AV1
Modern royalty-free codec by Alliance for Open Media. Best compression efficiency. Used by YouTube,
📋CineForm
Visually lossless intermediate codec acquired by GoPro. Supports resolutions up to 8K and HDR with r
📋Avid DNxHR/DNxHD
Professional intermediate codec by Avid. DNxHR extends DNxHD to support resolutions from SD to 8K.
📋DV (Digital Video)
Digital video codec used in consumer and prosumer camcorders. Intraframe compression with moderate q
📋H.263
Early video conferencing codec. Used for video calls and 3G mobile video. Low quality by modern stan
📋H.264 / AVC
The most widely used video codec. Excellent compatibility across all devices and platforms. Good com
📋H.265 / HEVC
Successor to H.264 with ~50% better compression. Widely used for 4K video. Requires more processing
📋MJPEG (Motion JPEG)
Compresses each video frame as a separate JPEG image. Used in older cameras and surveillance systems
📋MPEG-2 Video
Standard codec for DVD and digital broadcast TV. Good quality at moderate bitrates. Superseded by H.
📋MPEG-4 Part 2 (DivX/Xvid)
Early internet video codec popular for video files before H.264. Used by DivX and Xvid. Now consider
📋Apple ProRes
Professional production codec series (Proxy, LT, Standard, HQ, 4444, XQ). Visually lossless, designe
📋Theora
Royalty-free codec by Xiph.Org Foundation. Used in Ogg container. Quality comparable to MPEG-4 Part
📋VP8
Early royalty-free codec by Google. Used in WebM. Decent quality, good compatibility, now superseded
📋VP9
Royalty-free codec by Google. Used by YouTube for HD streaming. Good alternative to H.265 without li
📋WMV / VC-1
Microsoft's video codec. VC-1 is the standardized version used in Blu-ray. Good compression but limi