cfourcc(1)

cfourcc1

Tool for changing fourcc in microsoft riff avi files

Usage

cfourcc [-i] <file.avi>

cfourcc -u <CODE> <file.avi>

Options

-h

Show summary of options.

-d CODE

Sets FOURCC codec description string.

-f

Force changing FOURCC on unsupported file

-i

Display FOURCC information (default).

-u CODE

Set FOURCC codec.

None.

Overview

Program identifies the codec used in AVI files (*.avi) and allows the user to change the FourCC description code (like fourcc-changer in Windows). Useful for people working with Microsoft AVI file. A Linux clone of AviC fourcc changer tool.

Examples

Note that you only need to change the -u codec field most of the time and not touch the -d description:

    cfourcc -u DIVX -d DIVX file.avi

Environment

None.

Files

None.

Releases

10 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 5 times.

  1. 4.0–5.0
  2. 6.0
  3. 7
  4. 8–10
  5. 11–12
  6. 13

Authors

cfourcc was written by Mohammad Hafiz bin Ismail aka "mypapit" <[email protected]>.

This manual page was written by Jarno Elonen <[email protected]>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others). Updated by Jari Aalto <[email protected]>. Released under license GNU GPL v2 or (at your option) any later version. For more information about license, visit <http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html>.

From cfourcc 0.1.3.1+20161021+git82fbcfd-1 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.