FourCC (FOURCC) ist eine 4 Zeichen lange Zeichenkette in einer AVI Datei (im Header) .
Der Code wurde von Apple eingeführt und gibt an, in welchem Format die in der Datei enthaltenen Daten vorliegen, bzw. welcher Codec für die Wiedergabe von Bild und Ton verwendet werden muss.

FourCC auslesen

Mit folgendem Open-Source-Tool ist es möglich Details einer Video-Datei auszulesen: https://mediaarea.net/en/MediaInfo

Video abspielen

Wer Probleme beim Abspielen eines Videos hat, sollte den VLC media player versuchen. VLC beinhaltet alle bekannten Codec und kann Videos, auch wenn diese im OS nicht installiert sind, meist von sich aus abspielen. Zudem können im VLC Media-Player auch Informationen zum verwendeten Codec angezeigt werden:

siehe: VLC Media Player

FOURCC-Codes

Code  Beschreibung
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3IV1  MPEG4-based codec of 3IVX
3IV2  MPEG4-based codec of 3IVX
8BPS  RLE codec speichert RGB Image in Quicktime
AASC  Autodesk Animator-Codec
ABYR  Kensington
ADV1  Loronix Wave Codec
ADVJ  Avid M-JPEG (AVRn)
AEMI  Array VideoONE MPEG1-I Capture
AFLC  Autodesk Animator codec
AFLI  Autodesk Animator codec
AJPG  JPEG-based codec (für das Capture div. Digital Cameras)
AMPG  Array VideoONE MPEG1-I Capture
ANIM  Intel - RDX
AP41  AngelPotion Definitive hacked version of Microsoft's MP43 codec.
ASV1  Asus Video Asus Codec (Asus TNT Video Capture adapter)
ASV2  Asus Video (2)
ASVX  Asus Video 2.0
AUR2  AuraVision - Aura 2 Codec - YUV 422
AURA  AuraVision - Aura 1 Codec - YUV 411
AVRn  Avid M-JPEG auch bekannt als ADVJ in Quicktime files.



BINK  Bink Video RAD Game Tools (z.B. in Windows games).
BLZ0  Blizzard MPEG-4 codec verwendet in WarCraft 3 movies.
BT20  Brooktree - MediaStream codec
BT20  Prosumer Video Conexant Codec
BTCV  Brooktree - Composite Video codec
BW10  Broadway MPEG Capture/Compression für hardware-based MPEG compression system.



CC12  Intel - YUV12 codec
CDVC  Canopus - DV codec
CFCC  DPS Perception Digital Processing Systems Native format
CGDI  Camcorder Video Microsoft AVI format
CHAM  Caviara Champagne Winnov ?
CJPG  WebCam JPEG Creative Labs Used by Creative Video Blaster Webcam Go control.
CMYK  Uncompressed CMYK Colorgraph Uncompressed 32bpp CMYK as used in printing processes.
CPLA  Weitek - 4:2:0 YUV Planar
CRAM  Microsoft Video 1 Microsoft Allegedly identical to MSVC.
CSCD  CamStudio Codec RenderSoft
CVID  Supermac - Cinepak
CWLT  Color WLT DIB Microsoft
CYUV  YUV kompression



D261  H.261 DEC Presumably now owned by Intel.
davc  MPEG-4/H.264 Dicas H.264/MPEG-4 AVC base profile codec.
DCL1  Data Connection Conferencing Codec Data Connection Ltd.
DIV3  DivX MPEG-4 DivX Low motion codec
DIV4  DivX MPEG-4 DivX Fast motion codec
DIV5  DivX MPEG-4 Codec
DIVX  DivX MPEG-4 Codec OpenDivx
DM4V  MPEG-4 Dicas MPEG4 codec kompatibel mit DivX4 and 5.
dmb1  Matrox Hardware codec (Matrox Rainbow Runner video capture product)
DMB2  MJPEG codec verwendet von Paradigm.
DMK2  Movies generiert von ViewSonic V36 PDA
DSVD  DV Codec
DUCK  Duck Corp. - TrueMotion 1.0
DUCK  TrueMotion S Duck Corporation
dv25  DVCPRO Matrox SMPTE 314M 25Mb/s compressed video.  
dv50  DVCPRO50 Matrox SMPTE 314M 50Mb/s compressed video.
DVAN  Pinnacle miroVideo DV300 SW only codec
DVC   Apple QuickTime DV (DVCPRO PAL)
DVCP  Apple QuickTime DV (DVCPRO PAL)
DVCS  DV Video Microsoft
DVE2  DVE-2 Videoconferencing Codec InSoft
dvh1  Pinnacle DVHD100
dvhd  50Mbps Consumer DV Microsoft
dvsd  25Mbps Consumer DV Pinnacle Systems
DVSD  DV Video Microsoft
dvsl  12.5Mbps DV Microsoft
DVX1  DVX1000SP Video Decoder Lucent
DVX2  DVX2000S Video Decoder Lucent
DVX3  DVX3000S Video Decoder Lucent
DX50  DivX MPEG-4
DXGM  Electronic Arts
DXT1  DirectX Compressed Texture (1bit alpha channel)
DXT2  DirectX Compressed Texture
DXT3  DirectX Compressed Texture (4bit alpha channel)
DXT4  DirectX Compressed Texture
DXT5  DirectX Compressed Texture (3bit alpha channel with interpolation)
DXTC  DirectX Texture Compression
DXTC  DirectX Texture Compression
DXTn  DirectX Compressed Texture Microsoft
DX50  Divx 5.0 Mpeg4-Codec divX-Networks

