This library aims to be a friendly, portable C implementation of the AV1 Image File Format, as described here:
https://aomediacodec.github.io/av1-avif/
It is a work-in-progress, but can already encode and decode all AOM supported YUV formats and bit depths (with alpha).
For now, it is recommended that you checkout/use tagged releases instead of just using the master branch. I will regularly create new versions as bugfixes and features are added.
#include "avif/avif.h"
// point raw.data and raw.size to the contents of an .avif(s)
avifROData raw;
raw.data = ...;
raw.size = ...;
avifImage * image = avifImageCreateEmpty();
avifDecoder * decoder = avifDecoderCreate();
avifResult decodeResult = avifDecoderRead(decoder, image, &raw);
if (decodeResult == AVIF_RESULT_OK) {
// image is an independent copy of decoded data, decoder may be destroyed here
... image->width;
... image->height;
... image->depth; // If >8, all plane ptrs below are uint16_t*
... image->yuvFormat; // U and V planes might be smaller than Y based on format,
// use avifGetPixelFormatInfo() to find out in a generic way
// Option 1: Use YUV planes directly
... image->yuvPlanes;
... image->yuvRowBytes;
// Option 2: Convert to RGB and use RGB planes
avifImageYUVToRGB(image);
... image->rgbPlanes;
... image->rgbRowBytes;
// Use alpha plane, if present
if (image->alphaPlane) {
... image->alphaPlane;
... image->alphaRowBytes;
}
// Optional: query color profile
if (image->profileFormat == AVIF_PROFILE_FORMAT_ICC) {
// ICC profile present
... image->icc.data;
... image->icc.size;
} else if (image->profileFormat == AVIF_PROFILE_FORMAT_NCLX) {
// NCLX profile present
... image->nclx.colourPrimaries;
... image->nclx.transferCharacteristics;
... image->nclx.matrixCoefficients;
... image->nclx.fullRangeFlag;
}
} else {
printf("ERROR: Failed to decode: %s\n", avifResultToString(result));
}
avifImageDestroy(image);
avifDecoderDestroy(decoder);
#include "avif/avif.h"
// point raw.data and raw.size to the contents of an .avif(s)
avifROData raw;
raw.data = ...;
raw.size = ...;
avifDecoder * decoder = avifDecoderCreate();
avifResult decodeResult = avifDecoderParse(decoder, &raw);
if (decodeResult == AVIF_RESULT_OK) {
// Timing and frame information
... decoder->imageCount; // Total images expected to decode
... decoder->duration; // Duration of entire sequence (seconds)
for (;;) {
avifResult nextImageResult = avifDecoderNextImage(decoder);
if (nextImageResult == AVIF_RESULT_NO_IMAGES_REMAINING) {
// No more images, bail out. Verify that you got the expected amount of images decoded.
break;
} else if (nextImageResult != AVIF_RESULT_OK) {
printf("ERROR: Failed to decode all frames: %s\n", avifResultToString(nextImageResult));
break;
}
// decoder->image now points at decoder owned planes, and the image itself
// is also owned and dependent on decoder. decoder->image's data/pointers are
// likely to be completely different after each call to avifDecoderNextImage().
