Editing List of codecs (section)

===Lossy compression===
* [[Discrete cosine transform]] (DCT, used in [[Betacam#Digital Betacam|Digital Betacam]]<ref>{{cite book
|title=Portable Video: ENG & EFP
|last1=Medoff |first1=Norman |last2=Fink |first2=Edward J.
|page=221 |date=September 10, 2012 |publisher=CRC Press |isbn=9781136047701
}}</ref> and most of the video codecs listed below)

====General====
* ITU-T/ISO/IEC standards:
** [[H.120]]
** [[H.261]] (a.k.a. Px64)
*** [[FFmpeg]] H.261 ([[libavcodec]])
*** Microsoft H.263
** MPEG-1 Part 2 ([[MPEG-1]] Video)
*** [[FFmpeg]]
*** [[MainConcept]] MPEG-1
*** [[TMPGEnc]]
** [[H.262/MPEG-2 Part 2]] (MPEG-2 Video)
*** [[Canopus Corporation|Canopus]] [[ProCoder]]
*** Cinema Craft Encoder
*** [[FFmpeg]]
*** [[InterVideo]] Video Decoder
*** MainConcept MPEG-2
*** Microsoft H.263
*** [[TMPGEnc]]
** [[H.263]]
*** [[FFmpeg]] H.263 ([[libavcodec]])
** [[MPEG-4 Part 2]] (MPEG-4 Advanced Simple Profile)
*** [[3ivx]]
*** [[DivX]]
*** [[libavcodec]]
*** [[HDX4]]
*** [[Nero Digital]]
*** [[Xvid]]
** [[H.264/MPEG-4 AVC]] or MPEG-4 Part 10 (MPEG-4 Advanced Video Coding), approved for [[Blu-ray]]
*** [[CoreAVC]] (decoder only; limited to below Hi10P profile)
*** [[MainConcept]]
*** [[Nero Digital]]
*** [[QuickTime|QuickTime H.264]]
*** Sorenson AVC Pro codec, [[Sorenson codec|Sorenson]]'s new implementation
*** [[OpenH264]] (baseline profile only)
*** [[x264]] (encoder only; supports some of Hi422P and Hi444PP features)
*** FFmpeg (decoder only)
** MPEG-4 AVC variants:
*** [[Internet Video Coding#History|MPEG-4 Web Video Coding]] or MPEG-4 Part 29{{snd}} a subset of MPEG-4 AVC baseline profile
*** [[XAVC]]
** [[HEVC]] (High Efficiency Video Coding, H.265, MPEG-H part 2)
*** [[x265]] (encoder only)
** [[Versatile Video Coding]] (H.266, VVC)
*** VVC Test Model (VTM reference software for VVC; open source)
*** Fraunhofer Versatile Video Decoder (open source; decoder only)
*** Fraunhofer Versatile Video Encoder (open source; encoder only)
*** FFmpeg (decoder only)
** [[Internet Video Coding#History|Video Coding for Browsers (VCB)]]/[[VP8]] (MPEG-4 Part 31, ISO/IEC 14496-31, RFC 6386)
*** [[libvpx]]
*** FFmpeg
**[[Internet Video Coding]] (ISO/IEC 14496-33, MPEG-4 IVC)
** [[Essential Video Coding]] (EVC; MPEG-5 Part 1; under-development)
*** eXtra-fast Essential Video Encoder (open source; encoder only)
*** eXtra-fast Essential Video Decoder (open source; decoder only)
* IETF Internet Draft ([[NETVC]])
** xvc<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-samuelsson-netvc-xvc-01|title=The xvc video codec|first=J. and P. Hermansson|last=Samuelsson|date=July 2, 2018|website=datatracker.ietf.org}}</ref>
*** Divideon's reference implementation (open source)
** [[Thor (video codec)|Thor]]<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-fuldseth-netvc-thor-03|title=Thor Video Codec|date=October 31, 2016|website=tools.ietf.org|last1=Fuldseth|first1=Arild|last2=Bjontegaard|first2=Gisle|last3=Midtskogen|first3=Steinar|last4=Davies|first4=Thomas|last5=Zanaty|first5=Mo}}</ref> (forms the basis of AV1)
*** [[Cisco]]'s reference implementation (open source)
* SMPTE standards:
** [[VC-1]] (SMPTE 421M, subset of [[Windows Media Video]])
*** FFmpeg (decoder only)
** [[Dirac (codec)|Dirac]] (SMPTE 2042-1)
*** Schrödinger
*** dirac-research
*** FFmpeg (decoder only)
* [[Alliance for Open Media]]
** [[AV1]] (AOMedia Video 1)
*** [[AV1#Software implementations|libaom]]
*** SVT-AV1
*** rav1e (encoder only)
*** dav1d (decoder only)
*** libgav1 (decoder only)
* [[Xiph.Org Foundation]]
** [[Daala]] (under development, basis (alongside other formats) of AV1)
*** libdaala (open source)
** [[Theora]] (based on [[VP3]])
*** FFmpeg (decoding only)
*** libtheora (open source)
* [[Apple Video]] (Apple RPZA)
** [[QuickTime]]
** [[FFmpeg]]
* [[FORscene#Blackbird|Blackbird]] FORscene video codec
* [[FORscene#Codecs|Firebird]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.forbidden.co.uk/demos/live/|title=Live demonstration|work=Forbidden}}</ref> Original FORscene video codec
* [[Digital Video Interactive]] standards:
** RTV 2.1 (a.k.a. [[Indeo]] 2)
*** FFmpeg (decoder only)
** PLV (Production Level Video)
*** ActionMedia II driver (decoder only)
* [[Indeo]] 3<ref>[http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/formats/fdd/fdd000065.shtml Indeo Video Codec, Version 3] [[Library of Congress]]</ref>/4/5<ref>[http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/formats/fdd/fdd000085.shtml Indeo Video Codec, Version 5] [[Library of Congress]]</ref>
** FFmpeg (decoder only)
* [[Microsoft Video 1]] (MSV1, MS-CRAM, based on MotiVE)
** FFmpeg (decoder only)
* [[Open Media Commons]] standards:
** [[OMS Video]] (based on [[H.261]])
* [[On2 Technologies]] TrueMotion [[VP3]]/VP4, [[VP5]], [[VP6]], [[VP7]]; under the name ''The Duck Corporation'': [[TrueMotion S]], TrueMotion 2, TrueMotion RT 2.0
** FFmpeg (decoder only)
* [[RealVideo]] 1, G2, 8, 9 and 10
** FFmpeg
** RealMedia HD SDK
* RealVideo Fractal Codec (a.k.a. Iterated Systems ClearVideo)
** FFmpeg (decoder only)
* [[RealVideo#RV60|RealMedia HD]] (a.k.a. RealVideo 11 or RV60)
** RealMedia HD SDK
** FFmpeg (decoder only)
* [[Snow (codec)|Snow]] Wavelet Codec
* [[Sorenson Video]],<ref>[http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/formats/fdd/fdd000066.shtml Sorenson Video Codec, Version 3] [[Library of Congress]]</ref> [[Sorenson Spark]]
** FFmpeg
* [[VP9]] by Google; [[VP10]] was not released and instead was integrated into AV1
** [[libvpx]]
** FFmpeg
* [[Windows Media Video]] (WMV)
** WAX (Part of the Windows Media Series)
** FFmpeg
* [[Guobiao standards]] (GB/T)
** [[Audio Video Standard|Audio Video Standard (AVS)]]
*** AVS1-P2 (GB/T 20090.2-2006) - used in [[China Blue High-definition Disc]].
**** FFmpeg (decoding only)
*** AVS1-P7 (AVS-M; under-development)
*** AVS2-P2 (GB/T 33475.2-2016, IEEE 1857.4 (draft))
**** uAVS2 Encoder
**** xavs2 (encoder only)
**** davs2 (libdavs2; decoder only)
*** AVS3-P2 (draft, IEEE1857.10)
**** uavs3e (encoder only)
**** uavs3d (decoder only)

