| File | formats: | |
| D. | = Demuxing supported | |
| .E | = Muxing supported | |
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| D/E | extension | explain |
| D | 3dostr | 3DO STR |
| E | 3g2 | 3GP2 (3GPP2 file format) |
| E | 3gp | 3GP (3GPP file format) |
| D | 4xm | 4X Technologies |
| E | a64 | a64 - video for Commodore 64 |
| D | aa | Audible AA format files |
| D | aac | raw ADTS AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) |
| DE | ac3 | raw AC-3 |
| D | acm | Interplay ACM |
| D | act | ACT Voice file format |
| D | adf | Artworx Data Format |
| D | adp | ADP |
| D | ads | Sony PS2 ADS |
| E | adts | ADTS AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) |
| DE | adx | CRI ADX |
| D | aea | MD STUDIO audio |
| D | afc | AFC |
| DE | aiff | Audio IFF |
| D | aix | CRI AIX |
| DE | alaw | PCM A-law |
| D | alias_pix | Alias/Wavefront PIX image |
| DE | amr | 3GPP AMR |
| D | anm | Deluxe Paint Animation |
| D | apc | CRYO APC |
| D | ape | Monkey's Audio |
| DE | apng | Animated Portable Network Graphics |
| D | aqtitle | AQTitle subtitles |
| DE | asf | ASF (Advanced / Active Streaming Format) |
| D | asf_o | ASF (Advanced / Active Streaming Format) |
| E | asf_stream | ASF (Advanced / Active Streaming Format) |
| DE | ass | SSA (SubStation Alpha) subtitle |
| DE | ast | AST (Audio Stream) |
| DE | au | Sun AU |
| DE | avi | AVI (Audio Video Interleaved) |
| D | avisynth | AviSynth script |
| E | avm2 | SWF (ShockWave Flash) (AVM2) |
| D | avr | AVR (Audio Visual Research) |
| D | avs | AVS |
| D | bethsoftvi | d Bethesda Softworks VID |
| D | bfi | Brute Force & Ignorance |
| D | bfstm | BFSTM (Binary Cafe Stream) |
| D | bin | Binary text |
| D | bink | Bink |
| DE | bit | G.729 BIT file format |
| D | bmp_pipe | piped bmp sequence |
| D | bmv | Discworld II BMV |
| D | boa | Black Ops Audio |
| D | brender_pi | x BRender PIX image |
| D | brstm | BRSTM (Binary Revolution Stream) |
| D | c93 | Interplay C93 |
| E | caca | caca (color ASCII art) output device |
| DE | caf | Apple CAF (Core Audio Format) |
| DE | cavsvideo | raw Chinese AVS (Audio Video Standard) video |
| D | cdg | CD Graphics |
| D | cdxl | Commodore CDXL video |
| D | cine | Phantom Cine |
| D | concat | Virtual concatenation script |
| E | crc | CRC testing |
| E | dash | DASH Muxer |
| DE | data | raw data |
| DE | daud | D-Cinema audio |
| D | dcstr | Sega DC STR |
| D | dds_pipe | piped dds sequence |
| D | dfa | Chronomaster DFA |
| DE | dirac | raw Dirac |
| DE | dnxhd | raw DNxHD (SMPTE VC-3) |
| D | dpx_pipe | piped dpx sequence |
| D | dsf | DSD Stream File (DSF) |
| D | dshow | DirectShow capture |
| D | dsicin | Delphine Software International CIN |
| D | dss | Digital Speech Standard (DSS) |
| DE | dts | raw DTS |
| D | dtshd | raw DTS-HD |
| DE | dv | DV (Digital Video) |
| D | dvbsub | raw dvbsub |
| D | dvbtxt | dvbtxt |
| E | dvd | MPEG-2 PS (DVD VOB) |
| D | dxa | DXA |
| D | ea | Electronic Arts Multimedia |
