FourCC is a four character code used to identify a video codec. The list below shows the FourCC for some frequently used formats.
Four Characters | Compressed Formats |
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0, 0, 0, 0 | No compress, raw. |
'F', 'M', 'P', '4' | MPEG4, The default MPEG4 format used by tool mencoder. |
'D', 'I', 'V', 'X' | DivX, versions 4.0 and later of the DivX codec. |
'D', 'I', 'V', '2' | MSMPEG4v2, a MPEG-4 variation. |
'D', 'I', 'V', '3' | MSMPEG4v3, a MPEG-4 variation. |
'W', 'M', 'V', '1' | Windows Media Video (1). |
'W', 'M', 'V', '2' | Windows Media Video (2). |
'M', 'J', 'P', 'G' | MJPEG, Motion JPEG video. |
'M', 'J', 'L', 'S' | JPEG-LS |
'H', 'F', 'Y', 'U' | HUFFYUV, Huffman codec for YUV and RGB formats. |
'F', 'F', 'V', 'H' | FFVHUFF, FFMPEG Huffman Lossless Codec. |
Note: Four character codes can be found on the Internet. When specifying the compression method of the generated video, the default option is Uncompressed and other options are the auto-detected methods supported in the computer environment.