==== AI-based / AI-enhanced video codecs ====
* AIVC<ref name="masv-aivc">[https://massive.io/file-transfer/what-is-ai-video-compression/ What Is AI Video Compression?]. MASV. January 5, 2023</ref>
* Deep Render codec<ref>[https://www.ibc.org/features/streamers-look-to-ai-to-crack-the-codec-code/11060.article Streamers look to AI to crack the codec code]. [[International Broadcasting Convention]]. 25 June 2024</ref><ref>[https://intelignite.com/intel-ignite-selects-startups-for-spring-23-cohorts/ Intel Ignite Selects Startups for Spring ’23 Cohorts]. Intel</ref>
* MPAI
** AI-Enhanced Video Coding ([[Essential Video Coding#MPAI-EVC|MPAI-EVC]]; under development)
** AI-based End-to-End Video Coding (MPAI-EEV; under development)

====Scalable / Layered====
VP8,<ref name="webrtc-svc">[https://w3c.github.io/webrtc-svc/#operational-model Scalable Video Coding (SVC) Extension for WebRTC - 4. Operational model], [[World Wide Web Consortium]], September 26, 2020</ref> VP9,<ref name="webrtc-svc"/> AV1,<ref name="webrtc-svc"/> and [[Versatile Video Coding|H.266/VVC]] support scalable modes by default.