| D | ea_cdata | Electronic Arts cdata |
| DE | eac3 | raw E-AC-3 |
| D | epaf | Ensoniq Paris Audio File |
| D | exr_pipe | piped exr sequence |
| DE | f32be | PCM 32-bit floating-point big-endian |
| DE | f32le | PCM 32-bit floating-point little-endian |
| E | f4v | F4V Adobe Flash Video |
| DE | f64be | PCM 64-bit floating-point big-endian |
| DE | f64le | PCM 64-bit floating-point little-endian |
| DE | ffm | FFM (FFserver live feed) |
| DE | ffmetadata | FFmpeg metadata in text |
| E | fifo | FIFO queue pseudo-muxer |
| D | film_cpk | Sega FILM / CPK |
| DE | filmstrip | Adobe Filmstrip |
| DE | flac | raw FLAC |
| D | flic | FLI/FLC/FLX animation |
| DE | flv | FLV (Flash Video) |
| E | framecrc | framecrc testing |
| E | framehash | Per-frame hash testing |
| E | framemd5 | Per-frame MD5 testing |
| D | frm | Megalux Frame |
| D | fsb | FMOD Sample Bank |
| DE | g722 | raw G.722 |
| DE | g723_1 | raw G.723.1 |
| D | g729 | G.729 raw format demuxer |
| D | gdigrab | GDI API Windows frame grabber |
| D | genh | GENeric Header |
| DE | gif | GIF Animation |
| DE | gsm | raw GSM |
| DE | gxf | GXF (General eXchange Format) |
| DE | h261 | raw H.261 |
| DE | h263 | raw H.263 |
| DE | h264 | raw H.264 video |
| E | hash | Hash testing |
| E | hds | HDS Muxer |
| DE | hevc | raw HEVC video |
| E | hls | Apple HTTP Live Streaming |
| D | hls,appleh | ttp Apple HTTP Live Streaming |
| D | hnm | Cryo HNM v4 |
| DE | ico | Microsoft Windows ICO |
| D | idcin | id Cinematic |
| D | idf | iCE Draw File |
| D | iff | IFF (Interchange File Format) |
| DE | ilbc | iLBC storage |
| DE | image2 | image2 sequence |
| DE | image2pipe | piped image2 sequence |
| D | ingenient | raw Ingenient MJPEG |
| D | ipmovie | Interplay MVE |
| E | ipod | iPod H.264 MP4 (MPEG-4 Part 14) |
| DE | ircam | Berkeley/IRCAM/CARL Sound Format |
| E | ismv | ISMV/ISMA (Smooth Streaming) |
| D | iss | Funcom ISS |
| D | iv8 | IndigoVision 8000 video |
| DE | ivf | On2 IVF |
| D | ivr | IVR (Internet Video Recording) |
| D | j2k_pipe | piped j2k sequence |
| DE | jacosub | JACOsub subtitle format |
| D | jpeg_pipe | piped jpeg sequence |
| D | jpegls_pip | e piped jpegls sequence |
| D | jv | Bitmap Brothers JV |
| E | latm | LOAS/LATM |
| D | lavfi | Libavfilter virtual input device |
| D | libgme | Game Music Emu demuxer |
| D | libmodplug | ModPlug demuxer |
| D | live_flv | live RTMP FLV (Flash Video) |
| D | lmlm4 | raw lmlm4 |
| D | loas | LOAS AudioSyncStream |
| DE | lrc | LRC lyrics |
| D | lvf | LVF |
| D | lxf | VR native stream (LXF) |
| DE | m4v | raw MPEG-4 video |
| E | matroska | Matroska |
| D | matroska,w | ebm Matroska / WebM |
| E | md5 | MD5 testing |
| D | mgsts | Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes |
| DE | microdvd | MicroDVD subtitle format |
| DE | mjpeg | raw MJPEG video |
| D | mjpeg_2000 | raw MJPEG 2000 video |
| E | mkvtimesta | mp_v2 extract pts as timecode v2 format, as defined by mkvtoolnix |
| DE | mlp | raw MLP |
| D | mlv | Magic Lantern Video (MLV) |