EKQ0  Elsa Quick Codec
ELK0  Elsa Codec used by some Elsa graphics cards.
EM2V  Etymonix MPEG-2 Video Etymonix HIgh quality
ESCP  Escape Eidos Technologies Codec
ETV1  eTreppid Video Codec eTreppid Technologies
ETV2  eTreppid Video Codec eTreppid Technologies
ETVC  eTreppid Video Codec eTreppid Technologies



FFV1  FFMPEG Codec Michael Niedermayer A lossless video codec
FLJP  D-Vision - Field Encoded Motion JPEG With LSI Bitstream Format
FLJP  Field Encoded Motion JPEG D-Vision Field
FRWA  Forward Motion JPEG with alpha channel SoftLab-Nsk A
FRWD  Forward Motion JPEG SoftLab-Nsk
FVF1  Fractal Video Frame Iterated Systems  



GJPG  GT891x Codec Grand Tech
GLZW  Motion LZW GIF-like codec written by gabest@freemail.hu.
GPEG  Motion JPEG gabest@freemail.hu Motion JPEG codec written by gabest@freemail.hu.
GWLT  Greyscale WLT DIB Microsoft 8bpp greyscale image.



H.263 format video ist für POTS-based videoconferencing.
H260  Intel - Conferencing codec
H260  through H269 ITU H.26n Intel Conferencing codecs
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
HFYU  Huffman Lossless Codec
HMCR  Rendition Motion Compensation Format
HMRR  Rendition Motion Compensation Format



I263  Intel - I263
i263  ITU H.263 Intel PictureWorks NetCard Player
I420  Intel - Indeo 4 codec
IAN   Intel - RDX
IAN   Indeo 4 Codec Intel  
ICLB  InSoft - CellB Videoconferencing codec
ICLB  CellB Videoconferencing Codec InSoft
IGOR  Power DVD
IJPG  Intergraph JPEG Intergraph Intergraph's version of a JPEG codec
ILVC  Intel - Layered Video
ILVC  Layered Video Intel
ILVR  ITU-T - H.263+ compression standard
ILVR  ITU H.263+ Codec
IPDV  Giga AVI DV Codec I-O Data Device, Inc.
IR21  Indeo 2.1 Intel Old Indeo codec
IRAW  Intel - YUV uncompressed
IRAW  Intel Uncompressed UYUV Intel
IV30  Intel - Indeo Video 3 codec
IV30  IV39 Indeo 3 Ligos
IV31  Intel - Indeo Video 3.1 codec
IV32  Intel - Indeo Video 3 codec
IV32  Indeo 3.2 Ligos
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
IV40  IV49 Indeo Interactive Ligos
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
IV50  Indeo Interactive Ligos Version 5.0



JBYR  Kensington
JPEG  JPEG Still Image Microsoft
JPGL  JPEG Light



KMVC  Karl Morton's Video Codec



L261  Lead H.26 Lead Technologies
L263  Lead H.263 Lead Technologies
LCMW  Motion CMW Codec Lead Technologies
LEAD  LEAD Video Codec Lead Technologies
LGRY  Grayscale Image Lead Technologies
LJ2K  Lead JPEG 2000 Lead Technologies  
Ljpg  LEAD MJPEG Codec Lead Technologies
LZO1  Lempel-Ziv-Oberhumer Codec Markus Oberhumer lossles



