What are all codecs and formats supported by FFmpeg

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I need a list of codecs and formats supported by FFmpeg  Where can I find it

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ffmpeg -codecs   should give you all the info about the codecs available   You will see some letters next to the codecs   Codecs   D        Decoding supported   E       Encoding supported    V      Video codec    A      Audio codec    S      Subtitle codec     I     Intra frame-only codec      L    Lossy compression       S   Lossless compression

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The formats and codecs supported by your build of ffmpeg can vary due the version  how it was compiled  and if any external libraries  such as libx264  were supported during compilation   Formats  muxers and demuxers    List all formats   ffmpeg -formats   Display options specific to  and information about  a particular muxer   ffmpeg -h muxer matroska   Display options specific to  and information about  a particular demuxer   ffmpeg -h demuxer gif   Codecs  encoders and decoders    List all codecs   ffmpeg -codecs   List all encoders   ffmpeg -encoders   List all decoders   ffmpeg -decoders   Display options specific to  and information about  a particular encoder   ffmpeg -h encoder mpeg4   Display options specific to  and information about  a particular decoder   ffmpeg -h decoder aac   Reading the results  There is a key near the top of the output that describes each letter that precedes the name of the format  encoder  decoder  or codec      ffmpeg -encoders       Encoders   V        Video  A        Audio  S        Subtitle   F       Frame-level multithreading    S      Slice-level multithreading     X     Codec is experimental      B    Supports draw horiz band       D   Supports direct rendering method 1  ------        V S    mpeg4                MPEG-4 part 2   In this example V S    indicates that the encoder mpeg4 is a Video encoder and supports Slice-level multithreading   Also see  What is a codec and how does it differ from a format

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Codecs proper   ffmpeg -codecs   Formats   ffmpeg -formats

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You can see the list of supported codecs in the official documentation   Supported video codecs  Supported audio codecs

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