* ITU-T/ISO/IEC standards:
** Scalable Video Coding (H.264/SVC; H.264/MPEG-4 AVC Annex G; an extension of [[Advanced Video Coding|H.264/MPEG-4 AVC]])
** Scalable High Efficiency Video Coding (SHVC; an extension of [[High Efficiency Video Coding|H.265/HEVC]])
** Low Complexity Enhancement Video Coding ([[LCEVC]]; MPEG-5 Part 2)
*** LCEVC Decoder SDK (open source; decoder only)
*** V-Nova LCEVC SDK
* SMPTE standards
** VC-4 Layered Video Extension (SMPTE ST 2058-1:2011)

====Intra-frame-only====
* [[Motion JPEG]]
** [[FFmpeg]]
** Morgan Multimedia M-JPEG<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.morgan-multimedia.com/morgan/php/products.php?sProductId=4 | title=M-JPEG Codec | publisher=Morgan Multimedia | location=[[Montpellier]], [[France]] | access-date=April 28, 2018 }}</ref>
** Pegasus PICVideo M-JPEG
** MainConcept M-JPEG
* ISO/IEC standard
** [[Motion JPEG 2000]] (ISO/IEC 15444-3, ITU-T T.802)
*** libopenjpeg
*** FFmpeg
*** Morgan Multimedia M-JPEG2000<ref>{{cite web | url=http://morgan-multimedia.com/morgan/php/products.php?sProductId=5 | title=M-JPEG2000 Codec | publisher=Morgan Multimedia | location=Montpellier, France | access-date=April 28, 2018 }}</ref>
*** Morgan Multimedia dcpPlayer (decoder only)<ref>{{cite web | url=http://morgan-multimedia.com/products.php?sProductId=1 | title=dcpPlayer | publisher=Morgan Multimedia | location=Montpellier, France | access-date=April 28, 2018 }}</ref>
** [[JPEG XS]] (ISO/IEC 21122) Lightweight Low latency video codec
*** intoPIX fastTICO-XS<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.intopix.com/fasttico-xs-sdks| title=FastTICO-XS Codec | publisher=intoPIX | location=Mont-Saint-Guibert, Belgium}}</ref>
** [[DV (video format)|DV]] (IEC 61834)
*** FFmpeg
** [[MPEG-4 Part 2#Simple Studio Profile (SStP)|MPEG-4 SStP]] (ISO/IEC 14496-2)
*** FFmpeg<ref>[http://ffmpeg.org/pipermail/ffmpeg-cvslog/2018-April/113234.html FFmpeg-cvslog - mpeg4video: Add support for MPEG-4 Simple Studio Profile.], FFmpeg Project, April 2, 2018</ref>
** Motion [[JPEG XR]] (ISO/IEC 29199-3, ITU-T T.833)
** Animated [[JPEG XL]] (ISO/IEC 18181)
*** libjxl<ref>[https://www.phoronix.com/news/FFmpeg-Animated-JPEG-XL FFmpeg Adds Support For Animated JPEG-XL], Phoronix, June 8, 2023</ref>
* IETF Internet Draft
** [[Advanced Professional Video]] (AVP)<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-lim-apv-00|title=Advance Professional Video|date=March 1, 2024|website=datatracker.ietf.org}}</ref>
*** OpenAPV (open source)
*** FFmpeg (decoder only)
* [[ProRes 422|Apple ProRes 422/4444]]
** FFmpeg
* [[Apple Intermediate Codec]]
** FFmpeg (decoder only)
* Apple [[Pixlet]]
** FFmpeg (decoder only)
* [[AVC-Intra]] <!--SMPTE RP 2027:2012 ?-->
** x264 (encoder only)
** FFmpeg (decoder only)
* [[AVC-Intra#AVC-Ultra|AVC-Ultra]]{{snd}} a subset of MPEG-4 AVC Hi444PP profile
* XAVC-I
* [[CineForm]] HD
** CineForm-SDK {{snd}} developed by [[GoPro]] (open source)
** FFmpeg
* SMPTE standard
** [[VC-2]] SMPTE standard (a.k.a. Dirac Pro. SMPTE ST 2042)
*** Schrödinger
*** dirac-research
*** VC-2 Reference Encoder and Decoder {{snd}} developed by [[BBC]] (open source)
*** FFmpeg (the encoder only supports VC-2 HQ profile)
** [[VC-3]] SMPTE standard (SMPTE ST 2019)
*** Avid [[DNxHD]]
*** [[FFmpeg]]
** [[CineForm|VC-5]] SMPTE standard (SMPTE ST 2073; a superset of CineForm HD)
** [[VC-6]] SMPTE standard (SMPTE ST 2117-1)
*** V-Nova VC-6 SDK
* [[Grass Valley (company)|Grass Valley]] HQ/HQA/HQX
** Grass Valley Codec Option
** FFmpeg (decoder only)
* [[NewTek]] NT25
* [[NewTek]] SpeedHQ - used in [[Network Device Interface]] (NDI) protocol
** NewTek Codec<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170503095127/http://ftp.newtek.com/pub/download/Utilities/Notes/NewTek_Codec_Notes.htm NewTek Codec Notes] NewTek</ref>
** FFmpeg

