FourCC stands for Four Character Code and is a four character identifier for non standard graphics formats that have been registered with Microsoft by multimedia software vendors. These codes are then used to recognise and decode the pixel information of non-standard images or surfaces.

Some common FourCC Codes are:

FOURCC Company Technology Name
AUR2 AuraVision Corporation AuraVision Aura 2: YUV 422
AURA AuraVision Corporation AuraVision Aura 1: YUV 411
CHAM Winnov, Inc. MM_WINNOV_CAVIARA_CHAMPAGNE
CVID Supermac Cinepak by Supermac
CYUV Creative Labs, Inc Creative Labs YUV
DXT1 Microsoft Corporation DirectX Texture Compression format 1
DXT2 Microsoft Corporation DirectX Texture Compression format 2
DXT3 Microsoft Corporation DirectX Texture Compression format 3
DXT4 Microsoft Corporation DirectX Texture Compression format 4
DXT5 Microsoft Corporation DirectX Texture Compression format 5
FVF1 Iterated Systems, Inc. Fractal Video Frame
IF09 Intel Corporation Intel Intermediate YUV9
IV31 Intel Corporation Indeo 3.1
JPEG Microsoft Corporation Still Image JPEG DIB
MJPG Microsoft Corporation Motion JPEG Dib Format
MRLE Microsoft Corporation Run Length Encoding
MSVC Microsoft Corporation Video 1
PHMO IBM Corporation Photomotion
RT21 Intel Corporation Indeo 2.1
ULTI IBM Corporation Ultimotion
V422 Vitec Multimedia 24 bit YUV 4:2:2
V655 Vitec Multimedia 16 bit YUV 4:2:2
VDCT Vitec Multimedia Video Maker Pro DIB
VIDS Vitec Multimedia YUV 4:2:2 CCIR 601 for V422
YU92 Intel Corporation YUV
YUV8 Winnov, Inc. MM_WINNOV_CAVIAR_YUV8
YUV9 Intel Corporation YUV9
YUYV Canopus, Co., Ltd. BI_YUYV, Canopus
ZPEG Metheus Video Zipper