jcodec vs codec-from-scratch

jcodec

JCodec main repo (by jcodec)

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codec-from-scratch

Build a simple video encoder from scratch (by kevmo314)

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

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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

codec-from-scratch

Posts with mentions or reviews of codec-from-scratch. 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

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

What are some alternatives?

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

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

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

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

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

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