====Stereoscopic 3D / Multiview====
* [[Multiview Video Coding]]
* Multiview High Efficiency Video Coding (MV-HEVC; an extension of H.265/HEVC)
** FFmpeg (decoder only)

==== Security and surveillance cameras ====
* [[Guobiao standards]] (GB/T)
** AVS-S-P2 (suspended<ref>[http://www.avs.org.cn/english/achievement.asp Achievement], Audio Video Coding Standard Workgroup of China</ref>)
** SVAC (GB/T 25724-2010)
* Infinity CCTV Codec (IMM4/IMM5/IMM6)
** FFmpeg<ref>[http://ffmpeg.org/pipermail/ffmpeg-cvslog/2018-August/114851.html FFmpeg-cvslog - avcodec: add IMM4 decoder], FFmpeg Project, August 21, 2018</ref><ref>[http://ffmpeg.org/pipermail/ffmpeg-cvslog/2019-August/118783.html FFmpeg-cvslog - avcodec: add IMM5 decoder], FFmpeg Project, August 29, 2019</ref> (IMM4 and IMM5 decoder only)

==== CD-ROM or CD-related video codecs ====
* [[CDXL]] codec
** FFmpeg (decoder only)
* [[Cinepak]]<ref>[http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/formats/fdd/fdd000064.shtml Cinepak] [[Library of Congress]]</ref> (a.k.a. Apple Compact Video)
** FFmpeg
* [[Photo CD]] codec
** FFmpeg (decoder only)
* [[MovieCD|MotionPixels]] - used in MovieCD
** FFmpeg (decoder only)
* [[CD+G]] (CD+Graphics) codec
** FFmpeg (decoder only)
** VLC (decoder only)
* [[CD+G#Improvements|CD+EG]] (CD+Extended Graphics) codec

==== Network video codecs ====
* SMPTE RDD
** LLVC (Low Latency Video Codec; SMPTE RDD 34) - used in Networked Media Interface (NMI; SMPTE RDD 40)
* [[High Efficiency Video Coding#Screen content coding extensions|HEVC-SCC]] (Screen Content Coding Extensions)
** FFmpeg (decoder only)
* ZRLE (RFC 6143 7.7.6) - used by [[Virtual Network Computing|VNC]]
* [[Sun Microsystems]]'s CellB video ([[RTP payload formats|RTP playload type]] 25) - used in [[Oracle Solaris|Solaris]]'s SunVideo Plus<ref>[https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19125-01/video.plus13/805-2682-12/6j2iol6rn/index.html SunVideo Plus for PCI User's Guide - Audio Video Conferencing]. Oracle</ref> and [[Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory]]'s vic (Video Conferencing Tool)<ref>[https://ee.lbl.gov/vic/CHANGES.html vic: Change History]. [[Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory]]</ref>
* [[PARC (company)|Xerox PARC]]'s Network Video (nv; [[RTP payload formats|RTP playload type]] 28) - used in Xerox's nv and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's vic (Video Conferencing Tool)
* [[CU-SeeMe]] video codec
* [[GoToMeeting]] codec
** FFmpeg (decoder only)
* Microsoft
** [[RemoteFX]] codec<ref>[https://winprotocoldoc.z19.web.core.windows.net/MS-RDPRFX/%5BMS-RDPRFX%5D.pdf Remote Desktop Protocol: RemoteFX Codec Extension]. Microsoft</ref><ref name="ietf-draft-vdi">[https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ma-appsawg-vdi-survey-00 Survey of Virtual Desktop Infrastructure System  draft-ma-appsawg-vdi-survey-00]. IETF. May 13, 2011</ref> (used in MS-RDPRFX, an extension of [[Remote Desktop Protocol]])
** NSCodec Bitmap Codec<ref>[https://winprotocoldoc.z19.web.core.windows.net/MS-RDPNSC/%5BMS-RDPNSC%5D.pdf Remote Desktop Protocol: NSCodec Extension]. Microsoft</ref><ref name="ietf-draft-vdi"/> (used in MS-RDPNSC, an extension of Remote Desktop Protocol)

