---
title: CMVideoCodecType
framework: coremedia
role: symbol
role_heading: Type Alias
path: coremedia/cmvideocodectype
---

# CMVideoCodecType

A video codec type.

## Declaration

```swift
typealias CMVideoCodecType = FourCharCode
```

## Discussion

Discussion Certain codec types are also pixel formats. There is no “kCMVideoCodecType_Raw”; you should use the appropriate pixel format type as the codec type.

## Topics

- [kCMVideoCodecType_422YpCbCr8](coremedia/kcmvideocodectype_422ypcbcr8.md)
- [kCMVideoCodecType_422YpCbCr8](coremedia/kcmvideocodectype_422ypcbcr8.md)
- [kCMVideoCodecType_Animation](coremedia/kcmvideocodectype_animation.md)
- [kCMVideoCodecType_Animation](coremedia/kcmvideocodectype_animation.md)
- [kCMVideoCodecType_AppleProRes422](coremedia/kcmvideocodectype_appleprores422.md)
- [kCMVideoCodecType_AppleProRes422HQ](coremedia/kcmvideocodectype_appleprores422hq.md)
- [kCMVideoCodecType_AppleProRes422LT](coremedia/kcmvideocodectype_appleprores422lt.md)
- [kCMVideoCodecType_AppleProRes422Proxy](coremedia/kcmvideocodectype_appleprores422proxy.md)
- [kCMVideoCodecType_AppleProRes4444](coremedia/kcmvideocodectype_appleprores4444.md)
- [kCMVideoCodecType_AppleProRes4444XQ](coremedia/kcmvideocodectype_appleprores4444xq.md)
- [kCMVideoCodecType_AppleProResRAW](coremedia/kcmvideocodectype_appleproresraw.md)
- [kCMVideoCodecType_AppleProResRAWHQ](coremedia/kcmvideocodectype_appleproresrawhq.md)
- [kCMVideoCodecType_AV1](coremedia/kcmvideocodectype_av1.md)
- [kCMVideoCodecType_Cinepak](coremedia/kcmvideocodectype_cinepak.md)
- [kCMVideoCodecType_Cinepak](coremedia/kcmvideocodectype_cinepak.md)
- [kCMVideoCodecType_DepthHEVC](coremedia/kcmvideocodectype_depthhevc.md)
- [kCMVideoCodecType_DisparityHEVC](coremedia/kcmvideocodectype_disparityhevc.md)
- [kCMVideoCodecType_DolbyVisionHEVC](coremedia/kcmvideocodectype_dolbyvisionhevc.md)
- [kCMVideoCodecType_DVCNTSC](coremedia/kcmvideocodectype_dvcntsc.md)
- [kCMVideoCodecType_DVCNTSC](coremedia/kcmvideocodectype_dvcntsc.md)
- [kCMVideoCodecType_DVCPAL](coremedia/kcmvideocodectype_dvcpal.md)
- [kCMVideoCodecType_DVCPAL](coremedia/kcmvideocodectype_dvcpal.md)
- [kCMVideoCodecType_DVCPro50NTSC](coremedia/kcmvideocodectype_dvcpro50ntsc.md)
- [kCMVideoCodecType_DVCPro50NTSC](coremedia/kcmvideocodectype_dvcpro50ntsc.md)
- [kCMVideoCodecType_DVCPro50PAL](coremedia/kcmvideocodectype_dvcpro50pal.md)
- [kCMVideoCodecType_DVCPro50PAL](coremedia/kcmvideocodectype_dvcpro50pal.md)
- [kCMVideoCodecType_DVCPROHD1080i50](coremedia/kcmvideocodectype_dvcprohd1080i50.md)
- [kCMVideoCodecType_DVCPROHD1080i50](coremedia/kcmvideocodectype_dvcprohd1080i50.md)
- [kCMVideoCodecType_DVCPROHD1080i60](coremedia/kcmvideocodectype_dvcprohd1080i60.md)
- [kCMVideoCodecType_DVCPROHD1080i60](coremedia/kcmvideocodectype_dvcprohd1080i60.md)
- [kCMVideoCodecType_DVCPROHD1080p25](coremedia/kcmvideocodectype_dvcprohd1080p25.md)
