CODEC Descriptions -- fourcc names and VLC support

[markfm]

A fair number of people ask questions about various CODECs -- fourcc "Some_CODEC_Name" kinds of things.

http://www.fourcc.org/index.php?http%3A ... codecs.php
is where to go to find out about a given CODEC -- what it is.

http://videolan.org/vlc/features.html
lists what's supported by VLC.