Encoding & Codecs

About this collection

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 169–192 of 580)

• HM — HEVC Test Model Reference Software (JVET GitLab)Canonical JVET repository for the HEVC reference encoder/decoder HM, including the software manual PDF documenting every configuration para…
• HomerHEVCReal-time open-source HEVC encoder, LGPL licensed.
• imazen/heic (pure-Rust HEVC/HEIC)Pure-Rust HEVC/HEIC decoding backend, no unsafe, no_std+alloc, passing 49/49 ITU-T conformance vectors.
• Kvazaar HEVC EncoderAn open source HEVC encoder developed by Tampere University. Kvazaar is aimed at academic research and ultra HD content encoding, offering…
• Membrane.H265.Parser — HEVC Stream Structure Conversion DocsElixir Membrane Framework H.265 parser documentation covering Annex B versus hvc1/hev1 stream structures and conversion between them.
• OpenHEVC DecoderAn open source high-performance HEVC decoder. OpenHEVC was developed to provide a fast HEVC/H.265 software decoding solution and has been i…
• Standardization of High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC)Standardization of High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) Jens-Rainer Ohm, Institute of Communication Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, DE
• SVT-HEVCAn open source high-performance HEVC encoder from Intel (Scalable Video Technology for HEVC). SVT-HEVC is optimized for speed and latency,…
• The Market Significance of Apple's Adopting HEVC: Here's What I ThinkAt the recent World Wide Developer's Conference (WWDC), Apple announced that the next versions of Safari, iOS, and tvOS will support HLS wi…
• ASWF Encoding Guidelines: Encode VP9Academy Software Foundation's community encoding guide for VP9, including 10-bit/HDR workflow guidance.
• AV1-benchmarksBenchmark repo comparing VP9, AV1, and x265 encoders using Av1an chunked encoding framework.
• bitstream_based_modelsITU-T P.1203/P.1204 bitstream parser for H.264/H.265/VP9 extracting QP, motion vectors, and transform coefficient stats for quality modelin…
• Comparing H.265/HEVC and VP9: Impact of High Frame Rates on Perceptual QualityAcademic comparison of HEVC and VP9 codecs under high frame-rate conditions, including ffmpeg/libvpx tuning parameters used.
• Google: VP9 Settings for VODGoogle's per-resolution bitrate/CRF/tile-columns recommendation table for VP9 VOD encoding.
• H-FCNVP9 intra-encoding fast partition-decision using hierarchical fully-convolutional network, academic research code.
• libvpx VP9 Spatial SVC Encoder ExampleReference libvpx example implementing VP9 spatial and temporal scalability, showing -sl/-tl/-tlm flags, scale factors, and per-layer min/ma…
• libvpx-goAuto-generated Go bindings for libvpx, enabling VP8/VP9 encode/decode from Go.
• libvpx-rsRust bindings for libvpx supporting VP8/VP9 encode/decode with prebuilt binaries.
• oxideav-vp9Pure-Rust VP9 decoder implementation including header parsing, bool decoder, and partial intra prediction, under active development.
• Performance Comparison of AV1, JEM, VP9, and HEVC EncodersFraunhofer HHI SPIE 2017 paper comparing codec internals, BD-BR, and complexity across AV1, JEM, VP9, and HEVC.
• qencoderPer-scene VMAF-targeted encoder wrapper supporting VP9, VP8, and AV1.
• SVT-VP9Intel's Scalable Video Technology implementation of the VP9 codec. SVT-VP9 is an open source VP9 encoder/decoder designed to leverage multi…
• VP9 Video Codec — Library of Congress Format DescriptionVendor-neutral format description of VP9 with container support, profile and bit-depth matrices, and preservation considerations.
• vp9-encodeCLI/interactive ffmpeg VP9 encoding wrapper with Google-recommended settings, auto-crop black borders, opus channel-bug fix.