoder | library | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MPEG-1 Part 2 | mpeg, mp1v, mpg1, PIM1 | Yes | Yes | libmpeg2 , ffmpeg | |
| MPEG-2 Part 2 | mp2v, mpg2, vcr2, hdv1, hdv2, hdv3, mx*n, mx*p | Yes | Yes | libmpeg2 , ffmpeg | |
| MJPEG (A/B) | Yes | Yes | ffmpeg | ||
| Divx (1, 2, 3) | DIV1, DIV2, DIV3, mp41, mp42, MPG4, MPG3 | Yes | Yes | ffmpeg | |
| DivX 4, 5, 6 , 3ivx D4, MPEG-4 | DIV4, DIV5, DIV6, col1, col0, 3ivd | Yes | Yes | ffmpeg | |
| MPEG-4 Part 2 (AVP), Xvid | DIVX, Xvid, mp4s, m4s2, xvid, mp4v, fmp4, 3iv2, smp4, ... | Yes | Yes | ffmpeg | |
| H.261 | h261 | Yes | Yes | ffmpeg | |
| H.262 | h262 | Yes | Yes | ffmpeg | Same as MPEG-2 Video |
| H.263 / H.263i | h263 | Yes | Yes | ffmpeg | |
| H.264 / X.264 (MPEG-4/AVC) (MPEG-4 Part.10) | h264, s264, AVC1, DAVC, H264, X264, VSSH | Yes | Yes | ffmpeg (decode), x264 (encode) | |
| Sorenson 1 (Quicktime) | SVQ 1 | Yes | Yes | ffmpeg | |
| Sorenson 3 (Quicktime) | SVQ 3 | Yes | No | ffmpeg | |
| DV | Yes | Yes | ffmpeg | ||
| Cinepak | cvid | Yes | No | internal, ffmpeg | |
| Theora | thra | Yes | Yes, violated | libtheora | |
| WMV 1/2 (7/8) | wmv1, wmv2 | Yes | Yes | ffmepg | |
| WMV 3 / WMV-9 / VC-1 | wmv3, wvc1, wmva | Yes | No | ffmpeg | Not all profiles are supported. See DMO. |
| On2 VP3, | VP31, VP30, VP3 | Yes | No | ffmpeg | |
| On2 VP5 | VP50, VP5, VP51 | Yes | No | ffmpeg | |
| On2 VP6 (used by FLV) | VP60, VP61, VP62, VP6F, VP6A | Yes | Yes | ffmpeg | |
| On2 VP7 | VP7 | No | No | ||
| Flash Screen Video | FSV1 | Yes | Yes | ffmpeg | |
| Indeo Video 3 | IV31, IV32 | Yes | No | ffmpeg | |
| Indeo Video 4/5 | IV41, IV51 | Yes | No | libavcodec | |
| Real Video 1.0, 1.3, 2.0 | RV10, RV13, RV20 | Yes | Yes | ffmpeg | |
| Real Video 3.0, 4.0 | RV30, RV40 | No | No | ||
| Dirac | BBCD | Yes | Yes | dirac | |
| Huffyuv / | Yes | Yes | ffmpeg |
Cfhd Codec For Vlc
Rarer Video Codecs
| Rare codecs | FOURCC | Decoder | Encoder | library | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Animation, Graphics, Video, QuickDraw | 'rle','smc ','rpza', 'qdrw' | Yes | No | ffmpeg | |
| SheerVideo | No | No | Professional use, no open source decoders | ||
| CorePNG | ?? | ?? | |||
| MSU Lossless | ?? | ?? | |||
| Snow | Yes | Yes | |||
| Pixlet | ?? | ?? | |||
| Rare codecs (Asus V1, Asus V2) | ASV1, ASV2 | Yes | Yes | ffmpeg | |
| Game Codecs (Some) | Yes | No | ffmpeg | ||
| Tarkin | No | No | |||
| QPEG | QPEG | Yes | untested ??? | ffmpeg |
Audio Codecs
| Name | FOURCC | Decoder | Encoder | library | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MPEG-Audio 1 Layer-1/2 | mpga | Yes | Yes | libmad (decoding), twolame (encoding) | ISO/IEC MPEG |
| MP3 | mp3, .mp3, LAME | Yes | Yes | libmad (decoding), ffmpeg-mp3lame | ISO/IEC MPEG - (recompile needed for encoding) |
| AAC | mp4a | Yes | Yes | faad (decode), faac (encoding) | ISO/IEC MPEG |
| HE-AAC | Yes | untested ??? | faad (decode), libaacplus + ffmpeg (encoding) | ISO/IEC MPEG, AAC+ encoding through libaacplus + ffmpeg (patched) - untested RECOMPILE VLC & ffmpeg for this Audio codec | |
| AC-3 | a52, a52b | Yes | Yes | liba52 (decode), ffmpeg (encode) | |
| ATRAC | atrc | Yes | No | ||
| iLBC | ILBC, ilbc | untested ??? | untested ??? | QuickTime (decode) | (check for encoder and free decoder) |
| Mu-Law | Yes | No | ffmpeg | (check for encoder) | |
| NellyMoser | Yes | No | ffmpeg | ||
| QCELP (PureVoice) | Qclp | Yes | No? | ffmpeg | Usually in QCP container. buggy? |
| Real Audio | lpcJ, 28_8, dnet, sipr, cook, atrc, raac, racp, ralf | Yes | No | Some work. Half don't | |
| Shorten | shrn | No | No | ffmpeg and ffplay do it. VLC doesn't. (It is in the FOURCC list in VLC's modules/codec/avcodec/fourcc.c --Dionoea) | |
| Speex | spex | Yes | Yes | libspeex | |
| Vorbis | vorb | Yes | Yes | libvorbis | |
