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Does the new Advanced Profile codec have a different FourCC?

April 26, 2017advanced codec different profile

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Does the new Advanced Profile codec have a different FourCC?

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Yes, it does. In order to differentiate it from SP/MP codec (FourCC: WMV3) and the non-VC1-compliant AP codec (FourCC: WMVA) and avoid issues with legacy decoders, the VC-1 compliant WMV9 Advanced Profile codec uses a new FourCC code: WVC1.