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<h1 class="chapter"> 1. external libraries </h1>
<p>FFmpeg can be hooked up with a number of external libraries to add support
for more formats. None of them are used by default, their use has to be
explicitly requested by passing the appropriate flags to ‘<tt>./configure</tt>’.
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<h2 class="section"> 1.1 OpenCORE AMR </h2>
<p>FFmpeg can make use of the OpenCORE libraries for AMR-NB
decoding/encoding and AMR-WB decoding.
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<p>Go to <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/opencore-amr/">http://sourceforge.net/projects/opencore-amr/</a> and follow the instructions for
installing the libraries. Then pass <code>--enable-libopencore-amrnb</code> and/or
<code>--enable-libopencore-amrwb</code> to configure to enable the libraries.
</p>
<p>Note that OpenCORE is under the Apache License 2.0 (see
<a href="http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0">http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0</a> for details), which is
incompatible with the LGPL version 2.1 and GPL version 2. You have to
upgrade FFmpeg's license to LGPL version 3 (or if you have enabled
GPL components, GPL version 3) to use it.
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<h1 class="chapter"> 2. Supported File Formats and Codecs </h1>
<p>You can use the <code>-formats</code> and <code>-codecs</code> options to have an exhaustive list.
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<h2 class="section"> 2.1 File Formats </h2>
<p>FFmpeg supports the following file formats through the <code>libavformat</code>
library:
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<table>
<tr><td><p> Name </p></td><td><p> Encoding </p></td><td><p> Decoding </p></td><td><p> Comments
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> 4xm </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> 4X Technologies format, used in some games.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> 8088flex TMV </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Adobe Filmstrip </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Audio IFF (AIFF) </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> American Laser Games MM </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Multimedia format used in games like Mad Dog McCree.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> 3GPP AMR </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> ASF </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> AVI </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> AVISynth </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> AVS </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Multimedia format used by the Creature Shock game.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Beam Software SIFF </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Audio and video format used in some games by Beam Software.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Bethesda Softworks VID </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Used in some games from Bethesda Softworks.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Bink </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Multimedia format used by many games.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Brute Force & Ignorance </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Used in the game Flash Traffic: City of Angels.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Interplay C93 </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Used in the game Cyberia from Interplay.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Delphine Software International CIN </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Multimedia format used by Delphine Software games.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> CD+G </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Video format used by CD+G karaoke disks
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Core Audio Format </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Apple Core Audio Format
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> CRC testing format </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Creative Voice </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Created for the Sound Blaster Pro.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> CRYO APC </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Audio format used in some games by CRYO Interactive Entertainment.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> D-Cinema audio </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Deluxe Paint Animation </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> DV video </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> DXA </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> This format is used in the non-Windows version of the Feeble Files
game and different game cutscenes repacked for use with ScummVM.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Electronic Arts cdata </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Electronic Arts Multimedia </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Used in various EA games; files have extensions like WVE and UV2.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> FFM (FFserver live feed) </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Flash (SWF) </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Flash 9 (AVM2) </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Only embedded audio is decoded.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> FLI/FLC/FLX animation </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> .fli/.flc files
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Flash Video (FLV) </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Macromedia Flash video files
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> framecrc testing format </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr><td><p> FunCom ISS </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Audio format used in various games from FunCom like The Longest Journey.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> GIF Animation </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr><td><p> GXF </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> General eXchange Format SMPTE 360M, used by Thomson Grass Valley
playout servers.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> id Quake II CIN video </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> id RoQ </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Used in Quake III, Jedi Knight 2, other computer games.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> IEC61937 encapsulation </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr><td><p> IFF </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Interchange File Format
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Interplay MVE </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Format used in various Interplay computer games.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> IV8 </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> A format generated by IndigoVision 8000 video server.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> LMLM4 </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Used by Linux Media Labs MPEG-4 PCI boards
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Matroska </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Matroska audio </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr><td><p> MAXIS XA </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Used in Sim City 3000; file extension .xa.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> MD Studio </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Monkey's Audio </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Motion Pixels MVI </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> MOV/QuickTime/MP4 </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> 3GP, 3GP2, PSP, iPod variants supported
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> MP2 </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> MP3 </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> MPEG-1 System </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> muxed audio and video, VCD format supported
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> MPEG-PS (program stream) </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> also known as <code>VOB</code> file, SVCD and DVD format supported
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> MPEG-TS (transport stream) </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> also known as DVB Transport Stream
