Description of the Four Character Code (FourCC) Information Registered with Microsoft (281188)

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The FourCC information can be used to determine what compressor or decompressor is required to play back an .avi file when Microsoft Windows Media Player does not have access to the appropriate codec.

For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Data formats for FourCC information include:

• Compressed formats
• RBG:
  RGB describes the colors that are produced by emitting light, for example, on a video monitor.
• YUV:
  YUV formats can be either packed or planar. In packed YUV formats, Y, U, and V samples are packed together in macropixels and stored in a single array. Planar formats store each component in a separate array, and then fuse the three separate planes to create the final image.

Description of the Compressor Code

ANIM  Intel - RDX 
AUR2  AuraVision - Aura 2 Codec - YUV 422 
AURA  AuraVision - Aura 1 Codec - YUV 411 
BT20  Brooktree - MediaStream codec 
BTCV  Brooktree - Composite Video codec 
CC12  Intel - YUV12 codec 
CDVC  Canopus - DV codec 
CHAM  Winnov, Inc. - MM_WINNOV_CAVIARA_CHAMPAGNE 
CPLA  Weitek - 4:2:0 YUV Planar 
CVID  Supermac - Cinepak  
CWLT  reserved 
DUCK  Duck Corp. - TrueMotion 1.0 
DVE2  InSoft - DVE-2 Videoconferencing codec 
DXT1  reserved 
DXT2  reserved 
DXT3  reserved 
DXT4  reserved 
DXT5  reserved 
DXTC  DirectX Texture Compression 
FLJP  D-Vision - Field Encoded Motion JPEG With LSI Bitstream Format 
GWLT  reserved 
H260  Intel - Conferencing codec 
H261  Intel - Conferencing codec 
H262  Intel - Conferencing codec 
H263  Intel - Conferencing codec 
H264  Intel - Conferencing codec 
H265  Intel - Conferencing codec 
H266  Intel - Conferencing codec 
H267  Intel - Conferencing codec 
H268  Intel - Conferencing codec 
H269  Intel - Conferencing codec 
I263  Intel - I263 
I420  Intel - Indeo 4 codec 
IAN  Intel - RDX 
ICLB  InSoft - CellB Videoconferencing codec 
ILVC  Intel - Layered Video 
ILVR  ITU-T - H.263+ compression standard 
IRAW  Intel - YUV uncompressed 

IV30  Intel - Indeo Video 3 codec 
IV31  Intel - Indeo Video 3.1 codec 
IV32  Intel - Indeo Video 3 codec 
IV33  Intel - Indeo Video 3 codec 
IV34  Intel - Indeo Video 3 codec 
IV35  Intel - Indeo Video 3 codec 
IV36  Intel - Indeo Video 3 codec 
IV37  Intel - Indeo Video 3 codec 
IV38  Intel - Indeo Video 3 codec 
IV39  Intel - Indeo Video 3 codec 
IV40  Intel - Indeo Video 4 codec 
IV41  Intel - Indeo Video 4 codec 
IV42  Intel - Indeo Video 4 codec 
IV43  Intel - Indeo Video 4 codec 
IV44  Intel - Indeo Video 4 codec 
IV45  Intel - Indeo Video 4 codec 
IV46  Intel - Indeo Video 4 codec 
IV47  Intel - Indeo Video 4 codec 
IV48  Intel - Indeo Video 4 codec 
IV49  Intel - Indeo Video 4 codec 
IV50  Intel - Indeo 5.0  
MP42  Microsoft - MPEG-4 Video Codec V2 
MPEG  Chromatic - MPEG 1 Video I Frame 
MRCA  FAST Multimedia - Mrcodec 
MRLE  Microsoft - Run Length Encoding 
MSVC  Microsoft - Video 1 
NTN1  Nogatech - Video Compression 1 
qpeq  Q-Team - QPEG 1.1 Format video codec 
RGBT  Computer Concepts - 32 bit support 
RT21  Intel - Indeo 2.1 codec 
RVX  Intel - RDX 
SDCC  Sun Communications - Digital Camera Codec 
SFMC  Crystal Net - SFM Codec 
SMSC  Radius - proprietary 
SMSD  Radius - proprietary 
SPLC  Splash Studios - ACM audio codec 
SQZ2  Microsoft - VXtreme Video Codec V2 
SV10  Sorenson - Video R1 
TLMS  TeraLogic - Motion Intraframe Codec 
TLST  TeraLogic - Motion Intraframe Codec 
TM20  Duck Corp. - TrueMotion 2.0 
TMIC  TeraLogic - Motion Intraframe Codec 
TMOT  Horizons Technology - TrueMotion Video Compression Algorithm 
TR20  Duck Corp. - TrueMotion RT 2.0 
V422  Vitec Multimedia - 24 bit YUV 4:2:2 format (CCIR 601). 
For this format, 2 consecutive pixels are represented by a 32 bit (4 byte) Y1UY2V color value. 
V655  Vitec Multimedia - 16 bit YUV 4:2:2 format. 
VCR1  ATI - VCR 1.0 
VIVO  Vivo - H.263 Video Codec 
VIXL  Miro Computer Products AG - for use with the Miro line of capture cards. 
VLV1  Videologic - VLCAP.DRV 
WBVC  Winbond Electronics - W9960 
XLV0  NetXL, Inc. - XL Video Decoder 
YC12  Intel - YUV12 codec 
YUV8  Winnov, Inc. - MM_WINNOV_CAVIAR_YUV8 
YUV9  Intel - YUV9 
YUYV  Canopus - YUYV compressor 
ZPEG  Metheus - Video Zipper
				

FourCC Values for Device-Independent Bit (DIB) Compression

Compressor Code  Description 
CYUV  Creative Labs, Inc - Creative Labs YUV 
FVF1  Iterated Systems, Inc. - Fractal Video Frame 
IF09  Intel - Intel Intermediate YUV9 
JPEG  Microsoft - Still Image JPEG DIB 
MJPG  Microsoft - Motion JPEG DIB Format 
PHMO  IBM - Photomotion 
ULTI  IBM - Ultimotion 
VDCT  Vitec Multimedia - Video Maker Pro DIB 
VIDS  Vitec Multimedia - YUV 4:2:2 CCIR 601 for V422 
YU92  Intel - YUV