M261  H.261 Microsoft Redmond's codec
M263  H.263 Microsoft Redmond's codec
m4cc  MPEG-4 Divio  
M4S2  MPEG-4
MC12  Motion Compensation Format
MCAM  Motion Compensation Format
MJ2C  Motion JPEG 2000 Morgan
MJPG  Motion JPEG Motion JPEG video
mJPG  Motion JPEG including Huffman
MMES  MPEG-2 ES Matrox Matrox MPEG-2 video elementary stream
MP2A  Eval download Media Excel MPEG-2 Audio
MP2T  Eval download Media Excel MPEG-2 Transport Stream
MP2V  Eval download Media Excel MPEG-2 Video
MP42  Microsoft - MPEG-4 Video Codec V2
MP43  MPEG-4
MP4A  Eval download Media Excel MPEG-4 Audio
MP4S  MPEG-4
MP4T  Eval download Media Excel MPEG-4 Transport Stream
MP4V  Eval download Media Excel MPEG-4 Video
MPEG  Chromatic - MPEG 1 Video I Frame
MPEG  MPEG video - presumably MPEG I
MPG4  MPEG-4
MPGI  MPEG Sigma Designs Editable MPEG codec
MRCA  FAST Multimedia - Mrcodec
MRCA  Mrcodec FAST Multimedia
MRLE  Microsoft - Run Length Encoding
MRLE  Microsoft RLE Microsoft Run length encoded RGB format from Microsoft
MSVC  Microsoft - Video 1
MSVC  Microsoft Video 1
MSZH  AVImszh Kenji Oshima
MVI1  Motion Pixels MVI1 Codec
MVI2  Motion Pixels MVI2 Codec
MWV1  Aware Motion Wavelets Aware Inc.



NHVU  NVidia Texture Format
NTN1  Nogatech - Video Compression 1
NTN1  Video Compression 1 Nogatech/Zoran
NTN2  Video Compression 2 Nogatech/Zoran An evolution of NTN1.
NVDS  NVidia Texture Format NVidia  
NVHS  NVidia Texture Format NVidia

NVS0 - NVS5  NVidia
NVT0 - NVT5  NVidia



PDVC  DVC codec I-O Data Device, Inc.
PGVV  Radius Video Vision Radius
PHMO  Photomotion IBM
PIM1  Pinnacle Systems MPEG-1 based codec
PIM2  Pinnacle Systems Pinnacle DC1000
pimj  Pegasus Lossless JPEG Pegasus
PIXL  Video XL Pinnacle Systems
PVEZ  PowerEZ Horizons Technology TrueMotion based codec
PVMM  PacketVideo Corporation MPEG-4
PVW2  Pegasus Wavelet 2000 Compression Pegasus Imaging


QPEG  QPEG Q-Team Q-Team Dr.Knabe's 8-bit output codec
qpeq  Q-Team - QPEG 1.1 Format video codec



raw   unkomprimierte RGB bitmaps
RGBT  Computer Concepts - 32 bit support
rle   Apple Animation Apple
RLE   Run Length Encoder Microsoft
RLE4  4bpp Run Length Encoder Microsoft  
RLE8  8bpp Run Length Encoder Microsoft
RMP4  MPEG-4 AS Profile Codec Sigma Designs
RPZA  Apple Video Apple RGB555 block-based codec
RT21  Intel - Indeo 2.1 codec
RT21  Real Time Video 2.1 Intel
rv20  RealVideo G2 Real RealVideo G2
rv30  RealVideo 8 Real  
RV40  RealVideo 10
RVX   Intel - RDX
RVX   RDX Intel



s422  VideoCap C210
SAN3  DivX 3
SDCC  Sun Communications - Digital Camera Codec
SDCC  Digital Camera Codec Sun Communications
SEDG  Samsung MPEG-4
SFMC  Crystal Net - SFM Codec
SFMC  Surface Fitting Method CrystalNet
SMC   Apple Graphics Apple 8-bit
SMSC  Radius - proprietary
SMSD  Radius - proprietary
smsv  Wavelet Video WorldConnect
SP40  SunPlus
SP44  SunPlus
SP54  SunPlus
SPIG  Spigot Radius  
SPLC  Splash Studios - ACM audio codec
SQZ2  Microsoft - VXtreme Video Codec V2
STVA  ST CMOS Imager Data (Bayer)
STVB  ST CMOS Imager Data (Nudged Bayer)
STVC  ST CMOS Imager Data (Bunched).
STVX  ST CMOS Imager Data (Extended CODEC Data Format)
STVY  ST CMOS Imager Data (Extended CODEC Data Format with Correction Data)
SV10  Sorenson - Video R1
SVQ1  Sorenson Video 1
SVQ3  Sorenson Video 3



