diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index de56a87..b220f43 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ Useful for reading codec parameters out of a `codecs=` string, checking support
 | MP4 (mp4a/mp4v — AAC, MP3, MPEG-4/2) | ✅ | ✅ |
 | AVS3 video/audio (avs3/av3a) | ✅ | ✅ |
 | MPEG-H 3D Audio (mha1/mhm1) | ✅ | ✅ |
+| Parameterless (DTS, VC-1, Opus, FLAC, Vorbis, ALAC, PCM) | ✅ | ✅ |
 
 ## Install
 
@@ -99,9 +100,11 @@ console.log(info.toString());                // 'avc1.640028'
 
 - `codecInfoFactory(codecString)` — dispatches by prefix (`vp08`/`vp8`, `vp09`/`vp9`, `av01`,
   `avc1`/`avc2`/`avc3`/`avc4`, `hev1`/`hvc1`, `vvc1`/`vvi1`, `lvc1`, `apv1`, `evc1`, `lhv1`/`lhe1`,
-  `mp4a`/`mp4v`, `avs3`, `av3a`, `mha1`/`mha2`/`mhm1`/`mhm2`) and returns a `Vp8Info`, `Vp9Info`,
-  `Av1Info`, `H264Info`, `H265Info`, `H266Info`, `LcevcInfo`, `ApvInfo`, `EvcInfo`, `LhevcInfo`,
-  `Mp4Info`, `Avs3VideoInfo`, `Avs3AudioInfo`, or `MpeghInfo`. Throws `Unknown codec` for anything else.
+  `mp4a`/`mp4v`, `avs3`, `av3a`, `mha1`/`mha2`/`mhm1`/`mhm2`) and returns the matching info object
+  (`Vp8Info`, `Vp9Info`, `Av1Info`, `H264Info`, `H265Info`, `H266Info`, `LcevcInfo`, `ApvInfo`,
+  `EvcInfo`, `LhevcInfo`, `Mp4Info`, `Avs3VideoInfo`, `Avs3AudioInfo`, `MpeghInfo`). Recognised
+  parameterless 4CCs (DTS, VC-1, Opus, FLAC, Vorbis, ALAC, PCM) return a `SimpleCodecInfo`. Throws
+  `Unknown codec` for anything else.
 - `vpx` — namespace exporting `Vp8Info`, `Vp9Info`, `vpxInfoFactory`, and the `Vpx*` enums.
 - `av1` — namespace exporting `Av1Info` and the `Av1*` enums.
 - `h264` — namespace exporting `H264Info`, `AvcProfileIdc`, and the `hProfile`/`hLevel` helpers.
@@ -126,6 +129,9 @@ console.log(info.toString());                // 'avc1.640028'
   (`av3a.<codec_id>`) for the AVS3 video/audio standard.
 - `mpegh` — namespace exporting `MpeghInfo` (MPEG-H 3D Audio, `mha1`/`mha2`/`mhm1`/`mhm2` + a
   `profileLevelId`, e.g. `mhm1.0c`).
+- `simple` — namespace exporting `SimpleCodecInfo` and the `SIMPLE_CODECS` registry for
+  parameterless 4CCs (DTS `dtsc`/`dtse`/…, `vc-1`, `opus`, `flac`, `vorbis`, `alac`, and PCM
+  variants such as `ipcm`/`fpcm`/`twos`/`sowt`).
 - Shared ISO/IEC 23001-8:2016 colour enums (`ColourPrimaries`, `TransferCharacteristics`,
   `MatrixCoefficients`, `VideoFullRangeFlag`) are re-exported from both namespaces.
 
