Codecs

Browse 15 curated codecs resources for video development on Awesome Video.

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Cisco OpenH264An open source H.264 (AVC) encoder and decoder library by Cisco, provided under a license that allows free use (Cisco covers MPEG LA licens…
Daala Codec (Xiph)An experimental video codec from the Xiph.Org Foundation that aimed to achieve next-generation compression (the effort preceded and influen…
Daala Codec (Xiph)An experimental video codec from the Xiph.Org Foundation that aimed to achieve next-generation compression (the effort preceded and influen…
FFV1 CodecFFmpeg’s FFV1 is a lossless intra-frame video codec. It’s open, extremely efficient for archiving video, and is defined in an ongoing stand…
VVdeC (Fraunhofer VVC Decoder)An open source Versatile Video Coding (H.266/VVC) software decoder by Fraunhofer HHI. VVdeC supports Main10 profile and can decode 4K/8K co…
Versatile Video Coding (H.266/VVC) Overview – Fraunhofer HHIInformation on the H.266/VVC video codec from Fraunhofer HHI. VVC is the next-generation video coding standard offering about 50% bitrate s…
XVC Codec (Divideon)XVC is a proprietary but openly documented video codec by Divideon that claims high compression efficiency. An open source evaluation imple…
libde265An open source H.265/HEVC video decoder written in C. libde265 can be used to decode HEVC bitstreams in software and is often integrated in…
libvpx (VP8/VP9 Codec Library)The reference implementation of VP8 and VP9 video codecs (WebM Project). libvpx provides encoding and decoding for VP8/VP9, which are open…