Codec Name to FOURCC Code

fourcc translates the 4-character name of a video codec into its corresponding FOURCC code.

Usage

fourcc(x)

Arguments

x

A 4-element character chain corresponding to the name of a valid video codec. A list of valid codec names can be found at this archived page of the fourcc site https://www.fourcc.org/codecs.php.

Value

An integer value corresponding to the FOURCC code of the video codec.

See also

VideoWriter, videoWriter, codec, invertFourcc

Author

Simon Garnier, garnier@njit.edu

Examples

fourcc("xvid")
#> [1] 1684633208