xvc codec

The xvc codec is a next-generation software-defined video compression format, built using world-class compression technologies.

The xvc software is available under a dual-licensing scheme with an LGPL option and a commercial option.

Visit xvc.io for more information.

The master branch represents the current official version of xvc. Development of new versions of xvc happens in the dev branch.

Building instructions

Prerequisites

1. CMake version 3.1 or higher.
2. Git.
3. C++ compiler with C++11 support

The following C++11 compilers have been known to work:

• Visual Studio 2015 or later
• GCC 4.8 or later
• Clang 3.3 or later

Linux build steps

The following commands will checkout the project source code and create a directory called 'build' where the compiler output will be placed. CMake is then used for generating build files and compiling the xvc binaries.

$ git clone https://github.com/divideon/xvc.git
$ cd xvc
$ mkdir build
$ cd build
$ cmake ..
$ make

This will create xvc encoder and decoder binaries in the xvc/build/app/ folder.

Windows build steps

The following commands will checkout the project source code and create a directory called 'build' where the compiler output will be placed. CMake is then used for generating build files and creating the Visual Studio solution.

$ git clone https://github.com/divideon/xvc.git
$ cd xvc
$ mkdir build
$ cd build
$ cmake -G "Visual Studio 14 2015 Win64" ..

The -G argument should be adjusted to match your version of Visual Studio and the target architecture. This will generate a Visual Studio solution called xvc.sln in the build folder. After building the solution, the xvc encoder and decoder binaries will be found in the xvc/build/app/Release/ folder.

Testing the xvc codec

Command line encoder and decoder

For generating xvc bitstreams the following command shows typical usage:

$ xvcenc -input-file input.yuv -input-width 1920 -input-height 1080 \
    -framerate 30 -output-file mybitstream.xvc -qp 32

For decoding an xvc bitstream use the xvcdec application:

$ xvcdec -bitstream-file mybitstream.xvc -output-file decoded.yuv

Both xvcenc and xvcdec supports reading and writing y4m output.

Pipes can be used together with e.g. ffmpeg to stream y4m input to encoder:

$ ffmpeg -i movie.mkv -f yuv4mpegpipe - | xvcenc -input-file - \
    -qp 30 -output-file mybitstream.xvc

On the decoder, pipes can also be used to stream decoded output fo ffplay:

$ xvcdec -bitstream-file mybitstream.xvc -output-file - | ffplay -i -

Command line syntax

To show all available encoder arguments run:

$ xvcenc -help

For decoder arguments run:

$ xvcdec -help

Coding style

The xvc source code follows the Google C++ Style Guide.

Support

For questions/comments please email support@xvc.io

Contributing

Patches are encouraged, and may be submitted by forking this project and submitting a pull request through GitHub.

Please visit xvc.io for more information on how to become an xvc contributor.