==== Screen capture video codecs ====
* Microsoft Camcorder Video (based on the [[Graphics Device Interface|GDI]] interface) - used in [[Microsoft Office 97]]'s Microsoft Camcorder
* VMnc VMware screen codec<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wiki.multimedia.cx/index.php?title=VMNC|title=VMware Video|work=multimedia.cx}}</ref> (based on the [[RFB (protocol)|RFB protocol]] of [[VNC]]<ref name="cert-vmnc">[https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/444513 VMware VMnc AVI video codec image height heap overflow]. Carnegie Mellon University</ref>) - used by [[VMware Workstation]]
** vmnc.dll<ref name="cert-vmnc"/>
** FFmpeg (decoder only)

==== Bayer/Compressed RAW video codecs ====
* [[CinemaDNG]] (created by Adobe; used in [[Blackmagic Design|Blackmagic]] cameras)
* Redcode RAW (used in [[Red Digital Cinema Camera Company|RED cameras]]){{snd}} a modified version of JPEG 2000<ref>[http://peter.schlaile.de/redcode/ libredcode]</ref>
** libredcode
* [[Arri Alexa#ArriRaw|ArriRaw]] (used in [[Arri]] cameras)
* [[Cineform]] RAW (used in [[Silicon Imaging]] cameras)
** CineForm-SDK
* Blackmagic RAW (used in [[Blackmagic Design|Blackmagic]] cameras)
** Blackmagic RAW SDK
* Cintel RAW (used in [[Cintel]] Scanner<ref>[https://documents.blackmagicdesign.com/UserManuals/BlackmagicCintelManual.pdf Cintel Scanner] p.35. Blackmagic Design. May, 2020.</ref>)
** FFmpeg (decoder only)
* [[Apple ProRes]] RAW
* intoPIX TICO RAW<ref>[https://www.redsharknews.com/intopix-tico-raw-is-a-format-with-huge-potential intoPIX Tico Raw is a format with a huge potential]</ref>
** intoPIX fastTICO-RAW SDK & TICO-RAW FPGA/ASIC libraries<ref>[https://www.intopix.com/tico-raw intoPIX Tico Raw]</ref>
* Canon CRX - used in Canon Cinema Raw Light movie
** Canon RAW Plugin for Avid Media Access
** LibRaw (decoder only; open source)
* Sony X-OCN

====Video games====
* [[Bink Video]], [[Smacker video]]
** FFmpeg
** libavcodec
* [[Nintendo]] [[Nintendo European Research & Development#Mobiclip video codecs|Mobiclip]] video codec
** FFmpeg (decoder only)
* [[CRI Middleware|CRI]] [[CRI Middleware#CRI Sofdec|Sofdec]] codec - a MPEG variant with 11-bit DC and color space correction;<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110929213359/http://www.cri-mw.co.jp/product/column/2nt4hm0000001kot.html 独自コーデックを搭載したニンテンドーDS版Sofdec] {{in lang|ja}} CRI Middleware, May 11, 2006</ref> used in Sofdec middleware
* CRI P256 - used in Sofdec middleware for Nintendo DS<ref>[http://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/20070419/cri.htm CRI・ミドルウェア、ゲーム開発者向けブログ「CRIチャンネル」を開設] {{in lang|ja}} Impress Watch Corporation, April 19, 2007</ref>
* [[Indeo]] Video Interactive (aka Indeo 4/5) - used in PC games for [[Microsoft Windows]]
** FFmpeg (decoder only)
** Intel Indeo Video

====Real-time====
* [[RivaTuner]] video codec (RTV1/RTV2)
** FFmpeg (RTV1 decoder only)
* Hap/Hap Alpha/Hap Q
** VIDVOX hap codec
** FFmpeg
* DXV Codec
** Resolume DXV Codec
** FFmpeg
* NotchLC
** FFmpeg (decoder only)
* VESA Display Stream Compression (DSC)
* VESA Display Compression-M (VDC-M)