$VideoEncoders

$VideoEncoders

gives the list of available video encoders available for each video container.

Details

  • The list of available video encoders is returned as an association in the form of <|"AVI"->{{enc1,descr1},…},…|>, where enci is an available encoder described by descri.
  • See the tech note for more details about codec support.

Examples

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Basic Examples  (3)

List of video formats that can be encoded:

List of available encoders for a specific format:

List of available video encoders for all formats:

Scope  (3)

Use a supported video encoder when exporting to a video file:

Check the video encoding of the created file:

On some platforms, there might be more than one encoder per codec. Find all H264 encoders:

Check if a specific encoder is available:

Wolfram Research (2020), $VideoEncoders, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$VideoEncoders.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (2020), $VideoEncoders, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$VideoEncoders.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2020. "$VideoEncoders." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$VideoEncoders.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2020). $VideoEncoders. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$VideoEncoders.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_$videoencoders, author="Wolfram Research", title="{$VideoEncoders}", year="2020", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$VideoEncoders.html}", note=[Accessed: 02-August-2025 ]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2025_$videoencoders, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={$VideoEncoders}, year={2020}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$VideoEncoders.html}, note=[Accessed: 02-August-2025 ]}