Introduction

A digital video is a computer file called container.
In this file we find:
Limitations :

Video codec

The following table lists the video codecs which ffDiaporama can use to generate videos:

Codec
Name
WIKIPEDIA/Remark
MPJEP
Motion JPEG
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_JPEG
MPEG2
MPEG-2 video
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPEG-2
MPEG4
DivX/XVid/MPEG-4
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xvid
H264HQ
High Quality H.264 AVC/MPEG-4 AVC
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.264/MPEG-4_AVC
Remark : FfDiaporama uses two h264 preset specifically designed for ffDiaporama. They contain different combinations of h264 parameters: High Quality for "Home Cinema" devices and "Phone Quality" for mobile devices. (Both preset files are placed in the directory of the binary of ffDiaporama.)
H264PQ Phone Quality H.264 AVC/MPEG-4 AVC
VP8
WebP (WebM-VP8)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebP
H263
Sorenson H.263
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.263
THEORA
Theora VP3
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theora

Audio codec

The following table lists the audio codecs which ffDiaporama can use to generate videos:

Codec
Name
WIKIPEDIA
PCM
WAV / PCM signed 16-bit little-endian
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulse-code_modulation
MP3
MPEG-1/2 Audio Layer III
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP3
AAC-LC
Advanced Audio Codec
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Audio_Coding
AC3
Dolby Digital
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolby_Digital
VORBIS
Vorbis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorbis
MP2
MPEG-1 Layer II
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPEG-2
AMR
Adaptive Multi-Rate
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptive_Multi-Rate_audio_codec

Container

The following table lists the containers which ffDiaporama can use to generate videos, as well as the available audio and video codecs for every container:

Extension
Nom
Codecs vidéo
Codecs Audio
WIKIPEDIA
3GP
3GP
MPEG4, H264HQ/H264PQ
AMR
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3GP_and_3G2
AVI
Audio Video Interleave
MJPEG, MPEG2, MPEG4, H264HQ/H264PQ
PCM, MP2, MP3, AAC, AC3
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_Video_Interleave
MKV
Matroska file format
MPEG4, H264HQ/H264PQ, THEORA
PCM, MP3, AAC, AC3, VORBIS
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matroska
MJPEG
Motion JPEG
MJPEG
PCM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_JPEG
MP4
MPEG-4 Part 14
MPEG4, H264HQ/H264PQ
MP3, AAC
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPEG-4_Part_14
MPEG
MPEG program stream
MPEG2 MP2
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPEG_program_stream
WEBM
WebM
VP8
VORBIS
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebM
FLV
Flash file format 2005
H263
MP3
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Flash
Flash file format 2008
H264HQ/H264PQ AAC
OGV
Ogg
THEORA
VORBIS
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogg

See also



ffDiaporama 1.0 - July 2011