Awesome Video Resources

A curated list of awesome video frameworks, libraries, specifications and software.

Contributing

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• AR/VR/360
• Captions and Subtitles
• Conferences
• Conferencing
• Learning Resources
• Players
• Language and platform specific libraries
  • iOS Swift
  • Javascript
  • Go
  • Python
  • Rust
• Metadata
• Media Processing

Analysis tools

• bitrate-plotter - Plots a graph showing the bitrate every second or the bitrate of every GOP.
• MpegTsAnalyzer - Analyzer of MPEG2 Transport Stream.
• QCtools - Quality Control Tools for Video Preservation, helps users to analyze and understand digitized video files.
• tsduck - MPEG Transport Stream Toolkit.
• tstools - Display PCR, DTS, PTS, bitrate, jitter of a mpeg TS.
• videobench - VMAF PSNR Bitrate Analyzer.
• vivict - In-browser tool for subjective comparison of the visual quality of different encodings.
• VTCLab Media Analyzer - In-browser tool that helps to analyze the internal structure of MPEG-TS and MP4/MOV files.
• YUView - The Free and Open Source Cross Platform YUV Viewer with an advanced analytics toolset.
• plot-av - Plot Audio/Video streams for better insights.

AR/VR/360

• ARVideoKit - Capture & record ARKit videos, photos, live photos, and GIFs.
• kaleidoscope - An embeddable, lightweight 360º video/image viewer.

Captions and Subtitles

• vtt.js - A JavaScript implementation of the WebVTT specification.
• WebVTT - WebVTT W3C 'Web Video Text Tracks Format' specification.

Conferences

• Demuxed - The conference and community for developers working with video.

Conferencing

• Jitsi Meet - Secure, Simple and Scalable Video Conferences that you use as a standalone app or embed in your web application.

Learning Resources

• digital video introduction - A hands-on introduction to video technology: image, video, codec (av1, vp9, h265) and more (ffmpeg encoding).
• ffmpeg encoding course - An introduction to FFmpeg and its tools.
• List of Streams - Community list of public test streams for HLS and DASH.
• Live Stream from Desktop - Provide guidance to test live streaming (mpeg-dash or hls) or vod from your desktop
• Streaming Onboarding - New to streaming and don't know where to start? This is the place for you!.

Players

• bigscreen-player - Simplify video and audio playback on a wide range of 'bigscreen' devices (TVs, set-top boxes, games consoles, and streaming devices).
• chimee - A video player framework aims to bring wonderful experience on browser.
• clappr - An extensible media player for the web.
• epic-video-comparator - Javascript library which implements a video comparator component: two overlaped and synchronized video players each one playing an independent source.
• ExoPlayer - An extensible media player for Android.
• hls.js - JavaScript HLS client using Media Source Extension (MSE).
• dash.js - JavaScript DASH client using Media Source Extension (MSE).
• iina - The modern video player for macOS.
• ijkplayer - Android/iOS video player based on FFmpeg n3.4, with MediaCodec, VideoToolbox support.
• indigo-player - Highly extensible, modern, JavaScript video player. Handles MPEG-Dash / HLS / MPEG-4 and is built on top of the HTML5 video element.
• mobileplayer-ios - A powerful and completely customizable media player for iOS.
• mpv - Video player based on MPlayer/mplayer2.
• ngx-videogular - The HTML5 video player for Angular 2 and successor to videogular2.
• openplayerjs - Lightweight HTML5 video/audio player with smooth controls and ability to play VAST/VPAID/VMAP ads.
• plyr - A simple HTML5, YouTube and Vimeo player.
• replay - A React video player facilitating adaptive stream playback with custom UI and a React-friendly API.
• shaka-player - JavaScript player library / DASH client / MSE-EME player.
• Video.js - open source HTML5 & Flash video player.
• vlc - VLC media player.

Language and platform specific libraries

iOS Swift

• FFmpeg-iOS-build - Shell scripts to build FFmpeg for iOS and tvOS.
• PBJVision - iOS Media Capture – features touch-to-record video, slow motion, and photography.

