Encoding & Codecs

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Encoding & Codecs brings together 580 curated resources from across the video technology landscape. Notable topics include Benchmarking & Performance Tools for Codecs, Cloud-Based Encoding Solutions, Codecs, and Comparative Analysis of Codecs.

Resources (showing 481–504 of 580)

• uvg266 - Open-source VVC/H.266 EncoderOpen-source VVC/H.266 encoder licensed under 3-clause BSD, developed by University of Helsinki's Ultra Video Group. Still under active deve…
• V-Nova LCEVC (MPEG-5 Part 2) technical documentationOfficial documentation of LCEVC's base-plus-enhancement layer model and its transport in SEI NALs, WebM and MPEG-TS.
• VVC/H.266 in GStreamer 1.26 (Igalia)Technical writeup on VVC/H.266 support landing in GStreamer 1.26, covering avdec_h266, vvdec, and Intel hardware vah266dec decode elements.
• VVCEasyReady-to-use prebuilt VVC (H.266) binaries and players for Windows, macOS, Linux, FreeBSD, Haiku, Android, and WebAssembly. Includes vvdec,…
• VVenC — Fraunhofer Versatile Video Encoder (Official Project Page)Official HHI page for the open source VVC/H.266 encoder: five speed presets, XPSNR-based perceptual optimization, and 20x–2400x speedups ov…
• x266 - Next Generation VVC/H.266 Encoder by MulticoreWareOpen-source VVC/H.266 compliant encoder built on top of x265, featuring HDR/WCG support, 360° video encoding, and SDR video. Developed for…
• A Complete End-to-End Open Source Toolchain for VVCAcademic paper describing complete open-source VVC (H.266) encode/decode toolchain including VVenC/VVdeC.
• AcademiCodecOpen training code and pretrained models for neural audio codecs (Encodec, SoundStream, HiFi-Codec reimplementations).
• AIVC (Orange Open Source)Fully-learned video codec with tunable rate/config, PyTorch+Docker implementation.
• aom-psy101 — Codec WikiCodec Wiki reference for aom-psy101, a libaom/aomenc fork tuned for psychovisual quality and speed, successor to the retired aom-av1-lavish.
• Apple Lossless Audio Codec (ALAC)Apple's official open-sourced Apache 2.0 implementation of the ALAC lossless audio codec.
• Av1anCross-encoder command-line orchestrator for AV1/H.264/H.265/VP9 encoding. Splits input by scene detection, dispatches chunks in parallel ac…
• C3: High-Fidelity Neural Video/Image CompressionDeepMind's per-instance overfit neural codec achieving low decode complexity at comparable rate-distortion to standard baselines, with publ…
• Codec 2Patent-free open source speech codec for ultra-low bitrates (450-3200 bps), widely used in ham radio/VoIP.
• Cool-ChicLow-complexity neural image/video codec using overfitting-based coding, ~1000 multiplies/pixel at decode.
• Cool-chic: Coordinate-based Low Complexity Hierarchical Image/Video CodecUltra-low-complexity overfitted/coordinate-based learned video codec using ~800 parameters, with companion open-source implementation.
• FLACReference implementation of the FLAC lossless audio codec.
• jxs (JPEG XS reference)Reference software implementation of ISO/IEC 21122-5 (JPEG XS) including jxs_encoder binary, supports PNM/PGX/raw YUV/RGB input.
• libavifCanonical AVIF encode/decode library with avifenc/avifdec CLI, includes lossless mode.
• libheifHEIF/AVIF encoder-decoder with pluggable codec backends (libaom, dav1d, SVT-AV1, rav1e).
• mlvc (Microsoft)MIT-licensed successor to DCVC, cross-platform NPU-targeted real-time neural video codec.
• multicoreware / x265 / wiki / Home — BitbucketDocumentation and development wiki for x265, an open-source H.265/HEVC video encoder project hosted on Bitbucket.
• OpenDCVCs: Reproducible PyTorch Reimplementation of the DCVC Codec SeriesIndependent open reimplementation with training+eval code of the whole Microsoft DCVC learned video codec family (prior official releases w…
• Rav1eThe fastest and safest AV1 encoder.