| DTS | dts | Yes | No | libdca | DTS-HD unsupported |
| MPC | Yes | No | libmpcdec | ||
| WMA 1/2 | wma1, wma2 | Yes | Yes, violated | ffmpeg | WMA9 is not supported |
| Flac | flac | Yes | Yes | libflac | lossless |
| Apple Lossless Audio Codec | alac | Yes | No | ffmpeg | lossless |
| Monkey's Audio | Yes | No | lossless | ||
| Musepack | Yes | No | libmpcdec | ||
| ADMPCM (various) | Yes | Yes | ffmpeg and internal | ||
| AMR | samr | Yes | Yes | ffmpeg + libamrnb + libamrwb | RECOMPILE VLC for this Speech codec |
| Sonic | SONC | Yes | Yes | ffmpeg |
Subtitles Codecs
- Transcluded from Subtitles codecs
| Subtitle Name | Extension | Subtitle Type | Character Encoding | Line Break | Text Styling | Metadata Info | Timings | Timing Precision | VLC media player Support |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AQTitle | *.aqt | Text-based | None | Yes | No | No | Framings | Dependent on Frame | Yes (0.9.0 and over) |
| Blu-Ray | N/A | Image-based | N/A | N/A | N/A | No | Elapsed Time | Unknown | Yes (1.1.0 and over) |
| CVD subtitles | *.cvd | Image-based | N/A | N/A | N/A | No | Elapsed Time | Unknown | Yes |
| DKS | *.dks | Text-based | None | Yes | No | No | Elapsed Time | Unknown | Yes (0.9.0 and over) |
| DVB subtitles | N/A (in DVB streams) | Image-based | N/A | N/A | N/A | No | Elapsed Time | Unknown | Yes |
| DVD subtitles | N/A | Image-based | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| JACOsub | *.jss | Text-based | None | Yes | Yes | No | Elapsed Time | 10 Milliseconds (1/100th sec) | Yes (0.9.0 and over), no styles |
| Kate | N/A (inside OGG) | Text-based | None | Yes | Yes | No | Unknown | Unknown | Yes (0.9.0 and over), no styles |
| MicroDVD | *.sub | Text-based | None | Yes | No | No | Framings | Dependent on Frames | Yes |
| MPEG-4 Timed Text | .ttxt | XML | Unknown | Unknown | Yes | No | Elapsed Time | 1 Millisecond | Yes |
| MPL2 | *.mpl/.txt | Text-based | None | Yes | No | No | Sequential Time | 100 Milliseconds (1/10th sec) | Yes, no italic |
| MPSub | *.sub | Text-based | None | Yes | No | Yes | Sequential Time | 10 Milliseconds (1/100th sec) | Yes (0.9.0 and over) |
| OggWrit | N/A (inside Oggs) | Text-based | None | No | Yes | Yes | Sequential Granules | Dependent on Bitstream | untested ???- Not specified yet. |
| Phoenix Subtitle | *.pjs | Text-based | None | No | No | No | Framings | Dependent on Frames | Yes (0.9.0 and over) |
| PowerDivX | .psb | Text-based | None | No | No | No | Elapsed Time | 1 Second | Yes (0.9.0 and over) |
| RealText / SMIL | *.rt | HTML-based | Unicode (UTF-8) | Yes | Yes (SMIL) | No | Elapsed Time | 10 Milliseconds (1/100th sec) | Yes (0.9.0 and over) |
| SAMI | *.smi | HTML-based | Unicode (Windows-1252) | Yes | Yes (CSS) | Yes | Framings | Dependent on Frames | Yes |
| Structured Subtitle Format | .ssf | XML | None | No | Yes | Yes | Elapsed Time | 1 Millisecond | No |
| SubRip | *.srt | Text-based | Informally Unicode | Yes | No | No | Elapsed Time | 1 Millisecond (1/1000th sec) | Yes |
| SubStation Alpha | *.ssa/.ass | Text-based | None | No | Yes | Yes | Elapsed Time | 10 Milliseconds (1/100th sec) | Yes, 0.9.0 and over |
| SubViewer | *.sub | Text-based | None | Yes | No | Yes | Elapsed Time | 10 Milliseconds (1/100th sec) | Yes |
| SVCD subtitles | *.svcd | Image-based | N/A | N/A | N/A | No | Elapsed Time | Unknown | Yes |
| Teletext | Unknown | Text-based | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Yes |
| Universal Subtitle | *.usf | XML | Unicode (UTF-8) | No | Yes (XML DTD) | No | Elapsed Time | 1 Millisecond (1/1000th sec) | Yes, 0.9.0 and over |
| VobSub | *.sub, *.idx | Image-based | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Elapsed Time | 1 Millisecond (1/1000th sec) | Yes |