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> MPEG-4 </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> MPEG-4 is a variant of QuickTime.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> MIME multipart JPEG </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr><td><p> MSN TCP webcam </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Used by MSN Messenger webcam streams.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> MTV </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Musepack </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Musepack SV8 </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Material eXchange Format (MXF) </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> SMPTE 377M, used by D-Cinema, broadcast industry.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Material eXchange Format (MXF), D-10 Mapping </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> SMPTE 386M, D-10/IMX Mapping.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> NC camera feed </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> NC (AVIP NC4600) camera streams
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> NTT TwinVQ (VQF) </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation TwinVQ.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Nullsoft Streaming Video </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> NuppelVideo </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> NUT </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> NUT Open Container Format
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Ogg </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> TechnoTrend PVA </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Used by TechnoTrend DVB PCI boards.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> QCP </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> raw ADTS (AAC) </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> raw AC-3 </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> raw Chinese AVS video </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> raw CRI ADX </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> raw Dirac </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> raw DNxHD </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> raw DTS </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> raw E-AC-3 </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> raw FLAC </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> raw GSM </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> raw H.261 </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> raw H.263 </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> raw H.264 </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> raw Ingenient MJPEG </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> raw MJPEG </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> raw MLP </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> raw MPEG </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> raw MPEG-1 </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> raw MPEG-2 </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> raw MPEG-4 </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> raw NULL </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr><td><p> raw video </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> raw id RoQ </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr><td><p> raw Shorten </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> raw TrueHD </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> raw VC-1 </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> raw PCM A-law </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> raw PCM mu-law </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> raw PCM signed 8 bit </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> raw PCM signed 16 bit big-endian </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> raw PCM signed 16 bit little-endian </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> raw PCM signed 24 bit big-endian </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> raw PCM signed 24 bit little-endian </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> raw PCM signed 32 bit big-endian </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> raw PCM signed 32 bit little-endian </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> raw PCM unsigned 8 bit </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> raw PCM unsigned 16 bit big-endian </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> raw PCM unsigned 16 bit little-endian </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> raw PCM unsigned 24 bit big-endian </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> raw PCM unsigned 24 bit little-endian </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> raw PCM unsigned 32 bit big-endian </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> raw PCM unsigned 32 bit little-endian </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> raw PCM floating-point 32 bit big-endian </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> raw PCM floating-point 32 bit little-endian </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> raw PCM floating-point 64 bit big-endian </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> raw PCM floating-point 64 bit little-endian </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> RDT </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> REDCODE R3D </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> File format used by RED Digital cameras, contains JPEG 2000 frames and PCM audio.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> RealMedia </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Redirector </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Renderware TeXture Dictionary </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> RL2 </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Audio and video format used in some games by Entertainment Software Partners.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> RPL/ARMovie </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> RTMP </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Output is performed by publishing stream to RTMP server
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> RTP </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> RTSP </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> SDP </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Sega FILM/CPK </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Used in many Sega Saturn console games.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Sierra SOL </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> .sol files used in Sierra Online games.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Sierra VMD </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Used in Sierra CD-ROM games.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Smacker </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Multimedia format used by many games.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Sony OpenMG (OMA) </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Audio format used in Sony Sonic Stage and Sony Vegas.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Sony PlayStation STR </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Sony Wave64 (W64) </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> SoX native format </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> SUN AU format </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> THP </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Used on the Nintendo GameCube.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Tiertex Limited SEQ </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Tiertex .seq files used in the DOS CD-ROM version of the game Flashback.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> True Audio </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> VC-1 test bitstream </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> WAV </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> WavPack </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Wing Commander III movie </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Multimedia format used in Origin's Wing Commander III computer game.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Westwood Studios audio </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Multimedia format used in Westwood Studios games.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Westwood Studios VQA </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Multimedia format used in Westwood Studios games.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> YUV4MPEG pipe </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Psygnosis YOP </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
</table>
<p><code>X</code> means that encoding (resp. decoding) is supported.
