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$VideoDecoders

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

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$VideoDecoders

$VideoDecoders

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

Details

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

Examples

Basic Examples  (3)

List of video formats that can be decoded:

List of available decoders for a specific container:

List of available video decoders for all formats:

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

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

CMS

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

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

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_$videodecoders, author="Wolfram Research", title="{$VideoDecoders}", year="2020", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$VideoDecoders.html}", note=[Accessed: 13-August-2025]}

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@online{reference.wolfram_2025_$videodecoders, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={$VideoDecoders}, year={2020}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$VideoDecoders.html}, note=[Accessed: 13-August-2025]}