| VPlayer | *.txt | Text-based | None | Yes | No | No | Framing or Time | 10 Milliseconds (1/100th sec) | Yes |
| XSUB (DivX subtitles) | N/A (embedded in .divx) | Image-based | N/A | N/A | N/A | No | Elapsed Time | 1 Millisecond | Yes (1.1.0 and over) |
Format/Container/Muxers
| Name | extensions | Playable | Savable | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3GP | .3gp | Yes | untested ??? | |
| AIFF | .asf, .wmv | Yes | No | |
| ASF | .asf, .wmv | Yes | Yes | |
| AU | .au | Yes | ||
| AVI | .avi | Yes | Yes, violated | |
| DMF | untested ??? | untested ??? | ||
| FLV | .flv | Yes | Yes | through ffmpeg |
| MOV | .mov | Yes | Yes | |
| MP4 | .mp4 | Yes | Yes | |
| OGG | .ogm, .ogg | Yes | Yes | |
| MKV | .mkv, .mka | Yes | No, WIP | Summer of Code 2007 Project |
| MPEG-2 / TS | .ts, .mpg | Yes | Yes | |
| MPEG-2 / ES, PS, PVA, MP3 | .mpg, .mp3, .mp2 | Yes | Yes | |
| NSC | .nsc | Yes | No | |
| NSV | .nsv | Yes | No | |
| Nut | .nut | Yes | Yes | Muxable through libavformat |
| Real | .ra, .ram, .rm, .rv , .rmbv | Partial | No | version 4 and 5, no support for version 3 |
| Raw (a52, dts, aac, flac, .dv, .vid) | .a52, .dts, .aac, .flac, .dv, .vid | Yes | ?? | |
| True Audio Codec | .tta, .tac | Yes | No | |
| Ty Tivo | .ty | Yes | No | |
| Wav | .wav, .dts | Yes | Yes | |
| Xa | .xa | Yes | No |
HD-Discs codecs
- Transcluded from HD-Discs codecs
| Codec | VLC 1.0 | VLC 1.1 | VLC 1.2 | VLC 3.0.6 | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H.264 | Yes | Yes | Yes | GPU acceleration recommended VLC DxVA2 or VLC VAAPI. | |
| VC-1 | Partial | Partial | Partial | VC-1 Interlaced isn't ready | |
| MPEG-2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | FFmpeg or libmpeg2 | |
| EAC3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | FFmpeg, libavcodec > 52.0 | |
| TrueHD | Yes | Yes | Yes | FFmpeg, libavcodec > 52.40 | |
| DTS Core | Yes | Yes | Yes | libdca or FFmpeg | |
| DTS-HD Master Audio | No | No | No | Core is played | |
| Blu-Ray Subtitles | No | Yes, libavcodec > 52.40 | Yes | FFmpeg | |
| HD-DVD Subtitles | No | No | No | ||
| HD-DVD Files (.evo) | No | No | No | ||
| Blu-Ray folders | Partial | Partial | Partial | ||
| Discs | No | No | Partial |
Vlc Codecs Windows 10
VLC Codec Pack is a fully-featured Windows codec pack which provides many of the video codecs which already come installed with VLC Media Player. Therefore you're giving other media players on your PC the same ability to playback media without the need of VLC Media Player.
This installation includes many of the most common codecs, available for free, like ffdshow, XviD, DivX and many others. You also get to install audio codecs providing the ability to use Lame MP3, among others.
Certainly a helpful thing to install, especially if you have a fresh installation of Windows up and running.
Features and highlights
- ffdshow DirectShow Video Codec 20130123 x86 Revision 4500 by Cole
- ffdshow DirectShow Video Codec 20130123 x64 Revision 4500 by Cole
- LAV Video decoder 0.55.1 x86 & x64
- XviD Video (Encoder) Codec v1.3.2
- Lagarith Lossless Video (Encoder) Codec v1.3.27 x86 & x64
- Flash Video Splitter/Decoder v1.6.5.6366 x86 & x64
- AC3Filter v2.5b AC3/DTS Decoder x86 & x64
VLC Codec Pack 2.0.5 on 32-bit and 64-bit PCs
This download is licensed as freeware for the Windows (32-bit and 64-bit) operating system on a laptop or desktop PC from video codec packs without restrictions. VLC Codec Pack 2.0.5 is available to all software users as a free download for Windows.
Though this program tested positive for virus tests, some people don't view it as a virus or malware. This could mean toolbars or system modifications.
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- Freeware Video Codec Packs
- Major release: VLC Codec Pack 2.0