</p>
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<h2 class="section"> 2.2 Image Formats </h2>
<p>FFmpeg can read and write images for each frame of a video sequence. The
following image formats are supported:
</p>
<table>
<tr><td><p> Name </p></td><td><p> Encoding </p></td><td><p> Decoding </p></td><td><p> Comments
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> .Y.U.V </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> one raw file per component
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> animated GIF </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Only uncompressed GIFs are generated.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> BMP </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Microsoft BMP image
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> DPX </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Digital Picture Exchange
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> JPEG </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Progressive JPEG is not supported.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> JPEG 2000 </p></td><td> </td><td><p> E
</p></td><td><p> decoding supported through external library libopenjpeg
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> JPEG-LS </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> LJPEG </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td>
</td><td><p> Lossless JPEG
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> PAM </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> PAM is a PNM extension with alpha support.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> PBM </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Portable BitMap image
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> PCX </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> PC Paintbrush
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> PGM </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Portable GrayMap image
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> PGMYUV </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> PGM with U and V components in YUV 4:2:0
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> PNG </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> 2/4 bpp not supported yet
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> PPM </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Portable PixelMap image
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> PTX </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> V.Flash PTX format
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> SGI </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> SGI RGB image format
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Sun Rasterfile </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Sun RAS image format
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> TIFF </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> YUV, JPEG and some extension is not supported yet.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Truevision Targa </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Targa (.TGA) image format
</p></td></tr>
</table>
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<h2 class="section"> 2.3 Video Codecs </h2>
<table>
<tr><td><p> Name </p></td><td><p> Encoding </p></td><td><p> Decoding </p></td><td><p> Comments
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> 4X Movie </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Used in certain computer games.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> 8088flex TMV </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> 8SVX exponential </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> 8SVX fibonacci </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> American Laser Games MM </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Used in games like Mad Dog McCree.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> AMV Video </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Used in Chinese MP3 players.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Apple MJPEG-B </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Apple QuickDraw </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> fourcc: qdrw
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Asus v1 </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> fourcc: ASV1
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Asus v2 </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> fourcc: ASV2
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> ATI VCR1 </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> fourcc: VCR1
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> ATI VCR2 </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> fourcc: VCR2
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Auravision Aura </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Auravision Aura 2 </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Autodesk Animator Flic video </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Autodesk RLE </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> fourcc: AASC
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> AVS (Audio Video Standard) video </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Video encoding used by the Creature Shock game.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Beam Software VB </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Bethesda VID video </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Used in some games from Bethesda Softworks.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Bink Video </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Support for version 'b' is missing.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Brute Force & Ignorance </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Used in the game Flash Traffic: City of Angels.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> C93 video </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Codec used in Cyberia game.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> CamStudio </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> fourcc: CSCD
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> CD+G </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Video codec for CD+G karaoke disks
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Chinese AVS video </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> AVS1-P2, JiZhun profile
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Delphine Software International CIN video </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Codec used in Delphine Software International games.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Cinepak </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Cirrus Logic AccuPak </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> fourcc: CLJR
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Creative YUV (CYUV) </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Dirac </p></td><td><p> E </p></td><td><p> E
</p></td><td><p> supported through external libdirac/libschroedinger libraries
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Deluxe Paint Animation </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> DNxHD </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> aka SMPTE VC3
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Duck TrueMotion 1.0 </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> fourcc: DUCK
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Duck TrueMotion 2.0 </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> fourcc: TM20
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> DV (Digital Video) </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Feeble Files/ScummVM DXA </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Codec originally used in Feeble Files game.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Electronic Arts CMV video </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Used in NHL 95 game.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Electronic Arts Madcow video </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Electronic Arts TGV video </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Electronic Arts TGQ video </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Electronic Arts TQI video </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Escape 124 </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> FFmpeg video codec #1 </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> experimental lossless codec (fourcc: FFV1)
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Flash Screen Video v1 </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> fourcc: FSV1
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Flash Video (FLV) </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Sorenson H.263 used in Flash
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Fraps </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> H.261 </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> H.263 / H.263-1996 </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> H.263+ / H.263-1998 / H.263 version 2 </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> H.264 / AVC / MPEG-4 AVC / MPEG-4 part 10 </p></td><td><p> E </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> encoding supported through external library libx264
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> H.264 / AVC / MPEG-4 AVC / MPEG-4 part 10 (VDPAU acceleration) </p></td><td><p> E </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> HuffYUV </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> HuffYUV FFmpeg variant </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> IBM Ultimotion </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> fourcc: ULTI
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> id Cinematic video </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Used in Quake II.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> id RoQ video </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Used in Quake III, Jedi Knight 2, other computer games.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> IFF ILBM </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> IFF interlaved bitmap
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> IFF ByteRun1 </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> IFF run length encoded bitmap