| D | mm | American Laser Games MM |
| DE | mmf | Yamaha SMAF |
| E | mov | QuickTime / MOV |
| D | mov,mp4,m4 | a,3gp,3g2,mj2 QuickTime / MOV |
| E | mp2 | MP2 (MPEG audio layer 2) |
| DE | mp3 | MP3 (MPEG audio layer 3) |
| E | mp4 | MP4 (MPEG-4 Part 14) |
| D | mpc | Musepack |
| D | mpc8 | Musepack SV8 |
| DE | mpeg | MPEG-1 Systems / MPEG program stream |
| E | mpeg1video | raw MPEG-1 video |
| E | mpeg2video | raw MPEG-2 video |
| DE | mpegts | MPEG-TS (MPEG-2 Transport Stream) |
| D | mpegtsraw | raw MPEG-TS (MPEG-2 Transport Stream) |
| D | mpegvideo | raw MPEG video |
| DE | mpjpeg | MIME multipart JPEG |
| D | mpl2 | MPL2 subtitles |
| D | mpsub | MPlayer subtitles |
| D | msf | Sony PS3 MSF |
| D | msnwctcp | MSN TCP Webcam stream |
| D | mtaf | Konami PS2 MTAF |
| D | mtv | MTV |
| DE | mulaw | PCM mu-law |
| D | musx | Eurocom MUSX |
| D | mv | Silicon Graphics Movie |
| D | mvi | Motion Pixels MVI |
| DE | mxf | MXF (Material eXchange Format) |
| E | mxf_d10 | MXF (Material eXchange Format) D-10 Mapping |
| E | mxf_opatom | MXF (Material eXchange Format) Operational Pattern Atom |
| D | mxg | MxPEG clip |
| D | nc | NC camera feed |
| D | nistsphere | NIST SPeech HEader REsources |
| D | nsv | Nullsoft Streaming Video |
| E | null | raw null video |
| DE | nut | NUT |
| D | nuv | NuppelVideo |
| E | oga | Ogg Audio |
| DE | ogg | Ogg |
| E | ogv | Ogg Video |
| DE | oma | Sony OpenMG audio |
| E | opus | Ogg Opus |
| D | paf | Amazing Studio Packed Animation File |
| D | pam_pipe | piped pam sequence |
| D | pbm_pipe | piped pbm sequence |
| D | pcx_pipe | piped pcx sequence |
| D | pgm_pipe | piped pgm sequence |
| D | pgmyuv_pip | e piped pgmyuv sequence |
| D | pictor_pip | e piped pictor sequence |
| D | pjs | PJS (Phoenix Japanimation Society) subtitles |
| D | pmp | Playstation Portable PMP |
| D | png_pipe | piped png sequence |
| D | ppm_pipe | piped ppm sequence |
| D | psd_pipe | piped psd sequence |
| E | psp | PSP MP4 (MPEG-4 Part 14) |
| D | psxstr | Sony Playstation STR |
| D | pva | TechnoTrend PVA |
| D | pvf | PVF (Portable Voice Format) |
| D | qcp | QCP |
| D | qdraw_pipe | piped qdraw sequence |
| D | r3d | REDCODE R3D |
| DE | rawvideo | raw video |
| D | realtext | RealText subtitle format |
| D | redspark | RedSpark |
| D | rl2 | RL2 |
| DE | rm | RealMedia |
| DE | roq | raw id RoQ |
| D | rpl | RPL / ARMovie |
| D | rsd | GameCube RSD |
| DE | rso | Lego Mindstorms RSO |
| DE | rtp | RTP output |
| E | rtp_mpegts | RTP/mpegts output format |
| DE | rtsp | RTSP output |
| DE | s16be | PCM signed 16-bit big-endian |
| DE | s16le | PCM signed 16-bit little-endian |
| DE | s24be | PCM signed 24-bit big-endian |
| DE | s24le | PCM signed 24-bit little-endian |
| DE | s32be | PCM signed 32-bit big-endian |
| DE | s32le | PCM signed 32-bit little-endian |
| DE | s8 | PCM signed 8-bit |
| D | sami | SAMI subtitle format |
| DE | sap | SAP output |
| D | sbg | SBaGen binaural beats script |
