List of video codecs
Video codecs are required to provide digital video data for certain applications andto store itin a container file . Some of the programs listed are actually not codecs, as either the encoder (encode / compress) or the decoder (decode / decompress) are missing. Nevertheless, they are usually subsumed under the term codec.
Lossy video codecs
The compression of the video information considerably reduces the need for transmission capacity or storage space ; for this purpose, the video information is simplified and combined with compression algorithms . However, less important information is also discarded.
MPEG video codecs
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MPEG-1 Part 2 (ISO 11172): typical use: Video CD (VCD) and MPEG-2 Part 2 (ISO 13818) or H.262: 8 bit color depth, 4: 2: 0 color subsampling, restriction to 25 Mbps Data transfer rate, typical uses are: SuperVideo-CD (SVCD) , MVCD , KVCD , DVD , DVB , HDTV
- Cinema Craft Encoder (CCE) (Encoder)
- TMPGEnc (encoder)
- Cleaner (encoder)
- Compressor (encoder)
- Ligos LSX (encoder)
- bbmpeg (encoder)
- Elecard (decoder)
- libmpeg2
- QuEnc
- HC encoder
- Cinema Craft Encoder (CCE) (Encoder)
- Ligos LSX (encoder)
- TMPGEnc (encoder)
- FFmpeg
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MPEG-4 Part 2 (ISO 14496): This codec is often used in AVI files created with DivX or Xvid .
- Xvid : under a free GNU General Public License
- 3ivx Technologies 3ivx
- Jomigo HDX4
- Nero AG and Ateme Nero Digital
- FFmpeg
- MPEG-4-Part-10- (AVC) / H.264 codecs: Typical uses are: HD DVD , DVB-S2 , HDTV , iTunes , in Flash-Video files from Flash 10
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MPEG-H Part 2 (HEVC) /H.265
- X265 encoder
- MPEG IMX 525 and MPEG IMX 525
- FFmpeg (decoder)
Other codecs with program implementation and provider
- Apple Pixlet
- BBC Dirac : Codec free of patent and license fees
- dirac-research
- Schrodinger
- FFmpeg (decoder)
- DivX Inc. DivX 3.11: originated as a hacked Microsoft codec
- FFmpeg
- Intel Indeo
- FFmpeg (decoder)
- Microsoft Windows Media Video or VC-1: typical for Internet streaming
- FFmpeg (only decoder for VC-1)
- Radius Cinepak
- FFmpeg (decoder)
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RealVideo : Typical for Internet streaming
- FFmpeg (only decoder for RV30 and RV40)
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Sorenson (SVQ): typical use: formerly in Quicktime and Flash video files
- FFmpeg (only decoder for SVQ3)
- Google (formerly On2) TrueMotion
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Theora Open Source Video Codec, further development of VP3.2
- FFmpeg (decoder)
- libtheora
- Snow
HD video codecs (not MPEG)
- Apple Intermediate Codec : 8-bit color depth, 4: 2: 0 color subsampling, intra-frame codec
- Apple ProRes 422: 10-bit color depth, 4: 2: 2 color subsampling, intra-frame
- FFmpeg (decoder)
- Apple ProRes 4444: 12-bit color depth, 4: 4: 4 color subsampling, intra-frame, with alpha channel
- Avid DNxHD : 8 or 10 bit color depth, 4: 2: 2 color subsampling, intra-frame, with alpha channel
- FFmpeg
- JVC D9-HD : 8 bit color depth
- Panasonic DVCPRO HD: 8 bit color depth, 4: 2: 2 color subsampling, low compression
- FFmpeg (decoder)
- Panasonic AVC-Intra (H.264 Intra): 10-bit color depth, 4: 2: 2 color subsampling, Intra-frame codec
- FFmpeg (decoder)
- Panasonic HD-D5 : 10 bit color depth, low compression
- Sony HDCAM : 8 bit color depth
- Thomson HD-D6 : 8 bit color depth, uncompressed
Lossless video codecs
Lossless video codecs retain their original quality. They work without lossy compression and therefore usually require more storage space.
- Avid Meridien
- FFmpeg
- Ben Rudiak-Gould HuffYUV : under a free GNU General Public License
- FFmpeg (both an implementation of the original codec and an advancement)
- CoreCodec / Jory Stone CorePNG : under free GNU General Public License
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LCL codec
- AVIzlib
- AVImszh
- FFmpeg
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Lagarith
- FFmpeg (decoder)
- FFV1
- MSU Lossless
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Andreas Butz, Heinrich Hussmann, Rainer Malaka: Medieninformatik: An introduction . Pearson Deutschland GmbH, 2009, ISBN 978-3-8273-7353-3 , p. 184 .