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Intel H.263 </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Intel Indeo 2 </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Intel Indeo 3 </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Intel Indeo 5 </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Interplay C93 </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Used in the game Cyberia from Interplay.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Interplay MVE video </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Used in Interplay .MVE files.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Karl Morton's video codec </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Codec used in Worms games.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Kega Game Video (KGV1) </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Kega emulator screen capture codec.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> LCL (LossLess Codec Library) MSZH </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> LCL (LossLess Codec Library) ZLIB </p></td><td><p> E </p></td><td><p> E
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> LOCO </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> lossless MJPEG </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Microsoft RLE </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Microsoft Video 1 </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Mimic </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Used in MSN Messenger Webcam streams.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Miro VideoXL </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> fourcc: VIXL
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> MJPEG (Motion JPEG) </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Motion Pixels video </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> MPEG-1 video </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> MPEG-1/2 video XvMC (X-Video Motion Compensation) </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> MPEG-1/2 video (VDPAU acceleration) </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> MPEG-2 video </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> MPEG-4 part 2 </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
libxvidcore can be used alternatively for encoding.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> MPEG-4 part 2 Microsoft variant version 1 </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> MPEG-4 part 2 Microsoft variant version 2 </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> MPEG-4 part 2 Microsoft variant version 3 </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Nintendo Gamecube THP video </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> NuppelVideo/RTjpeg </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Video encoding used in NuppelVideo files.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> On2 VP3 </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> still experimental
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> On2 VP5 </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> fourcc: VP50
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> On2 VP6 </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> fourcc: VP60,VP61,VP62
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> planar RGB </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> fourcc: 8BPS
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Q-team QPEG </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> fourccs: QPEG, Q1.0, Q1.1
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> QuickTime 8BPS video </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> QuickTime Animation (RLE) video </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> fourcc: 'rle '
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> QuickTime Graphics (SMC) </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> fourcc: 'smc '
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> QuickTime video (RPZA) </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> fourcc: rpza
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> R210 Quicktime Uncompressed RGB 10-bit </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Raw Video </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> RealVideo 1.0 </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> RealVideo 2.0 </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> RealVideo 3.0 </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> still far from ideal
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> RealVideo 4.0 </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Renderware TXD (TeXture Dictionary) </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Texture dictionaries used by the Renderware Engine.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> RL2 video </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> used in some games by Entertainment Software Partners
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Sierra VMD video </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Used in Sierra VMD files.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Smacker video </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Video encoding used in Smacker.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> SMPTE VC-1 </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Snow </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> experimental wavelet codec (fourcc: SNOW)
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Sony PlayStation MDEC (Motion DECoder) </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Sorenson Vector Quantizer 1 </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> fourcc: SVQ1
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Sorenson Vector Quantizer 3 </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> fourcc: SVQ3
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Sunplus JPEG (SP5X) </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> fourcc: SP5X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> TechSmith Screen Capture Codec </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> fourcc: TSCC
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Theora </p></td><td><p> E </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> encoding supported through external library libtheora
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Tiertex Limited SEQ video </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Codec used in DOS CD-ROM FlashBack game.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> V210 Quicktime Uncompressed 4:2:2 10-bit </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> VMware Screen Codec / VMware Video </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Codec used in videos captured by VMware.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Westwood Studios VQA (Vector Quantized Animation) video </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Windows Media Video 7 </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Windows Media Video 8 </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Windows Media Video 9 </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> not completely working
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Wing Commander III / Xan </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Used in Wing Commander III .MVE files.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Winnov WNV1 </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> WMV7 </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> YAMAHA SMAF </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Psygnosis YOP Video </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> ZLIB </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> part of LCL, encoder experimental
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Zip Motion Blocks Video </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Encoder works only in PAL8.
</p></td></tr>
</table>
<p><code>X</code> means that encoding (resp. decoding) is supported.
</p>
<p><code>E</code> means that support is provided through an external library.
</p>
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<h2 class="section"> 2.4 Audio Codecs </h2>
<table>
<tr><td><p> Name </p></td><td><p> Encoding </p></td><td><p> Decoding </p></td><td><p> Comments
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> 8SVX audio </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> AAC </p></td><td><p> E </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> encoding supported through external library libfaac
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> AC-3 </p></td><td><p> IX </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> ADPCM 4X Movie </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> ADPCM CDROM XA </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> ADPCM Creative Technology </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> 16 -> 4, 8 -> 4, 8 -> 3, 8 -> 2
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> ADPCM Electronic Arts </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Used in various EA titles.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> ADPCM Electronic Arts Maxis CDROM XS </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Used in Sim City 3000.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> ADPCM Electronic Arts R1 </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> ADPCM Electronic Arts R2 </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> ADPCM Electronic Arts R3 </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> ADPCM Electronic Arts XAS </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> ADPCM G.726 </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> ADPCM IMA AMV </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Used in AMV files