| E | sdl,sdl2 | SDL2 output device |
| D | sdp | SDP |
| D | sdr2 | SDR2 |
| E | segment | segment |
| D | sgi_pipe | piped sgi sequence |
| D | shn | raw Shorten |
| D | siff | Beam Software SIFF |
| E | singlejpeg | JPEG single image |
| D | sln | Asterisk raw pcm |
| DE | smjpeg | Loki SDL MJPEG |
| D | smk | Smacker |
| E | smoothstre | aming Smooth Streaming Muxer |
| D | smush | LucasArts Smush |
| D | sol | Sierra SOL |
| DE | sox | SoX native |
| DE | spdif | IEC 61937 (used on S/PDIF - IEC958) |
| E | spx | Ogg Speex |
| DE | srt | SubRip subtitle |
| D | stl | Spruce subtitle format |
| E | stream_seg | ment,ssegment streaming segment muxer |
| D | subviewer | SubViewer subtitle format |
| D | subviewer1 | SubViewer v1 subtitle format |
| D | sunrast_pi | pe piped sunrast sequence |
| D | sup | raw HDMV Presentation Graphic Stream subtitles |
| D | svag | Konami PS2 SVAG |
| E | svcd | MPEG-2 PS (SVCD) |
| DE | swf | SWF (ShockWave Flash) |
| D | tak | raw TAK |
| D | tedcaption | s TED Talks captions |
| E | tee | Multiple muxer tee |
| D | thp | THP |
| D | tiertexseq | Tiertex Limited SEQ |
| D | tiff_pipe | piped tiff sequence |
| D | tmv | 8088flex TMV |
| DE | truehd | raw TrueHD |
| DE | tta | TTA (True Audio) |
| D | tty | Tele-typewriter |
| D | txd | Renderware TeXture Dictionary |
| DE | u16be | PCM unsigned 16-bit big-endian |
| DE | u16le | PCM unsigned 16-bit little-endian |
| DE | u24be | PCM unsigned 24-bit big-endian |
| DE | u24le | PCM unsigned 24-bit little-endian |
| DE | u32be | PCM unsigned 32-bit big-endian |
| DE | u32le | PCM unsigned 32-bit little-endian |
| DE | u8 | PCM unsigned 8-bit |
| E | uncodedfra | mecrc uncoded framecrc testing |
| D | v210 | Uncompressed 4:2:2 10-bit |
| D | v210x | Uncompressed 4:2:2 10-bit |
| D | vag | Sony PS2 VAG |
| DE | vc1 | raw VC-1 video |
| DE | vc1test | VC-1 test bitstream |
| E | vcd | MPEG-1 Systems / MPEG program stream (VCD) |
| D | vfwcap | VfW video capture |
| D | vivo | Vivo |
| D | vmd | Sierra VMD |
| E | vob | MPEG-2 PS (VOB) |
| D | vobsub | VobSub subtitle format |
| DE | voc | Creative Voice |
| D | vpk | Sony PS2 VPK |
| D | vplayer | VPlayer subtitles |
| D | vqf | Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) TwinVQ |
| DE | w64 | Sony Wave64 |
| DE | wav | WAV / WAVE (Waveform Audio) |
| D | wc3movie | Wing Commander III movie |
| E | webm | WebM |
| E | webm_chunk | WebM Chunk Muxer |
| DE | webm_dash_ | manifest WebM DASH Manifest |
| E | webp | WebP |
| D | webp_pipe | piped webp sequence |
| DE | webvtt | WebVTT subtitle |
| D | wsaud | Westwood Studios audio |
| D | wsd | Wideband Single-bit Data (WSD) |
| D | wsvqa | Westwood Studios VQA |
| DE | wtv | Windows Television (WTV) |
| DE | wv | raw WavPack |
| D | wve | Psion 3 audio |
| D | xa | Maxis XA |
| D | xbin | eXtended BINary text (XBIN) |
| D | xmv | Microsoft XMV |
| D | xvag | Sony PS3 XVAG |
| D | xwma | Microsoft xWMA |
| D | yop | Psygnosis YOP |
| DE | yuv4mpegpi | pe YUV4MPEG pipe |
