diff --git a/src/libffmpeg/ff_video_decoder.c b/src/libffmpeg/ff_video_decoder.c
--- a/src/libffmpeg/ff_video_decoder.c
+++ b/src/libffmpeg/ff_video_decoder.c
@@ -311,6 +311,7 @@ static const ff_codec_t ff_video_lookup[
   {BUF_VIDEO_KMVC,        CODEC_ID_KMVC,       "Karl Morton's Video Codec (ffmpeg)"},
   {BUF_VIDEO_FLASHSV,     CODEC_ID_FLASHSV,    "Flash Screen Video (ffmpeg)"},
   {BUF_VIDEO_CAVS,        CODEC_ID_CAVS,       "Chinese AVS (ffmpeg)"},
+  {BUF_VIDEO_VMNC,        CODEC_ID_VMNC,       "VMware Screen Codec (ffmpeg)"},
   {BUF_VIDEO_THEORA_RAW,  CODEC_ID_THEORA,     "Theora (ffmpeg)"},
 };
 
@@ -1798,6 +1799,9 @@ static uint32_t supported_video_types[] 
 #if defined(HAVE_FFMPEG) || CONFIG_CAVS_DECODER
   BUF_VIDEO_CAVS,
 #endif
+#if defined(HAVE_FFMPEG) || CONFIG_VMNC_DECODER
+  BUF_VIDEO_VMNC,
+#endif
   BUF_VIDEO_THEORA_RAW,
   0 
 };
diff --git a/include/xine/buffer.h b/include/xine/buffer.h
--- a/include/xine/buffer.h
+++ b/include/xine/buffer.h
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #define BUF_VIDEO_VP6F		0x02630000
 #define BUF_VIDEO_THEORA_RAW	0x02640000
 #define BUF_VIDEO_VC1		0x02650000
+#define BUF_VIDEO_VMNC		0x02660000
 /*@}*/
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/xine-engine/buffer_types.c b/src/xine-engine/buffer_types.c
--- a/src/xine-engine/buffer_types.c
+++ b/src/xine-engine/buffer_types.c
@@ -771,6 +771,14 @@ static const video_db_t video_db[] = {
   BUF_VIDEO_KMVC,
   "Karl Morton's Video Codec"
 },
+{
+  {
+    ME_FOURCC('V','M','n','c'),
+    0
+  },
+  BUF_VIDEO_VMNC,
+  "VMware Screen Codec"
+},
 { { 0 }, 0, "last entry" }
 };