H.264 / AVC
The most widely used video codec. Excellent compatibility across all devices and...
H.265 / HEVC
Successor to H.264 with ~50% better compression. Widely used for 4K video. Requi...
AV1
Modern royalty-free codec by Alliance for Open Media. Best compression efficienc...
VP9
Royalty-free codec by Google. Used by YouTube for HD streaming. Good alternative...
VP8
Early royalty-free codec by Google. Used in WebM. Decent quality, good compatibi...
MPEG-2 Video
Standard codec for DVD and digital broadcast TV. Good quality at moderate bitrat...
MPEG-4 Part 2 (DivX/Xvid)
Early internet video codec popular for video files before H.264. Used by DivX an...
DV (Digital Video)
Digital video codec used in consumer and prosumer camcorders. Intraframe compres...
MJPEG (Motion JPEG)
Compresses each video frame as a separate JPEG image. Used in older cameras and ...
WMV / VC-1
Microsoft's video codec. VC-1 is the standardized version used in Blu-ray. Good ...
Apple ProRes
Professional production codec series (Proxy, LT, Standard, HQ, 4444, XQ). Visual...
Avid DNxHR/DNxHD
Professional intermediate codec by Avid. DNxHR extends DNxHD to support resoluti...
CineForm
Visually lossless intermediate codec acquired by GoPro. Supports resolutions up ...
H.263
Early video conferencing codec. Used for video calls and 3G mobile video. Low qu...
Theora
Royalty-free codec by Xiph.Org Foundation. Used in Ogg container. Quality compar...