diff --git a/src/codec/simple/enums.ts b/src/codec/simple/enums.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..252cf71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/codec/simple/enums.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+// Parameterless codecs: the codecs= string is just the sample-entry 4CC, with no dot-separated
+// parameters to parse. Each recognised 4CC maps to a human-readable name.
+
+export const SIMPLE_CODECS: Readonly<Record<string, string>> = {
+  // DTS / DTS-HD / DTS:X (a separate company, not Dolby)
+  'dtsc': 'DTS-HD Core',
+  'dtse': 'DTS Express',
+  'dtsh': 'DTS-HD (with core)',
+  'dtsl': 'DTS-HD Lossless',
+  'dtsx': 'DTS:X (Profile 2)',
+  'dtsy': 'DTS:X (Profile 3)',
+  // VC-1
+  'vc-1': 'SMPTE VC-1',
+  // Lossy / lossless audio
+  'opus': 'Opus',
+  'flac': 'FLAC',
+  'vorbis': 'Vorbis',
+  'alac': 'Apple Lossless (ALAC)',
+  // PCM variants
+  'ipcm': 'Uncompressed PCM',
+  'fpcm': 'Floating-point PCM',
+  'twos': 'PCM (big-endian)',
+  'sowt': 'PCM (little-endian)',
+  'lpcm': 'Linear PCM',
+  'in24': 'PCM 24-bit',
+  'in32': 'PCM 32-bit',
+  'fl32': 'PCM 32-bit float',
+  'fl64': 'PCM 64-bit float',
+};
+
+export function isSimpleCodec(codecString: string): boolean {
+  return codecString.toLowerCase() in SIMPLE_CODECS;
+}
+
+export function hSimpleCodec(fourCC: string): string {
+  return SIMPLE_CODECS[fourCC.toLowerCase()] ?? 'unknown';
+}
diff --git a/src/codec/simple/index.ts b/src/codec/simple/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..13cc3ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/codec/simple/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+export {SIMPLE_CODECS, isSimpleCodec, hSimpleCodec} from './enums';
+export * from './simple-codec-info';
diff --git a/src/codec/simple/simple-codec-info.spec.ts b/src/codec/simple/simple-codec-info.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..befdeb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/codec/simple/simple-codec-info.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+import {SimpleCodecInfo} from "./simple-codec-info";
+
+describe('SimpleCodecInfo', () => {
+  describe('parse / round-trip', () => {
+    it.each([
+      'opus', 'flac', 'vorbis', 'alac',
+      'dtsc', 'dtse', 'dtsh', 'dtsl', 'dtsx', 'dtsy',
+      'vc-1',
+      'twos', 'sowt', 'lpcm', 'ipcm', 'fpcm', 'in24', 'in32', 'fl32', 'fl64',
+    ])('parses and round-trips %s', (str) => {
+      expect(SimpleCodecInfo.fromString(str).toString()).toBe(str);
+    });
+
+    it('preserves the input casing but lowercases codecName', () => {
+      const info = SimpleCodecInfo.fromString('fLaC');
+      expect(info.fourCC).toBe('fLaC');
+      expect(info.toString()).toBe('fLaC');
+      expect(info.codecName).toBe('flac');
+    });
+
+    it('accepts a case-insensitive 4CC', () => {
+      expect(SimpleCodecInfo.fromString('OPUS').codecName).toBe('opus');
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('human-readable', () => {
+    it.each([
+      ['opus', 'Opus'],
+      ['flac', 'FLAC'],
+      ['alac', 'Apple Lossless (ALAC)'],
+      ['dtsc', 'DTS-HD Core'],
+      ['dtsx', 'DTS:X (Profile 2)'],
+      ['vc-1', 'SMPTE VC-1'],
+      ['twos', 'PCM (big-endian)'],
+      ['sowt', 'PCM (little-endian)'],
+    ])('%s -> %s', (str, name) => {
+      expect(SimpleCodecInfo.fromString(str).toHumanReadable().codec).toBe(name);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('build', () => {
+    it('sets a recognised 4CC', () => {
+      const info = new SimpleCodecInfo();
+      info.fourCC = 'opus';
+      expect(info.toString()).toBe('opus');
+      expect(info.toHumanReadable().codec).toBe('Opus');
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('invalid input', () => {
+    it('rejects a codec with parameters', () => {
+      expect(() => SimpleCodecInfo.fromString('opus.1')).toThrow('Unknown codec');
+    });
+
+    it('rejects an unrecognised 4CC', () => {
+      expect(() => SimpleCodecInfo.fromString('theora')).toThrow('Unknown codec');
+      expect(() => { new SimpleCodecInfo().fourCC = 'nope'; }).toThrow('Unknown codec');
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/codec/simple/simple-codec-info.ts b/src/codec/simple/simple-codec-info.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6aa4226
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/codec/simple/simple-codec-info.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import {CodecInfo} from "../codec-info";
+import {SIMPLE_CODECS, hSimpleCodec} from "./enums";
+
+// A parameterless codec (Opus, FLAC, Vorbis, ALAC, PCM variants, DTS, VC-1): the codec string is
+// exactly the 4CC, with nothing to parse beyond recognising it.
+export class SimpleCodecInfo extends CodecInfo {
+  codecName = 'unk';
+
+  private _fourCC = '';
+
+  get fourCC(): string {
+    return this._fourCC;
+  }
+
+  set fourCC(fourCC: string) {
+    if (!(fourCC.toLowerCase() in SIMPLE_CODECS)) {
+      throw new Error(`Unknown codec: ${fourCC}`);
+    }
+    this._fourCC = fourCC;
+    this.codecName = fourCC.toLowerCase();
+  }
+
+  static fromString(codecString: string): SimpleCodecInfo {
+    if (codecString.includes('.')) {
+      throw new Error(`Unknown codec: ${codecString}`);
+    }
+    const info = new SimpleCodecInfo();
+    info.fourCC = codecString;
+    return info;
+  }
+
+  toString(): string {
+    return this._fourCC;
+  }
+
+  toHumanReadable() {
+    return {
+      fourCC: this._fourCC,
+      codec: hSimpleCodec(this._fourCC),
+    } as const;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/index.spec.ts b/src/index.spec.ts
index 0a44843..65cf473 100644
--- a/src/index.spec.ts
+++ b/src/index.spec.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {codecInfoFactory, version, vpx, av1, h264, h265, h266, lcevc, apv, evc, lhevc, mp4, avs3, mpegh} from './index';
+import {codecInfoFactory, version, vpx, av1, h264, h265, h266, lcevc, apv, evc, lhevc, mp4, avs3, mpegh, simple} from './index';
 