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> ADPCM IMA Electronic Arts EACS </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> ADPCM IMA Electronic Arts SEAD </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> ADPCM IMA Funcom </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> ADPCM IMA QuickTime </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> ADPCM IMA Loki SDL MJPEG </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> ADPCM IMA WAV </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> ADPCM IMA Westwood </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> ADPCM ISS IMA </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Used in FunCom games.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> ADPCM IMA Duck DK3 </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Used in some Sega Saturn console games.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> ADPCM IMA Duck DK4 </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Used in some Sega Saturn console games.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> ADPCM Microsoft </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> ADPCM MS IMA </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> ADPCM Nintendo Gamecube THP </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> ADPCM QT IMA </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> ADPCM SEGA CRI ADX </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Used in Sega Dreamcast games.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> ADPCM Shockwave Flash </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> ADPCM SMJPEG IMA </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Used in certain Loki game ports.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> ADPCM Sound Blaster Pro 2-bit </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> ADPCM Sound Blaster Pro 2.6-bit </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> ADPCM Sound Blaster Pro 4-bit </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> ADPCM Westwood Studios IMA </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Used in Westwood Studios games like Command and Conquer.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> ADPCM Yamaha </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> AMR-NB </p></td><td><p> E </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> encoding supported through external library libopencore-amrnb
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> AMR-WB </p></td><td> </td><td><p> E
</p></td><td><p> decoding supported through external library libopencore-amrwb
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Apple lossless audio </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> QuickTime fourcc 'alac'
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Atrac 1 </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Atrac 3 </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Bink Audio </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Used in Bink and Smacker files in many games.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Delphine Software International CIN audio </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Codec used in Delphine Software International games.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> COOK </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> All versions except 5.1 are supported.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> DCA (DTS Coherent Acoustics) </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> DPCM id RoQ </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Used in Quake III, Jedi Knight 2, other computer games.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> DPCM Interplay </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Used in various Interplay computer games.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> DPCM Sierra Online </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Used in Sierra Online game audio files.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> DPCM Sol </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> DPCM Xan </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Used in Origin's Wing Commander IV AVI files.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> DSP Group TrueSpeech </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> DV audio </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Enhanced AC-3 </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> IX
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> G.729 </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> GSM </p></td><td><p> E </p></td><td><p> E
</p></td><td><p> supported through external library libgsm
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> GSM Microsoft variant </p></td><td><p> E </p></td><td><p> E
</p></td><td><p> supported through external library libgsm
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> IMC (Intel Music Coder) </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> MACE (Macintosh Audio Compression/Expansion) 3:1 </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> MACE (Macintosh Audio Compression/Expansion) 6:1 </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> MLP (Meridian Lossless Packing) </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Used in DVD-Audio discs.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Monkey's Audio </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Only versions 3.97-3.99 are supported.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> MP1 (MPEG audio layer 1) </p></td><td> </td><td><p> IX
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> MP2 (MPEG audio layer 2) </p></td><td><p> IX </p></td><td><p> IX
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> MP3 (MPEG audio layer 3) </p></td><td><p> E </p></td><td><p> IX
</p></td><td><p> encoding supported through external library LAME, ADU MP3 and MP3onMP4 also supported
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> MPEG-4 Audio Lossless Coding (ALS) </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Musepack SV7 </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Musepack SV8 </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Nellymoser Asao </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> PCM A-law </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> PCM mu-law </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> PCM 16-bit little-endian planar </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> PCM 32-bit floating point big-endian </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> PCM 32-bit floating point little-endian </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> PCM 64-bit floating point big-endian </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> PCM 64-bit floating point little-endian </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> PCM D-Cinema audio signed 24-bit </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> PCM signed 8-bit </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> PCM signed 16-bit big-endian </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> PCM signed 16-bit little-endian </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> PCM signed 24-bit big-endian </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> PCM signed 24-bit little-endian </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> PCM signed 32-bit big-endian </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> PCM signed 32-bit little-endian </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> PCM signed 16/20/24-bit big-endian in MPEG-TS </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> PCM unsigned 8-bit </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> PCM unsigned 16-bit big-endian </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> PCM unsigned 16-bit little-endian </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> PCM unsigned 24-bit big-endian </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> PCM unsigned 24-bit little-endian </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> PCM unsigned 32-bit big-endian </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> PCM unsigned 32-bit little-endian </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> PCM Zork </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> QCELP / PureVoice </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> QDesign Music Codec 2 </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> There are still some distortions.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> RealAudio 1.0 (14.4K) </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Real 14400 bit/s codec
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> RealAudio 2.0 (28.8K) </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Real 28800 bit/s codec
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> RealAudio 3.0 (dnet) </p></td><td><p> IX </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Real low bitrate AC-3 codec
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> RealAudio SIPR / ACELP.NET </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Shorten </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Sierra VMD audio </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Used in Sierra VMD files.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Smacker audio </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Sonic </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> experimental codec
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Sonic lossless </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> experimental codec
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Speex </p></td><td> </td><td><p> E
</p></td><td><p> supported through external library libspeex
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> True Audio (TTA) </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> TrueHD </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> Used in HD-DVD and Blu-Ray discs.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> TwinVQ (VQF flavor) </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Vorbis </p></td><td><p> E </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td><td><p> A native but very primitive encoder exists.
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> WavPack </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Westwood Audio (SND1) </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Windows Media Audio 1 </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Windows Media Audio 2 </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Windows Media Audio Pro </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Windows Media Audio Voice </p></td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
</table>
<p><code>X</code> means that encoding (resp. decoding) is supported.
</p>
<p><code>E</code> means that support is provided through an external library.
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<p><code>I</code> means that an integer-only version is available, too (ensures high
performance on systems without hardware floating point support).