Javascript

• channel-engine - VOD to Live Engine Library.
• jMuxer - A simple javascript mp4 muxer for non-standard streaming communications protocol.
• ffmpeg.js - Javascript FFmpeg bindings, port of FFmpeg with Emscripten.
• remotion - Create Videos programmatically with React

Python

• atvk - Audio/Video toolkit for Python.
• brave - Basic Real-time AV Editor - allowing you to preview, mix, and route live audio and video streams on the cloud.
• dash-live-source-simulator - DASH live source simulator providing reference live content.
• django-video-encoding - django-video-encoding helps to convert your videos into different formats and resolutions.
• ffmpeg-python - Python bindings for FFmpeg - with complex filtering support.
• ffmpy - Pythonic interface for FFmpeg/FFprobe command line.
• hls-analyzer - Analyzer for HTTP Live Streams (HLS) content.
• hls-relay - Script to pull HLS stream from one origin and push to another origin.
• hls-to-dash - Open source packager and tools to rewrap live HLS to live MPEG DASH.
• m3u8 - Python m3u8 Parser for HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) Transmissions.
• moviepy - Video editing with Python.
• objective_perceptual_analysis - Objective Perceptual Analysis, Compression Karma Predictor.
• PyAV - Pythonic bindings for FFmpeg's libraries.
• pycaption - Python module to read/write popular video caption formats.
• pychromecast - Library for Python 3 to communicate with the Google Chromecast.
• PyLivestream - Simple cross-platform FFmpeg-based live streaming to YouTube, Periscope, Twitch, Facebook Live and more.
• python-video-converter - Python Video Converter (ffmpeg wrapper).
• vidgear - High-performance cross-platform Video Processing Python framework powerpacked with unique trailblazing features.
• vod-to-live - A python library to generate Live HLS from VOD.
• webm.py - Encode WebM videos.

Go

• gmf - Go bindings for FFmpeg av* libraries.
• goffmpeg - FFMPEG wrapper written in GO.
• go-astisub - Manipulate subtitles in GO (.srt, .stl, .ttml, .webvtt, .ssa/.ass, teletext, .smi, etc.).
• go-astits - Parse and demux MPEG Transport Streams (.ts) natively in GO.
• goav - Comphrensive Go bindings for FFmpeg.
• gst - Go bindings for GStreamer.
• libgosubs - Subtitle format support for go. Supports .srt, .ttml, and .ass.
• libvlc-go - Go bindings for libVLC 2.X/3.X/4.X and high-level media player interface.
• v4l - Video capture library for Linux, written in Go.
• snickers - An open source alternative to the video cloud encoding services.

Rust

• mp4parse-rust - Parser for ISO Base Media Format aka video/mp4 written in Rust.

Metadata

• mpi - Rust-based MPEG-4 box inspector with TOML output.
• photon - Java implementation of the SMPTE standard, Interoperable Master Format (IMF).

Media Processing

• Av1an - About Cross-platform command-line AV1 / VP9 / HEVC / H264 / VVC encoding framework with per scene quality encoding.
• Bento4 - Full-featured MP4 format and MPEG DASH library and tools.
• easyVmaf -Python script to easily compute VMAF using FFmpeg. It allows to deinterlace, scale and sync Ref and Distorted video automatically.
• FFmpeg - A complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video.
• ffmpeg-explorer - Interactive FFMPEG Command Generator.
• Flowblade - Video editor for Linux.
• fluster - Testing framework for decoders conformance.
• gifify - Convert any video file to an optimized animated GIF.
• hlstools - Tools for analyzing and processing hls streams.
• lossless-cut - Cross platform GUI tool for lossless trimming / cutting of video and audio files using ffmpeg.
• MLT - MLT Multimedia Framework.
• moviepy - Video editing with Python.
• multistreamer - A webapp for publishing video to multiple streaming services at once.
• nginx-rtmp-module - NGINX-based Media Streaming Server.
• nginx-vod-module - NGINX-based MP4 Repackager.
• ott-packager - OTT streaming packager supporting ABR streaming for DASH and HLS.
• PHP-FFmpeg-video-streaming - Package media content for online streaming(DASH and HLS) using FFmpeg.
• QtAV - A cross-platform multimedia framework based on Qt and FFmpeg.
• qtlmovie - A specialized Qt frontend for FFmpeg and other free media tools.
• shaka-packager - A media packaging and development framework for VOD and Live DASH and HLS applications, supporting Common Encryption for Widevine and other DRM Systems.
• SVT-AV1 - Scalable Video Technology AV1 encoder.
• SVT-HEVC - Scalable Video Technology HEVC encoder.
• SVT-VP9 - Scalable Video Technology VP9 encoder.
• vpp - Video++, a C++14 high performance video and image processing library.
• video-transcoding-api - Agnostic API to transcode media assets across different cloud services.
• video-thumbnail-generator - Generate thumbnail sprites from