VC-5 Reference Decoder and Sample Encoder

SMPTE code repository for the VC-5 reference decoder and sample encoder.

The VC-5 software project is maintained by the VC-5 Mezzanine Compression Drafting Group under TC-10E.

The release notes are in release.md and instructions for building and running this software are in install.md. The release notes and build instructions can be converted to PDF and HTML formats by running

make notes

in the root directory.

Subdirectories of the root directory:

Archive/

Obsolete files that will be removed from the repository.

common/

Source code and include files used by the encoder, decoder, and other programs.

comparer/

Source code for a tool that computes the PSNR difference between two images.

converter/

Source code for a tool that converts images to other formats used by the reference codec.

decoder/

Source code for the reference decoder.

encoder/

Source code for the sample encoder.

external/

Software from other source code repositories used by the VC-5 programs in this repository.

licenses/

Overview of the licenses for external software currently used in the VC-5 codebase and copies of the license agreements.

media/

Media files for testing the sample encoder and reference decoder.

metadata/

Programs and scripts for generating and managing the test cases used for verifying conformance to ST 2073-7. See the README file in the metadata subdirectory for details.

notes/

Release notes and instructions for building the VC-5 software.

scripts/

Scripts for testing and managing the VC-5 software. See the README file in the scripts subdirectory for details.

tables/

Codebooks used by the VC-5 codecc.

Makefile

Master make file for building all VC-5 software and documentation.

Most of the subdirectories listed above contain a README file providing details on the component.