List all supported Audio/Video encoders with FFmpeg

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The -encoders flag will print a list of supported audio/video and generally data generating encoders. You can use grep to filter out rows of text that does not fit the grep regular expression.

Encoders:
 V..... = Video
 A..... = Audio
 S..... = Subtitle
 .F.... = Frame-level multithreading
 ..S... = Slice-level multithreading
 ...X.. = Codec is experimental
 ....B. = Supports draw_horiz_band
 .....D = Supports direct rendering method 1

An example of video encoders (items on the list that starts with V)

 V..... libsvtav1            SVT-AV1 encoder
 V..... wmv1                 Windows Media Video 7
 V..... wmv2                 Windows Media Video 8

An example of audio encoders (items on the list that starts with A)

 A....D aac                  AAC (Advanced Audio Coding)
 A....D alac                 ALAC (Apple Lossless Audio Codec)
 A..... alac_at              alac (AudioToolbox) (codec alac)

An example of subtitle encoders (items on the list that starts with S)

 S..... ssa                  ASS (Advanced SubStation Alpha) subtitle (codec ass)
 S..... ass                  ASS (Advanced SubStation Alpha) subtitle
 S..... dvbsub               DVB subtitles (codec dvb_subtitle)
 S..... srt                  SubRip subtitle (codec subrip)
  • by Elad Gariany <elad@gariany.com>
  • Updated on: November 22, 2024
  • tags: #metadata #no-video 
# get a list of audio/video/subtitle 'encoders'
ffmpeg -hide_banner -encoders

# grep only audio encoders
ffmpeg -hide_banner -encoders | grep "^ A"

# grep only video encoders
ffmpeg -hide_banner -encoders | grep "^ V"