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leandromoreira/digital_video_introduction

A hands-on introduction to video technology: image, video, codec (av1, vp9, h265) and more (ffmpeg encoding). Translations: 🇺🇸 🇨🇳 🇯🇵 🇮🇹 🇰🇷 🇷🇺 🇧🇷 🇪🇸

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Jupyter Notebook
GitHub topics
#adaptive-streaming #arithmetic-coding #audio #av1 #bitstream #codec
Updated
2026-09-02
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2017-01-28
History
5 history points
License
BSD-3-Clause
Issues
19 open
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1,380
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452 commits
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leandromoreira/ffmpeg-libav-tutorial

FFmpeg libav tutorial - learn how media works from basic to transmuxing, transcoding and more. Translations: 🇺🇸 🇨🇳 🇰🇷 🇪🇸 🇻🇳 🇧🇷 🇷🇺

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C CMake
GitHub topics
#codec #ffmpeg #ffmpeg-libraries #libav #transcode-video #tutorial
Updated
2026-06-18
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2017-11-06
History
5 history points
License
BSD-3-Clause
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42 open
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1,013
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198 commits
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aeron-io/simple-binary-encoding

Simple Binary Encoding (SBE) - High Performance Message Codec

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Java Cargo CMake .NET SDK
GitHub topics
#c-plus-plus #codec #encoder-decoder #golang #java
Updated
2026-09-17
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1 list mention
First commit
2013-09-03
History
5 history points
License
Apache-2.0
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36 open
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LMP88959/Digital-Subband-Video-2

Lossy/lossless wavelet video codec. Comparable to H.264 in terms of efficiency and quality.

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C
GitHub topics
#codec #compression #lossless #lossy #subband #video
Updated
2026-09-17
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1 list mention
First commit
2024-10-04
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5 history points
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NOASSERTION
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1 open
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ConstantRobotics-Ltd/VCodec

The library provides standard interface as well defines data structures and rules for different video codec classes (video encoding and decoding).

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CMake CMake
GitHub topics
#codec #decoding #encoding #video
Updated
2025-11-02
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First commit
2023-06-14
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5 history points
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Apache-2.0
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1 open
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1
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33 commits
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