- x : not worked
- o: worked (able to open in quicktime but need conversion)
- oo: worked well (preview worked but wrong aspect ratio)
- ooo: worked very well (preview worked, and aspect ratio’s right)
(Codecs are extracted from https://web.archive.org/web/20120722124832/http://opencv.willowgarage.com/wiki/QuickTimeCodecs )
| FourCC | Result | Codec Name | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| ‘3IV2' | x | 3ivx D4 4.5.1 | Compresses an image into 3ivx D4 format. |
| ‘8BPS' | o | Apple Planar RGB | Compresses images in the Planar RGB format. |
| ‘SVQ1' | o | Sorenson Video™ Compressor | Compresses video using the Sorenson Video™ V2.30.302 compressor from Sorenson™ Media, Inc. |
| ‘SVQ3' | o | Sorenson Video 3 Compressor | Compresses video using the Sorenson Video® 3 SE V 3.3.302 compressor from Sorenson® Media, Inc. |
| ‘WRLE' | o | Apple BMP | Compresses images in the BMP format. |
| ‘XVID' | x | XviD | Decompresses video stored in XviD format. |
| ‘avc1' | ooo | H.264 Encoder | Compresses video to the H.264 format. |
| ‘cvid' | o | Apple Cinepak | Compresses images using Apple Computer's Cinepak compression algorithm |
| ‘dv5n' | oo | Apple DVCPRO50 - NTSC | Compresses an image to DVCPRO50 NTSC format. |
| ‘dv5p' | oo | Apple DVCPRO50 - PAL | Compresses an image to DVCPRO50 PAL format. |
| 'dvc ‘ | oo | Apple DV/DVCPRO - NTSC | Compresses an image to DV/DVCPRO NTSC format. |
| ‘dvcp' | oo | Apple DV - PAL | Compresses an image to DV PAL format. |
| ‘dvpp' | oo | Apple DVCPRO - PAL | Compresses an image to DVCPRO PAL format. |
| ‘h261’ | o (but small) | Apple H.261 | Compresses images using H.261 compression algorithm |
| ‘h263’ | ooo (but small) | H.263 | Compresses images using H.263 compression algorithm |
| ‘jpeg' | ooo | Apple Photo - JPEG | Compresses images using the ISO standard baseline JPEG algorithm |
| ‘mjp2' | o | JPEG 2000 Encoder | Compresses images to the JPEG 2000 JP2 format. |
| ‘mjpa' | o | Apple Motion JPEG A | Compresses images compressed using Motion JPEG Format A |
| ‘mjpb' | o | Apple Motion JPEG B | Compresses images compressed using Motion JPEG Format B |
| ‘mp4v' | ooo | Apple MPEG4 Compressor | Compresses images using MPEG4 compression algorithm |
| 'png ‘ | o | Apple PNG | Compresses images in the PNG format. |
| ‘pxlt' | o | Apple Pixlet Video | Apple Pixlet Video Info |
| 'raw ‘ | ooo (but preview didn’t work) | Apple None | Stores images without any compression |
| 'rle ‘ | o | Apple Animation | Compresses images using run length encoding |
| ‘rpza' | o | Apple Video | Compresses images using Apple Computer's Video compression algorithm |
| 'smc ‘ | x | Apple Graphics | Compresses images using Sean's secret recipe (optimal for 8-bit dithered images) |
| 'tga ‘ | o | Apple TGA | Compresses images stored into the TGA format. |
| ‘tiff' | o | Apple TIFF | Compresses images in the TIFF format. |
| ‘yuv2' | o | Apple Component Video - YUV422 | Compresses an image into YUV format. |
Use 'mp4v' or 'avc1'