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<table>
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</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> SSA/ASS </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> DVB </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> DVD </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> PGS </p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> XSUB </p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
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<h2 class="section"> 2.6 Network Protocols </h2>
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<tr><td><p> Name </p></td><td><p> Support
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<tr><td><p> file </p></td><td><p> X
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<tr><td><p> Gopher </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> HTTP </p></td><td><p> X
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<tr><td><p> pipe </p></td><td><p> X
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<h2 class="section"> 2.7 Input/Output Devices </h2>
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<tr><td><p> Name </p></td><td><p> Input </p></td><td><p> Output
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> ALSA </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
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<tr><td><p> BKTR </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr><td><p> DV1394 </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr><td><p> JACK </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr><td><p> LIBDC1394 </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr><td><p> OSS </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td><p> X
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Video4Linux </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr><td><p> Video4Linux2 </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr><td><p> VfW capture </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr><td><p> X11 grabbing </p></td><td><p> X </p></td><td>
</td></tr>
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<p>BeOS support is broken in mysterious ways.
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<p>Using a cross-compiler is preferred for various reasons.
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<h3 class="subsection"> 3.2.1 DJGPP </h3>
<p>FFmpeg cannot be compiled because of broken system headers, add
<code>--extra-cflags=-U__STRICT_ANSI__</code> to the configure options as a
workaround.
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<h2 class="section"> 3.3 OS/2 </h2>
<p>For information about compiling FFmpeg on OS/2 see
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<h2 class="section"> 3.4 Unix-like </h2>
<p>Some parts of FFmpeg cannot be built with version 2.15 of the GNU
assembler which is still provided by a few AMD64 distributions. To
make sure your compiler really uses the required version of gas
after a binutils upgrade, run:
</p>
<table><tr><td> </td><td><pre class="example">$(gcc -print-prog-name=as) --version
</pre></td></tr></table>
<p>If not, then you should install a different compiler that has no
hard-coded path to gas. In the worst case pass <code>--disable-asm</code>
to configure.
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<h3 class="subsection"> 3.4.1 BSD </h3>
<p>BSD make will not build FFmpeg, you need to install and use GNU Make
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<p>FreeBSD will not compile out-of-the-box due to broken system headers.
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<h3 class="subsection"> 3.4.2 (Open)Solaris </h3>
<p>GNU Make is required to build FFmpeg, so you have to invoke (‘<tt>gmake</tt>’),
standard Solaris Make will not work. When building with a non-c99 front-end
(gcc, generic suncc) add either <code>--extra-libs=/usr/lib/values-xpg6.o</code>
or <code>--extra-libs=/usr/lib/64/values-xpg6.o</code> to the configure options
since the libc is not c99-compliant by default. The probes performed by
configure may raise an exception leading to the death of configure itself
due to a bug in the system shell. Simply invoke a different shell such as
bash directly to work around this:
</p>
<table><tr><td> </td><td><pre class="example">bash ./configure
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<h2 class="section"> 3.5 Windows </h2>
<p>To get help and instructions for building FFmpeg under Windows, check out
the FFmpeg Windows Help Forum at
<a href="http://ffmpeg.arrozcru.org/">http://ffmpeg.arrozcru.org/</a>.
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<h3 class="subsection"> 3.5.1 Native Windows compilation </h3>
<p>FFmpeg can be built to run natively on Windows using the MinGW tools. Install
the latest versions of MSYS and MinGW from <a href="http://www.mingw.org/">http://www.mingw.org/</a>.
You can find detailed installation
instructions in the download section and the FAQ.
</p>
<p>FFmpeg does not build out-of-the-box with the packages the automated MinGW
installer provides. It also requires coreutils to be installed and many other
packages updated to the latest version. The minimum version for some packages
are listed below:
</p>
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<li> bash 3.1
</li><li> msys-make 3.81-2 (note: not mingw32-make)
</li><li> w32api 3.13
</li><li> mingw-runtime 3.15
</li></ul>
<p>FFmpeg automatically passes <code>-fno-common</code> to the compiler to work around
a GCC bug (see <a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=37216">http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=37216</a>).
</p>
<p>Within the MSYS shell, configure and make with:
</p>
<table><tr><td> </td><td><pre class="example">./configure --enable-memalign-hack
make
make install
</pre></td></tr></table>
<p>This will install ‘<tt>ffmpeg.exe</tt>’ along with many other development files
to ‘<tt>/usr/local</tt>’. You may specify another install path using the
<code>--prefix</code> option in ‘<tt>configure</tt>’.
</p>
<p>Notes:
</p>
<ul class="toc">
<li> Building natively using MSYS can be sped up by disabling implicit rules
in the Makefile by calling <code>make -r</code> instead of plain <code>make</code>. This
speed up is close to non-existent for normal one-off builds and is only
noticeable when running make for a second time (for example in
<code>make install</code>).