 describe('codecInfoFactory', () => {
   it('dispatches vp8 strings to Vp8Info', () => {
@@ -99,6 +99,16 @@ describe('codecInfoFactory', () => {
     expect((info as mpegh.MpeghInfo).profileLevelId).toBe(0x0c);
   });
 
+  it('dispatches parameterless codecs to SimpleCodecInfo', () => {
+    const opus = codecInfoFactory('opus');
+    expect(opus).toBeInstanceOf(simple.SimpleCodecInfo);
+    expect(opus.codecName).toBe('opus');
+    expect((opus as simple.SimpleCodecInfo).toHumanReadable().codec).toBe('Opus');
+
+    expect(codecInfoFactory('dtsc')).toBeInstanceOf(simple.SimpleCodecInfo);
+    expect(codecInfoFactory('vc-1').codecName).toBe('vc-1');
+  });
+
   it('throws on an unknown codec', () => {
     expect(() => codecInfoFactory('theora')).toThrow('Unknown codec');
     expect(() => codecInfoFactory('tx3g')).toThrow('Unknown codec');
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 76657d6..5e505d0 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {LhevcInfo} from "./codec/lhevc";
 import {Mp4Info} from "./codec/mp4";
 import {Avs3VideoInfo, Avs3AudioInfo} from "./codec/avs3";
 import {MpeghInfo} from "./codec/mpegh";
+import {SimpleCodecInfo, isSimpleCodec} from "./codec/simple";
 
 export * as vpx from "./codec/vpx";
 export * as av1 from "./codec/av1";
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ export * as lhevc from "./codec/lhevc";
 export * as mp4 from "./codec/mp4";
 export * as avs3 from "./codec/avs3";
 export * as mpegh from "./codec/mpegh";
+export * as simple from "./codec/simple";
 export * from './codec/codec-info';
 
 export const version = '__lib_version__'; // Version will be injected on the build
@@ -67,5 +69,8 @@ export const codecInfoFactory = (codecString: string) => {
   if (codecString.startsWith('mha') || codecString.startsWith('mhm')) {
     return MpeghInfo.fromString(codecString);
   }
+  if (isSimpleCodec(codecString)) {
+    return SimpleCodecInfo.fromString(codecString);
+  }
   throw new Error('Unknown codec');
 }
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