Open Source Encoder Projects

Browse 28 curated open source encoder projects resources for video development on Awesome Video.

Resources (showing 1–24 of 28)

  • A Complete End-to-End Open Source Toolchain for VVCAcademic paper describing complete open-source VVC (H.266) encode/decode toolchain including VVenC/VVdeC.
  • AIVC (Orange Open Source)Fully-learned video codec with tunable rate/config, PyTorch+Docker implementation.
  • AcademiCodecOpen training code and pretrained models for neural audio codecs (Encodec, SoundStream, HiFi-Codec reimplementations).
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • RefractGuided AVIF/JPEG XL/WebP conversion tool using an iterative quality-search ("optometrist") approach.
  • SVT-AV1 documentation treeCanonical SVT-AV1 docs covering encoder parameters, build guide, encoder design and per-tool appendices for CDEF, CfL, film grain, global m…
  • SVT-AV1-PSY — release notes and psychovisual tuning historyOfficial release site for the SVT-AV1-PSY psychovisual encoder fork, documenting each release's tuning changes (e.g. --sharp-tx defaults) u…
  • SVT-JPEG-XSIntel's SVT JPEG XS codec implementation (ISO/IEC 21122), low-latency encoder/decoder for broadcast and AR use cases.
  • The End of SVT-AV1-PSYMaintainer postmortem of the SVT-AV1-PSY fork: which psychovisual features landed upstream (e.g. Tune IQ in libaom), and which community fo…
  • Video Compression Motion Estimation Block Video EncoderThis repository is about video compression, and more specifically about the motion estimation block (ME block) of a video encoder.
  • 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.
  • 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.