</li><li> In order to compile FFplay, you must have the MinGW development library
of SDL. Get it from <a href="http://www.libsdl.org">http://www.libsdl.org</a>.
Edit the ‘<tt>bin/sdl-config</tt>’ script so that it points to the correct prefix
where SDL was installed. Verify that ‘<tt>sdl-config</tt>’ can be launched from
the MSYS command line.
</li><li> By using <code>./configure --enable-shared</code> when configuring FFmpeg,
you can build libavutil, libavcodec and libavformat as DLLs.
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<h3 class="subsection"> 3.5.2 Microsoft Visual C++ compatibility </h3>
<p>As stated in the FAQ, FFmpeg will not compile under MSVC++. However, if you
want to use the libav* libraries in your own applications, you can still
compile those applications using MSVC++. But the libav* libraries you link
to <em>must</em> be built with MinGW. However, you will not be able to debug
inside the libav* libraries, since MSVC++ does not recognize the debug
symbols generated by GCC.
We strongly recommend you to move over from MSVC++ to MinGW tools.
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<p>This description of how to use the FFmpeg libraries with MSVC++ is based on
Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition. If you have a different version,
you might have to modify the procedures slightly.
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<h4 class="subsubsection"> 3.5.2.1 Using static libraries </h4>
<p>Assuming you have just built and installed FFmpeg in ‘<tt>/usr/local</tt>’.
</p>
<ol>
<li> Create a new console application ("File / New / Project") and then
select "Win32 Console Application". On the appropriate page of the
Application Wizard, uncheck the "Precompiled headers" option.
</li><li> Write the source code for your application, or, for testing, just
copy the code from an existing sample application into the source file
that MSVC++ has already created for you. For example, you can copy
‘<tt>libavformat/output-example.c</tt>’ from the FFmpeg distribution.
</li><li> Open the "Project / Properties" dialog box. In the "Configuration"
combo box, select "All Configurations" so that the changes you make will
affect both debug and release builds. In the tree view on the left hand
side, select "C/C++ / General", then edit the "Additional Include
Directories" setting to contain the path where the FFmpeg includes were
installed (i.e. ‘<tt>c:\msys\1.0\local\include</tt>’).
Do not add MinGW's include directory here, or the include files will
conflict with MSVC's.
</li><li> Still in the "Project / Properties" dialog box, select
"Linker / General" from the tree view and edit the
"Additional Library Directories" setting to contain the ‘<tt>lib</tt>’
directory where FFmpeg was installed (i.e. ‘<tt>c:\msys\1.0\local\lib</tt>’),
the directory where MinGW libs are installed (i.e. ‘<tt>c:\mingw\lib</tt>’),
and the directory where MinGW's GCC libs are installed
(i.e. ‘<tt>C:\mingw\lib\gcc\mingw32\4.2.1-sjlj</tt>’). Then select
"Linker / Input" from the tree view, and add the files ‘<tt>libavformat.a</tt>’,
‘<tt>libavcodec.a</tt>’, ‘<tt>libavutil.a</tt>’, ‘<tt>libmingwex.a</tt>’,
‘<tt>libgcc.a</tt>’, and any other libraries you used (i.e. ‘<tt>libz.a</tt>’)
to the end of "Additional Dependencies".
</li><li> Now, select "C/C++ / Code Generation" from the tree view. Select
"Debug" in the "Configuration" combo box. Make sure that "Runtime
Library" is set to "Multi-threaded Debug DLL". Then, select "Release" in
the "Configuration" combo box and make sure that "Runtime Library" is
set to "Multi-threaded DLL".
</li><li> Click "OK" to close the "Project / Properties" dialog box.
</li><li> MSVC++ lacks some C99 header files that are fundamental for FFmpeg.
Get msinttypes from <a href="http://code.google.com/p/msinttypes/downloads/list">http://code.google.com/p/msinttypes/downloads/list</a>
and install it in MSVC++'s include directory
(i.e. ‘<tt>C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\include</tt>’).
</li><li> MSVC++ also does not understand the <code>inline</code> keyword used by
FFmpeg, so you must add this line before <code>#include</code>ing libav*:
<table><tr><td> </td><td><pre class="example">#define inline _inline
</pre></td></tr></table>
</li><li> Build your application, everything should work.
</li></ol>
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<h4 class="subsubsection"> 3.5.2.2 Using shared libraries </h4>
<p>This is how to create DLL and LIB files that are compatible with MSVC++:
</p>
<ol>
<li> Add a call to ‘<tt>vcvars32.bat</tt>’ (which sets up the environment
variables for the Visual C++ tools) as the first line of ‘<tt>msys.bat</tt>’.
