codec-from-scratch vs jcodec

codec-from-scratch

Build a simple video encoder from scratch (by kevmo314)

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JCodec main repo (by jcodec)

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codec-from-scratch		jcodec
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5	Mentions	1
244	Stars	1,180
-	Growth	-
2.0	Activity	0.0
about 1 year ago	Latest Commit	about 1 year ago
Go	Language	Java
Apache License 2.0	License	BSD 2-clause "Simplified" License

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codec-from-scratch

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Video Codec in 100 lines of Rust
3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 19 Dec 2022

I discovered this while looking for more resources for my own codec from scratch project: https://github.com/kevmo314/codec-from-scratch
QOIR: A fast, simple, lossless image file format
2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 6 Dec 2022

> For example, if you have a relatively wimpy camera that streams out a 160×120 grayscale image, it might be fun to see how far you can push something like combining:
I'm typically not one for self-promo but I did this with video and you can get 90% compression with exactly those three basic steps. RGB -> YUV420, delta encoding, then basically-upgraded-RLE. You can find the guide here: https://github.com/kevmo314/codec-from-scratch
Video Encoding from Scratch
1 project | /r/coolgithubprojects | 2 Dec 2022

1 project | /r/golang | 2 Dec 2022

1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 23 Nov 2022

jcodec

Posts with mentions or reviews of jcodec. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-12-19.

Video Codec in 100 lines of Rust
3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 19 Dec 2022

Not exactly what you are asking for, but jcodec is a pretty readable codebase written in Java. (The readability part is often, ahh, lacking in the source for codecs, in my experience.) It might be a good candidate for rewriting in Rust. https://github.com/jcodec/jcodec

What are some alternatives?

When comparing codec-from-scratch and jcodec you can also consider the following projects:

gamut - Image encoding and decoding library for D. Detailed layout control. Experimental codec QOIX.

FFmpeg - Mirror of https://git.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.git

less-avc - less Advanced Video Coding (H.264) encoding

mp4parser - A Java API to read, write and create MP4 files

FFmpeg-Android - Script and Instructions for building FFmpeg for Android

libstreaming - A solution for streaming H.264, H.263, AMR, AAC using RTP on Android

android-ffmpeg-java - Android Java wrapper around ffmpeg command line binary

android-ffmpeg - a system for building custom ffmpeg binaries for Android

CameraView - [DEPRECATED] Easily integrate Camera features into your Android app

android-ffmpeg-with-rtmp - script(s) to build ffmpeg for android, including support for RTMP (and OpenSSL)

PhotoFiltersSDK - AndroidPhotoFilters aims to provide fast, powerful and flexible image processing instrument for creating awesome effects on any image media.

AndroidFFmpeg - [DEPRECATED] FFmpeg build for android random architectures with example jni