... decoder->image->width;
... decoder->image->height;
... decoder->image->depth; // If >8, all plane ptrs below are uint16_t*
... decoder->image->yuvFormat; // U and V planes might be smaller than Y based on format,
// use avifGetPixelFormatInfo() to find out in a generic way
// See Basic Decoding example for color profile querying
// Option 1: Use YUV planes directly
... decoder->image->yuvPlanes;
... decoder->image->yuvRowBytes;
// Option 2: Convert to RGB and use RGB planes
avifImageYUVToRGB(decoder->image); // (this is legal to call on decoder->image)
... decoder->image->rgbPlanes;
... decoder->image->rgbRowBytes;
// Use alpha plane, if present
if (decoder->image->alphaPlane) {
... decoder->image->alphaPlane;
... decoder->image->alphaRowBytes;
}
// Timing and frame information
... decoder->imageIndex; // Current index (0-based)
... decoder->imageTiming.pts; // Current image's presentation timestamp (seconds)
... decoder->imageTiming.duration; // Current image's duration (seconds)
// Optional: If you want to have a decoder-independent copy of image data
avifImage * image = avifImageCreateEmpty();
avifImageCopy(image, decoder->image);
... image; // do something with image
avifImageDestroy(image); // destroy later
}
} else {
printf("ERROR: Failed to decode: %s\n", avifResultToString(result));
}
avifDecoderDestroy(decoder);
#include "avif/avif.h"
int width = 32;
int height = 32;
int depth = 8;
avifPixelFormat format = AVIF_PIXEL_FORMAT_YUV420;
avifImage * image = avifImageCreate(width, height, depth, format);
// Option 1: Populate YUV planes
avifImageAllocatePlanes(image, AVIF_PLANES_YUV);
... image->yuvPlanes;
... image->yuvRowBytes;
// Option 2: Populate RGB planes (if YUV planes are absent, RGB->YUV conversion will automatically happen)
avifImageAllocatePlanes(image, AVIF_PLANES_RGB);
... image->rgbPlanes;
... image->rgbRowBytes;
// Optional: Populate alpha plane
avifImageAllocatePlanes(image, AVIF_PLANES_A);
... image->alphaPlane;
... image->alphaRowBytes;
// Optional: Set color profile based on NCLX box
avifNclxColorProfile nclx;
nclx.colourPrimaries = AVIF_NCLX_COLOUR_PRIMARIES_BT709;
nclx.transferCharacteristics = AVIF_NCLX_TRANSFER_CHARACTERISTICS_GAMMA22;
nclx.matrixCoefficients = AVIF_NCLX_MATRIX_COEFFICIENTS_BT709;
nclx.fullRangeFlag = AVIF_NCLX_FULL_RANGE;
avifImageSetProfileNCLX(image, &nclx);
// Optional: Set color profile based on ICC profile
uint8_t * icc = ...; // raw ICC profile data
size_t iccSize = ...; // Length of raw ICC profile data
avifImageSetProfileICC(image, icc, iccSize);
avifRWData output = AVIF_DATA_EMPTY;
avifEncoder * encoder = avifEncoderCreate();
encoder->maxThreads = ...; // Choose max encoder threads, 1 to disable multithreading
encoder->minQuantizer = AVIF_QUANTIZER_LOSSLESS;
encoder->maxQuantizer = AVIF_QUANTIZER_LOSSLESS;
avifResult encodeResult = avifEncoderWrite(encoder, image, &output);
if (encodeResult == AVIF_RESULT_OK) {
// output contains a valid .avif file's contents
... output.data;
... output.size;
} else {
printf("ERROR: Failed to encode: %s\n", avifResultToString(encodeResult));
}
avifRWDataFree(&output);
avifEncoderDestroy(encoder);
Building libavif requires CMake, and if you're building libaom alongside it, NASM as well.
Make sure nasm is available and in your PATH on your machine (if building libaom), then use CMake to do a basic build (Debug or Release).
You can choose between using libaom
or libdav1d
by using CMake options
AVIF_CODEC_AOM
and AVIF_CODEC_DAV1D
. libaom
must be enabled in order for
encoding to work, and libdav1d
overrides libaom
for decoding if both are
enabled. Currently libdav1d
must be externally available (discoverable via
CMake's FIND_LIBRARY
) to use it.
You can build libaom alongside libavif if you enable AVIF_BUILD_AOM
, and you
have a copy of the aom repo in the ext/ subdir. See ext/aom.cmd for details.
If you're building on Windows with VS2017 and want to try out libavif without going through the build process, static library builds for both Debug and Release are available on Appveyor.
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