- [kCMVideoCodecType_DVCPROHD1080p25](coremedia/kcmvideocodectype_dvcprohd1080p25.md)
- [kCMVideoCodecType_DVCPROHD1080p30](coremedia/kcmvideocodectype_dvcprohd1080p30.md)
- [kCMVideoCodecType_DVCPROHD1080p30](coremedia/kcmvideocodectype_dvcprohd1080p30.md)
- [kCMVideoCodecType_DVCPROHD720p50](coremedia/kcmvideocodectype_dvcprohd720p50.md)
- [kCMVideoCodecType_DVCPROHD720p50](coremedia/kcmvideocodectype_dvcprohd720p50.md)
- [kCMVideoCodecType_DVCPROHD720p60](coremedia/kcmvideocodectype_dvcprohd720p60.md)
- [kCMVideoCodecType_DVCPROHD720p60](coremedia/kcmvideocodectype_dvcprohd720p60.md)
- [kCMVideoCodecType_DVCProPAL](coremedia/kcmvideocodectype_dvcpropal.md)
- [kCMVideoCodecType_DVCProPAL](coremedia/kcmvideocodectype_dvcpropal.md)
- [kCMVideoCodecType_H263](coremedia/kcmvideocodectype_h263.md)
- [kCMVideoCodecType_H263](coremedia/kcmvideocodectype_h263.md)
- [kCMVideoCodecType_H264](coremedia/kcmvideocodectype_h264.md)
- [kCMVideoCodecType_H264](coremedia/kcmvideocodectype_h264.md)
- [kCMVideoCodecType_HEVC](coremedia/kcmvideocodectype_hevc.md)
- [kCMVideoCodecType_HEVCWithAlpha](coremedia/kcmvideocodectype_hevcwithalpha.md)
- [kCMVideoCodecType_JPEG_OpenDML](coremedia/kcmvideocodectype_jpeg_opendml.md)
- [kCMVideoCodecType_JPEG_OpenDML](coremedia/kcmvideocodectype_jpeg_opendml.md)
- [kCMVideoCodecType_JPEG_XL](coremedia/kcmvideocodectype_jpeg_xl.md)
- [kCMVideoCodecType_JPEG](coremedia/kcmvideocodectype_jpeg.md)
- [kCMVideoCodecType_JPEG](coremedia/kcmvideocodectype_jpeg.md)
- [kCMVideoCodecType_MPEG1Video](coremedia/kcmvideocodectype_mpeg1video.md)
- [kCMVideoCodecType_MPEG1Video](coremedia/kcmvideocodectype_mpeg1video.md)
- [kCMVideoCodecType_MPEG2Video](coremedia/kcmvideocodectype_mpeg2video.md)
- [kCMVideoCodecType_MPEG2Video](coremedia/kcmvideocodectype_mpeg2video.md)
- [kCMVideoCodecType_MPEG4Video](coremedia/kcmvideocodectype_mpeg4video.md)
- [kCMVideoCodecType_MPEG4Video](coremedia/kcmvideocodectype_mpeg4video.md)
- [kCMVideoCodecType_SorensonVideo3](coremedia/kcmvideocodectype_sorensonvideo3.md)
- [kCMVideoCodecType_SorensonVideo3](coremedia/kcmvideocodectype_sorensonvideo3.md)
- [kCMVideoCodecType_SorensonVideo](coremedia/kcmvideocodectype_sorensonvideo.md)
- [kCMVideoCodecType_SorensonVideo](coremedia/kcmvideocodectype_sorensonvideo.md)
- [kCMVideoCodecType_VP9](coremedia/kcmvideocodectype_vp9.md)

## See Also

### Data Types

- [CMVideoDimensions](coremedia/cmvideodimensions.md)
- [CMAudioFormatDescriptionMask](coremedia/cmaudioformatdescriptionmask.md)
- [CMMediaType](coremedia/cmmediatype.md)
- [CMAudioCodecType](coremedia/cmaudiocodectype.md)
- [CMTextDisplayFlags](coremedia/cmtextdisplayflags.md)
- [CMTextJustificationValue](coremedia/cmtextjustificationvalue.md)
- [Media Type Constants](coremedia/media-type-constants.md)
- [Muxed Stream Types](coremedia/muxed-stream-types.md)
- [Audio Codec Types](coremedia/audio-codec-types.md)