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FourCC Last modified: Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Short for four character code, FourCC is a sequence of four byte characters that identifies data formats. The the FourCC of a video tells Windows that codec the video contains. FourCC is most commonly associated as the identifier for Microsoft's AVI format, however FourCC is used by other formats as well. Examples of registered FOURCC codes include the following: CC12 (Intel Corporation) Intel YUV12 codec DIVX (DivXNetworks, Inc.) DivX video codec. DXTC (Microsoft Corporation) DirectX texture compression. JPEG (Microsoft Corporation) Still image JPEG. MP2V (Media Excel Inc.) MPEG-2 video. YU92 (Intel Corporation) YUV format.
Registered FOURCC Codes and WAVE Formats This Microsoft document lists all the registered FOURCC codes and WAVE format GUIDs used to identify audio and video formats in multimedia applications.	Related Categories Data Compression Data Formats Multimedia Related Terms AVI character codec container format data file file format MPEG Video for Windows wavelet wavelet compression wrapper Shopping Four Products Compare Products,Prices and Stores Shop by Category: Lighting 50313 Store Offers Pets 1278 Store Offers Office Supplies 2027 Store Offers Sport and Outdoor 42213 Store Offers Clothing 31764 Store Offers