libavcodec

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libavcodec
Developed by	FFmpeg team
Latest release	51.57.1 / 2008-06-03
Written in	C99
OS	Cross-platform
Genre	Multimedia Library
License	LGPL
Website	http://www.ffmpeg.org/

libavcodec is a free software/open source LGPL-licensed library of codecs for encoding and decoding video and audio data; it is written in the C programming language. It is part of the FFmpeg-project and many free/open source applications rely on it.

Contents 1 Implemented Video Codecs 2 Implemented Audio Codecs 3 Implemented Image Codecs 4 Libraries which depend on libavcodec 5 Applications using libavcodec 6 References

[edit] Implemented Video Codecs

• AVS (decoding only)
• BFI^[1]
• CamStudio CSCD
• Cinepak
• Creative YUV (CYUV)
• DNxHD
• Flash Screen Video
• FFV1
• H.261^[2]
• H.263^[2]
• H.264/MPEG-4 AVC (decoding only)^[2]
• Huffyuv
• id Software RoQ Video
• Intel Indeo 2 (decoding only)
• Intel Indeo 3 (decoding only)
• LOCO (decoding only)
• Mimic^[3]
• MJPEG
• MPEG-1
• MPEG-2
• MPEG-4 Part 2 (the format used for example by the popular DivX and Xvid codecs)
• Apple Computer QuickDraw (decoding only)
• Quicktime Graphics SMC
• RealVideo RV10
• RealVideo RV20
• RL2^[4]
• Smacker video
• Snow
• Sorenson SVQ1
• Sorenson SVQ3 (decoding only)
• Theora (decoding only)
• Asus V1
• Asus V2
• Sierra VMD Video
• VMware VMnc (decoding only)
• On2 VP3 (decoding only)
• On2 VP5 (decoding only)^[2]
• On2 VP6 (decoding only)^[2]
• Westwood Studios VQA
• Microsoft WMV — version 7 and 8
• Microsoft WMV — version 9 (decoding only)
• Wing Commander/Xan Video (decoding only)

[edit] Implemented Audio Codecs

• 8SVX^[5]
• AC-3
• Apple Lossless (decoding only)
• ATRAC3 (decoding only)^[2]
• Cook Codec (decoding only)
• EA ADPCM^[6]
• FLAC
• Intel Music Coder (decoding only)
• Monkey's Audio (decoding only)
• MP2
• MP3 (native decoder, encoding through LAME)
• Nellymoser Asao Codec in Flash (decoding only)
• QDM2 (decoding only)
• RealAudio 1.0 (decoding only)
• RealAudio 2.0 (decoding only)
• Shorten (decoding only)
• Truespeech (decoding only)
• TTA (decoding only)
• TXD^[7]
• Vorbis
• WavPack (decoding only)
• Windows Media Audio 1
• Windows Media Audio 2

[edit] Implemented Image Codecs

• BMP
• GIF
• PNG
• JPEG
• V.Flash PTX
• SGI
• Sun Rasterfile
• FLIC (decoding only)
• TIFF
• PNM

[edit] Libraries which depend on libavcodec

• libavformat (part of FFmpeg)
• libgegl (optional. part of GEGL)
  • libgimp (part of GIMP)
• libmpcodecs (part of MPlayer)
  • libmpdemux (part of MPlayer)
• libvlc (part of VLC)

[edit] Applications using libavcodec

• ac3encode -an DirectShow AC3 Encoder
• AtGLas
• Avidemux
• avifile
• Avview
• bbplay
• BeOS FFmpeg decoders
• BeOS HybridDivx
• BeSweet
• Blender
• Chameleo
• Chroma Player
• chronictv
• Cinelerra
• CorePlayer
• D-Volution
• DivXray
• DivXtoDVD
• Dr. Divx
• DreaMule(Use a layer called "SimpleVLC")
• dvbcut
• DVDFlick
• Easy VOB 2 DivX
• Ekiga
• ffdshow (wraps libavcodec as a DirectShow filter and adds postprocessing to improve image quality; once installed, it is automatically used by all Windows DirectShow video players, such as Windows Media Player, Media Player Classic, Winamp, Zoom Player etc.)
• ffdshow tryouts
• FFmpeg
• ffmpeg-php
• ffmpeg2theora
• FFMPEG for QT
• ffmpegX for Mac OS X
• ffmpegX Companion
• FFRecord
• fftv
• FFusion - an alternative codec suit for Mac OS X
• FMJ
• Fobs
• FreeJ
• [Frogger]
• [Gallery]
• gmerlin
• GEGL
• Gnash
• GOM Player
• GPAC
• GStreamer
• HandBrake
• HTS (Home Theater System)
• Hyperion
• ImTOO DVD Ripper
• Jffmpeg
• Kdenlive
• MPlayer
• MEncoder

[edit] References

1. ^ benoit (2008-04-18). FFmpeg development mailing list. FFmpeg development. FFmpeg website. Retrieved on 2008-04-18.
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f} banan (17 April 2007). Changelog. FFmpeg trunk SVN. FFmpeg website. Retrieved on 2007-04-26.
3. ^ ramiro (2008-03-18). FFmpeg development mailing list. FFmpeg development. FFmpeg website. Retrieved on 2008-03-18.
4. ^ faust3 (2008-03-21). FFmpeg development mailing list. FFmpeg development. FFmpeg website. Retrieved on 2008-03-21.
5. ^ vitor (2008-03-30). FFmpeg development mailing list. FFmpeg development. FFmpeg website. Retrieved on 2008-03-30.
6. ^ benoit (2008-04-14). FFmpeg development mailing list. FFmpeg development. FFmpeg website. Retrieved on 2008-04-14.
7. ^ banan (7 May 2007). FFmpeg development mailing list. FFmpeg development. FFmpeg website. Retrieved on 2007-06-01.