List of open-source codecs
This is a listing of open source multimedia codecs and containers.
- Ogg - Created by the Xiph Foundation
- See also OGM, which is a fork of ogg
- Matroska - .mkv & .mka files
- x264 - H.264 (MPEG-4 part 10) implementation
- Xvid - MPEG-4, competes with Divx
- Theora - Based off VP3, part of the Ogg Project
- Dirac - Wavelet based codec created by the BBC
- 3ivx - MPEG-4
- Vorbis - Lossy compression, part of ogg project
- Speex - Intended for low bitrate compression, primarily voice
- Musepack - An attempt to replicate the MP3 format
- FLAC - Lossless compression
Text Codecs
(generally used for subtitles/closed captioning)