VPF: Hardware-Accelerated Video Processing Framework in Python

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VPF is a Python library that provides a simple yet powerful tool for fully hardware-accelerated video encoding, decoding, and processing. Built on top of NVIDIA's Video Codec SDK, VPF allows developers to achieve high GPU utilization with minimal code. It exposes decoded video frames as NumPy arrays or CUDA device pointers, facilitating seamless interaction and extension. VPF is ideal for developers seeking to leverage GPU acceleration for video processing tasks.

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