TLMS  TeraLogic - Motion Intraframe Codec
TLMS  Motion Intraframe Codec TeraLogic
TLST  TeraLogic - Motion Intraframe Codec
TLST  Motion Intraframe Codec TeraLogic
TM20  Duck Corp. - TrueMotion 2.0
TM20  TrueMotion 2.0 Duck Corporation  
TM2X  TrueMotion 2X Duck Corporation
TMIC  TeraLogic - Motion Intraframe Codec
TMIC  Motion Intraframe Codec TeraLogic
TMOT  Horizons Technology - TrueMotion Video Compression Algorithm
TMOT  TrueMotion S Horizons Technology
TR20  Duck Corp. - TrueMotion RT 2.0
TR20  TrueMotion RT 2.0 Duck Corporation Realtime version of TrueMotion.
TSCC  TechSmith Screen Capture Codec Techsmith Corp
TV10  Tecomac Low-Bit Rate Codec Tecomac, Inc. ?
TVJP  Pinnacle/Truevision Used by the Targa 2000 board.
TVMJ  Pinnacle/Truevision Used by the Targa 2000 board.
TY0N  Trident Microsystems  
TY2C  Trident Decompression Driver Trident Microsystems
TY2N  Trident Microsystems



UCOD ClearVideo eMajix.com Fractal compression-based video codec
ULTI Ultimotion IBM Corp.



V210  10-bit 4:2:2 Component YCbCr AJA Video Systems
V261  Lucent VX2000S Lucent
V422  Vitec Multimedia - 24 bit YUV 4:2:2 format
V655  Vitec Multimedia - 16 bit YUV 4:2:2 format
V655  YUV 4:2:2 Vitec
VCR1  ATI - VCR 1.0
VCR1-9  ATI Video Codec 1 ATI Technologies Codec
VDCT  VideoMaker Pro DIB Vitec Multimedia 16bpp format
VDOM  VDOWave VDONet Another streaming video format from VDONet
VDOW  VDOLive VDONet H.263 internet streaming video format.
VDTZ  VideoTizer YUV Codec Darim Vision Co.
VGPX  VideoGramPix Alaris Alaris VGPixel 32-bit AVI compression driver
VIDS  Vitec Multimedia YUV 4:2:2 CCIR 601 für V422
VIFP  VFAPI Codec
VIVO  Vivo - H.263 Video Codec
VIVO  Vivo H.263 Vivo Software
VIXL  Miro Computer Products AG
VIXL  Video XL Miro (now part of Pinnacle Systems)
VLV1  Videologic - VLCAP.DRV
VLV1  VideoLogic Codec
VP30  VP3 On2
VP31  VP31 On2
VP40  VP40 On2
VP50  VP50 On2
VP60  VP60 On2
VP61  VP61 On2
VP62  VP62 On2
VQC1  VideoQuest Codec 1
VQC2  VideoQuest Codec 2
vssv  VSS Video Vanguard Software Solutions
VX1K  VX1000S Video Codec Lucent
VX2K  VX2000S Video Codec Lucent
VXSP  VX1000SP Video Codec Lucent ?
VYU9  ATI YUV ATI Technologies Planar YUV format
VYUY  ATI YUV ATI Technologies Packed YUV format



WBVC  Winbond Electronics - W9960
WBVC  W9960 Winbond Electronics
WHAM  Microsoft Video 1 Microsoft
WINX  Winnov Software Compression
WJPG  Winbond JPEG
WMV1  Windows Media Video 7 Microsoft  
WMV2  Windows Media Video 8 Microsoft  
WMV3  Windows Media Video 9 Microsoft
WNV1  Winnov Hardware Compression  



x263  Xirlink Another H.263 codec.
X264  XiWave H.264 XiWave  
XLV0  NetXL, Inc. - XL Video Decoder
XLV0  XL Video Decoder NetXL Inc.
XMPG  XING MPEG XING Corporation Editable
XVID  XVID MPEG-4 XVID Codec
XWV9  XiWave Video Codec



Y411 YUV 4:1:1 Microsoft
Y41P Brooktree YUV 4:1:1 Conexant
Y8   Grayscale video
YC12 Intel - YUV12 codec
YC12 YUV 12 codec Intel ?
YUV  Codec Tekram International YUV422
YUV8  Winnov, Inc.
YUV8  Caviar YUV8 Winnov
YUV9  Intel - YUV9
YUY2  Raw, uncompressed YUV 4:2:2 Microsoft  
YUYV  Canopus - YUYV compressor
YUYV  Canopus Compressed YUV format.
YV16 YUV 4:2:2 Planar Elecard Uncompressed format
YV92  Intel Codec



ZLIB  A generic lossless codec
ZPEG  Metheus - Video Zipper
ZyGo ZyGoVideo ZyGo Digital Video codec