List of codecs explained

The following is a list of compression formats and related codecs.

Audio compression formats

See main article: Audio coding format.

Non-compression

Lossless compression

Lossy compression

General/Speech hybrid

Neural audio codecs

General

AES3
Bluetooth
Digital radio

Voice

See main article: Speech coding. (low bit rate, optimized for speech)

Microsoft DirectPlay

Those codecs are used by many PC games which use voice chats via Microsoft DirectPlay API.

Digital Voice Recorder
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Professional mobile radio
Military

Video games

Text compression formats

Video compression formats

See main article: Video coding format.

Analog signals

Lossless video compression

Lossless game codecs

Lossy compression

General

AI-based / AI-enhanced video codecs

Scalable / Layered

VP8,[67] VP9,[67] AV1,[67] and H.266/VVC support scalable modes by default.

Intra-frame-only

Stereoscopic 3D / Multiview

Security and surveillance cameras

CD-ROM or CD-related video codecs

Network video codecs

Bayer video codecs

Video games

Real-time

See also

Notes and References

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  8. https://www.phoronix.com/news/FFmpeg-7.1-Released FFmpeg 7.1 Released With VVC Decoder Promoted To Stable, Vulkan H.264/H.265 Encode
  9. https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-spiritdsp-ipmr-01 IPMR Speech Codec - draft-spiritdsp-ipmr-01.txt
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  22. https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-valin-celt-codec-02 Constrained-Energy Lapped Transform (CELT) Codec - draft-valin-celt-codec-02
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  27. 3GPP (2008-12-18) 3GPP TS 26.273 - AMR-WB+ speech Codec; version 8.0.0 Release 8, retrieved 2009-09-09
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  34. https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/class-AudioClip.html Audio Clip
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  49. Web site: MagicYUV – Lossless video codec.
  50. Web site: ScreenPressor by Infognition - lossless video codec for screen capture. infognition.com.
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  61. http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/formats/fdd/fdd000065.shtml Indeo Video Codec, Version 3
  62. http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/formats/fdd/fdd000085.shtml Indeo Video Codec, Version 5
  63. http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/formats/fdd/fdd000066.shtml Sorenson Video Codec, Version 3
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