The standard location for ‘<tt>vcvars32.bat</tt>’ is
‘<tt>C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\bin\vcvars32.bat</tt>’,
and the standard location for ‘<tt>msys.bat</tt>’ is ‘<tt>C:\msys\1.0\msys.bat</tt>’.
If this corresponds to your setup, add the following line as the first line
of ‘<tt>msys.bat</tt>’:
<table><tr><td> </td><td><pre class="example">call "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\bin\vcvars32.bat"
</pre></td></tr></table>
<p>Alternatively, you may start the ‘<tt>Visual Studio 2005 Command Prompt</tt>’,
and run ‘<tt>c:\msys\1.0\msys.bat</tt>’ from there.
</p>
</li><li> Within the MSYS shell, run <code>lib.exe</code>. If you get a help message
from ‘<tt>Microsoft (R) Library Manager</tt>’, this means your environment
variables are set up correctly, the ‘<tt>Microsoft (R) Library Manager</tt>’
is on the path and will be used by FFmpeg to create
MSVC++-compatible import libraries.
</li><li> Build FFmpeg with
<table><tr><td> </td><td><pre class="example">./configure --enable-shared --enable-memalign-hack
make
make install
</pre></td></tr></table>
<p>Your install path (‘<tt>/usr/local/</tt>’ by default) should now have the
necessary DLL and LIB files under the ‘<tt>bin</tt>’ directory.
</p>
</li></ol>
<p>To use those files with MSVC++, do the same as you would do with
the static libraries, as described above. But in Step 4,
you should only need to add the directory where the LIB files are installed
(i.e. ‘<tt>c:\msys\usr\local\bin</tt>’). This is not a typo, the LIB files are
installed in the ‘<tt>bin</tt>’ directory. And instead of adding ‘<tt>libxx.a</tt>’
files, you should add ‘<tt>avcodec.lib</tt>’, ‘<tt>avformat.lib</tt>’, and
‘<tt>avutil.lib</tt>’. There should be no need for ‘<tt>libmingwex.a</tt>’,
‘<tt>libgcc.a</tt>’, and ‘<tt>wsock32.lib</tt>’, nor any other external library
statically linked into the DLLs. The ‘<tt>bin</tt>’ directory contains a bunch
of DLL files, but the ones that are actually used to run your application
are the ones with a major version number in their filenames
(i.e. ‘<tt>avcodec-51.dll</tt>’).
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<p>You must use the MinGW cross compilation tools available at
<a href="http://www.mingw.org/">http://www.mingw.org/</a>.
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<p>Then configure FFmpeg with the following options:
</p><table><tr><td> </td><td><pre class="example">./configure --target-os=mingw32 --cross-prefix=i386-mingw32msvc-
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<p>(you can change the cross-prefix according to the prefix chosen for the
MinGW tools).
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<p>Please use Cygwin 1.7.x as the obsolete 1.5.x Cygwin versions lack
llrint() in its C library.
</p>
<p>Install your Cygwin with all the "Base" packages, plus the
following "Devel" ones:
</p><table><tr><td> </td><td><pre class="example">binutils, gcc4-core, make, subversion, mingw-runtime, texi2html
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<p>to make a static build.
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<p>The current <code>gcc4-core</code> package is buggy and needs this flag to build
shared libraries:
</p>
<table><tr><td> </td><td><pre class="example">./configure --enable-shared --disable-static --extra-cflags=-fno-reorder-functions
</pre></td></tr></table>
<p>If you want to build FFmpeg with additional libraries, download Cygwin
"Devel" packages for Ogg and Vorbis from any Cygwin packages repository:
</p><table><tr><td> </td><td><pre class="example">libogg-devel, libvorbis-devel
</pre></td></tr></table>
<p>These library packages are only available from Cygwin Ports
(<a href="http://sourceware.org/cygwinports/">http://sourceware.org/cygwinports/</a>) :
</p>
<table><tr><td> </td><td><pre class="example">yasm, libSDL-devel, libdirac-devel, libfaac-devel, libfaad-devel, libgsm-devel,
libmp3lame-devel, libschroedinger1.0-devel, speex-devel, libtheora-devel,
libxvidcore-devel
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<p>The recommendation for libnut and x264 is to build them from source by
yourself, as they evolve too quickly for Cygwin Ports to be up to date.
</p>
<p>Cygwin 1.7.x has IPv6 support. You can add IPv6 to Cygwin 1.5.x by means
of the <code>libgetaddrinfo-devel</code> package, available at Cygwin Ports.
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<p>With Cygwin you can create Windows binaries that do not need the cygwin1.dll.
</p>
<p>Just install your Cygwin as explained before, plus these additional
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</p><table><tr><td> </td><td><pre class="example">./configure --target-os=mingw32 --enable-memalign-hack --enable-static --disable-shared --extra-cflags=-mno-cygwin --extra-libs=-mno-cygwin
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